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Originally Posted by Psychonotes
I'm curious in what context you mentioned them? According to his interview at OSV from 2010, ( http://www.originalsoundversion.com/...and-monomusik/), he said he's not well versed in their work and doesn't think he's particularly influenced by them, but he's certainly aware of them (which he'd have to be - you can't major in music at the university level and not encounter their names!).
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That's pathetic that I never saw that. Considering I still do work for OSV and am good friends with Jayson.
I asked Hamauzu about Debussy and Ravel backstage at a VGO concert in ... 2011 or 2012, I can't remember the year now exactly? I don't know if my time with him translated into an interview. I think it might have, though not sure for which publication.
But yeah, when I asked, and the answer I got back from the translator, he said he "wasn't familiar with them." But I suppose his answer meant, in-depth, what you cited: that he didn't really listen to them (and thus wasn't influenced by them), but yeah, he knows who they are.
Well that's good to know, at any rate. Still, I kind of want to call him crazy for NOT listening to them. Soooooo good.
And seriously, that arrangement of Besaid Island on FFX piano very much reminds me of Book I Prelude 5 from Debussy, "Les collines d'Anacapri: Très modéré"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjgsbz3ERhI (11:33)