Yuji TECHNOuchi

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  G.O.D.’s Gift To Mankind: GEONDAN Rare Tracks Ver. 1.0 Announced

  July 30, 2010 | Audun Sorlie | Comments Off on G.O.D.’s Gift To Mankind: GEONDAN Rare Tracks Ver. 1.0 Announced Share this G.O.D.’s Gift To Mankind: GEONDAN Rare Tracks Ver. 1.0 Announced

  

  We’ve spoken to G.O.D. in the past here at OSV in our search for video game music enlightenment. The unification of several game music legends and talents was probably the single most interesting piece of news to come out of 2009 and as we discussed in our interview, the future plans was everything from talent representation to original music albums. At Comiket 78 we’ll be seeing the first fruit of those plans.

  GEONDAN Rare Tracks Ver. 1.0 will be an original album with tracks emulating familiar game soundtracks. What makes this CD so pants droppingly awesome is the lineup. Across the 21 tracks you’ll find names like Kinuyo Yamashita (Castlevania), Kohta Takahashi (Klonoa), Akari Kaida (Breath of Fire 3), Soyo Oka (Super Mario Kart) Hiroki Kikuta (Secret of Mana) and the man in charge; Yuji TECHNouchi (X-Men Arcade). And that’s not even half the lineup! Looks to be the holy grail of game music in 2010.

  Be sure to check back for review after release and look for my Comiket 78 preview in the next following weeks!

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  A Talk With G.O.D.: Yuji TECHNOuchi Interview

  December 3, 2009 | Audun Sorlie | 4 Comments Share this A Talk With G.O.D.: Yuji TECHNOuchi Interview

  

  OSV’s Soundtrack of The Month in October was SD Snatcher for the MSX2. This title along with Pennant Race 2 and Rune Master 2 are special to me because, as I explained in that article, every summer I would travel to my friend’s house who owned an MSX2, a rarity here up north. One of the men behind that soundtrack, Yuji Takenouchi, or TECHNOuchi as he refers to himself, went on along with the other members of that sound team to great fame in Konami, eventually doing titles such as Space Manbow, X-Men and Mystic Warriors.

  He has since left Konami, and after a lengthy hiatus returned to the game music scene doing arrangements on PSYVARIAR The Mix, dodonpachi DAI-OU-JOU and Mushihimesama Double Arrange Soundtrack CD which is due out this month. He also made big headlines when he announced the creation of Video Game Sound Creator’s Alliance (Ge-On-Dan/G.O.D.), a new group dedicated to make the bond between game composers stronger and raise awareness on their works. We had the pleasure of speaking with TECHNOuchi on the future of G.O.D and what they seek to do musically and professionally, and talk some about his classic works.

  Please enjoy our interview with the ever amazing Yuji TECHNOuchi! (more…)

• Game Music

  Soundtrack of the Month 10/2009: SD Snatcher

  October 2, 2009 | Audun Sorlie | 5 Comments Share this Soundtrack of the Month 10/2009: SD Snatcher

  

  Every other summer when I was young, I used to go on a trip south to a rural town located on a hillside called Nordagutu, located in Telemark province, south Norway. This was the the hometown of my lifelong best friend Tom, and an amazing place to spend some summer time in. No people, nature right outside the door, a camping area with an Outrun sitdown arcade, but most importantly, Tom has an MSX2+.

  He must have been the only one in Norway to have this machine, as I’ve never met anyone else who had it. All night long we would play games such as Rune Master 2, Witch’s Revenge and Samantha Fox’s Strippoker. However most time was spent on an amazing little RPG that grabbed us in and never let go, SD Snatcher.

  So join me as I go down memory lane and review the wonderful SCC+ powered soundtrack of Kojima’s cutest bloodbath, read on after the jump! (more…)

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