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  DJ Max Fever Interview: Developer, Publisher, and Korean Composers Nauts and ESTi

  January 22, 2009 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this DJ Max Fever Interview: Developer, Publisher, and Korean Composers Nauts and ESTi

  

  We posted awhile back that the Korean-developed DJ Max Portable series is finally making its way to the States as DJ Max Fever.  While you’ve likely read our review of the related DJMAX TECHNIKA arcade soundtrack, DJ Max Fever is poised to please fans on the PSP with its blistering difficulty and amazing track selection come January 27.

  With the release date so close, we thought it’d be a good time to sit down with some of the people who worked on the title to learn more. While executive producer Michael Yum from PM Studios and Kalos Kim from Pentavision Entertainment in Korea answer questions on the development side, we also get some questions in with soundTeMP composer ESTi and fellow Korean composer Nauts.  This is definitely a big deal for me as a crazed soundTeMP fan, so I hope you’re as excited as I am!

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• Game Music

  Greetings From Korea: Interview With S.F.A Founder Sevin

  October 16, 2008 | Jayson Napolitano | 9 Comments Share this Greetings From Korea: Interview With S.F.A Founder Sevin

  

  I can’t tell you how excited I am to introduce you to S.F.A. Most of you know by now that I am obsessed with game music from Korea, especially when it comes to the Ragnarok Online and Granado Espada soundtracks. While the biographies in the Granado Espada booklet listed S.F.A as a group comprised of former soundTeMP members, little did we know that Sevin, the founder and principal producer of S.F.A was actually one of the founding members of soundTeMP.

  While we touch on the topic of soundTeMP in this first international interview with Sevin, our primary focus is on S.F.A, including details about its members, its goals, and its approach to game scoring. We discuss specific tracks from the Granado Espada soundtrack and talk about what’s next for S.F.A, so join us for this exclusive interview with the very passionate Sevin.

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• Game Music, Reviews

  The Sweetness That is La Tale: Korean Synth Pop At Its Finest (Review)

  October 2, 2008 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this The Sweetness That is La Tale: Korean Synth Pop At Its Finest (Review)

  

  My love for the Korean music studio soundTeMP is widely known, and from the first time I heard La Tale, I knew immediately that they were involved with the game’s music in some way. While they didn’t work on this game as a group, soundTeMP member Jinbae “ESTi” Park, who you may have heard in Granado Espada or Ridge Racer 7 is a part of the team responsible for La Tale’s awesome soundtrack. Some composers I’m not familiar with also contributed, including DINY, be, NieN, and jo.

  What’s La Tale, you ask? It’s a new 2D MMORPG by Actoz Soft in Korea that is being published by OGPlanet in the United States. After digging around for information about the game’s soundtrack, I discovered that the Korean website not only confirms the involvement of ESTi and the others, but also hosts the almost three hours of music featured in the game for free download.

  Find out if the soundtrack lives up to the soundTeMP name after the jump. (more…)

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