Masayoshi Soken is one of the most important RPG composers of our time. He shaped the success of the MMORPGthe band founded decisively "The Primals"And go on everyoneTogether with Naoki Yoshida as a real star. But the personal cult was no coincidence, because Soken has the ability to focus on the "epic" through a soundtrack and to fuse various genres appropriately. What he can at the latest with the cleared HMMA and TGA awards for the-Soundtrack once again demonstrated.
Eurogamer.de: Fans like to describe their music as "epic", but how would they define the term "epic"?
Masayoshi Soken:Yes, this is a topic that I really want to talk about! ((laughs) If people ask me, always say "Please compose what epic!" And then I always ask what kind of epic you want. Then usually use another Japanese word "荘厳 (sougon)", which means almost exactly the same. I just understand: "We want something epic epic!" That is why my interpretation of Epik is here:
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I think what people find epic has a lot to do with how they experience the gaming experience. How well the music fits the combat style or other game elements. It is really difficult to define that. The word "epic" is often just thrown through the room.
Eurogamer.de: Did the composition for the linear style of Final Fantasy 16 influence the approach to new music for Final Fantasy 14 in any form? Do you continue to compose differently?
Ropes:The process was different in FF16, but in general there are a wide variety of forms that games can already take on the RPG genre alone. By working on a wide variety of games, I am constantly learning. Not only specific because of part 14 or part 16, but I have to admit thatis a very special case. Because FF14 is not completed as a work and then goes on the market, instead it develops, there are always new extensions, content, etc. In this regard, I think that Final Fantasy 14 is simply a different kind of game.
Eurogamer.de: Since we are at Final Fantasy 16, my favorite song is definitely "Titan Lost", the track for the Titan boss fight. How did this track come about?
Ropes:When I got the order for this track, the schedules at Final Fantasy 16 were already very chaotic. We faced a lot of challenges. Because we changed a lot, instructions came directly from Naoki Yoshida. Naoki gave me some pieces for the cities, outlined the mood and gave me a few examples. And I don't think he hears a lot of classic in private, but I take on, he found out and gave me a long list of classical music for a wide variety of scenes, including the boss fight from Titan. And although I struggled that this struggle had classical music, something else happened:
I thought: "Classic fits here?" So I wrote a rock song without telling someone.
At this point in the composition, we were already able to rose a few game scenes ourselves. I thought when playing: "Well, it really fits classical here?" So I went back to work and wrote a rock without inauguration. ((laughs) The first to get a new piece are people from the development team before going to Yoshida. And I still remember how someone from the development team said "Yes, that's exactly what we wanted!" ((laughs) So they let it go through and when Yoshida arrived, he also simply let it go without commenting on (lachtzenweg).
Eurogamer.de: Some of your jobs before composing music were for Drakengard, is that true? Would you now write music for Yoko Taro if Final Fantasy 14 hadn't been?
Ropes:Yes, that's true. But for the second part of the question: I don't know, maybe that would have happened, yes. [Yoko Taro] And I are .. well, I would not say that we are boozing, but if our relationship had developed, I can very well imagine that we would have been drinking together and that he would have asked me casually for a few songs here and there. Even today, when we have appearances with "The Primals" or play concerts, he visits us. So I can well imagine that it would have happened.
All answers of the interview, for example about why Soken prefers to work alone rather than with his band "The Primals" or who are so -fitting bands,You can see in the video above.
We would like to thank Masayoshi Soken and Square Enix for this detailed interview, which was led as part of the distant Worlds Tour through London. And would like to know from you:
Have you ever been at a distance World's concert? From which final fantasy would you like more songs at these concerts? We read ourselves in the comments!
