Mitsuto Suzuki

• Game Music

  OSVchannel: Go Retro As We Unwrap The The Final Fantasy Gaiden -Four Warriors of Light- Original Soundtrack

  November 3, 2009 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this OSVchannel: Go Retro As We Unwrap The The Final Fantasy Gaiden -Four Warriors of Light- Original Soundtrack

  Well, I admit I wasn’t staying on top of the game or the soundtrack for Final Fantasy Gaiden -Four Warriors of Light-, but the Square Enix Music Sampler CD Vol. 4 that we reviewed a few weeks ago changed that. I’ve been looking forward to Naoshi Mizuta’s retro soundtrack ever since, and the release date is right around the corner in Japan.

  We got our hands on the soundtrack several days ahead of the Japanese release date, and I thought it’d be fun to go through the packaging and artwork on our OSVchannel on YouTube. To clear up the Japanese and US release dates that I was unsure about in the video, the game was released on 10/29/09 in Japan, while there is no US release date announced at this time. The soundtrack is due out on 11/04/09 in Japan, and it’s truly some great stuff.  Probably my favorite from Mizuta yet.

  Join us for our brief unwrapping adventure of the game’s soundtrack and tell us if you like this sort of content on OSV and whether or not you’ll be picking up the Final Fantasy Gaiden -Four Warriors of Light- Original Soundtrack when it’s released.

• Game Music, Reviews

  Mitsuto Suzuki’s Neurovision: Blissful Electronic Music (Review)

  September 11, 2009 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this Mitsuto Suzuki’s Neurovision: Blissful Electronic Music (Review)

  

  I’ve been a fan of Square Enix synthesizer operator Mitsuto Suzuki since the Square Enix Bootleg series. If you’re not familiar with the three Official Bootleg iTunes releases, I encourage you to get up to speed as they offer some great music from a number of Square Enix composers and sound team members. There are even a few tracks from the Bootleg series that are remixed on Suzuki’s two solo albums.

  But the Bootleg series is for another time. Neurovision is Suzuki’s second solo effort that has been published by Square Enix, with his first being In My Own Backyard, which Patrick told you about last month. While In My Own Backyard introduced you too Mitsuto Suzuki the artist, Neurovision expands on his signature sound, delving even further into the mesmerizing electronic soundscapes that he so masterfully crafts for your listening pleasure.

  Relax and get ready to see things through the multi-faceted lens of Neurovision after the jump. (more…)

• Japanese, Miscellaneous, Reviews

  Mitsuto Suzuki is Chillin’ in his Backyard and… Jackin’ Himself? (Review)

  July 20, 2009 | Patrick Gann | 7 Comments Share this Mitsuto Suzuki is Chillin’ in his Backyard and… Jackin’ Himself? (Review)

  

  A member of Square Enix’s music team, Mitsuto Suzuki is one of the true lesser-knowns, as he has yet to fully score a Square Enix game on his own. I first discovered Suzuki on a “best of battle tracks” album from Square Enix (this one). A bonus track featured Mitsuto Suzuki’s electronica arrangement of a boss battle theme from Romancing SaGa 2. And I absolutely loved it. So much techno music today turns me off instantly, but Suzuki was a master of subtle, ambient electronica. I knew that I wanted more.

  I learned that Suzuki’s been around as a musician for quite some time, but under a variety of names. He was first known as ARP2600 in the mid 1990s, and he gained a sizable following in the Japanese techno scene. He formed a group called Overrocket in 1997, and a year later, he released a side project under the name “Electric Satie” (the project was a remixing of the work of French composer Erik Satie). Now at Square Enix, Suzuki-san primarily does synth and sound manipulation, though he occasionally gets a shot at music arrangement with the company as well (see above).

  So I finally got around to checking out Suzuki-san’s full-length album, “In My Own Backyard,” which was released in October 2007. It’s in the same vein as that one arrangement I’d previously heard: ambient electronica, mastered to sheer aural perfection.

  Okay, so the album’s not perfect. There were a few things that stood out as “negatives” in my mind. After the jump, you’ll find a detailed review of Suzuki’s solo album: In My Own Backyard.

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