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Pretty fascinating. What would you say are your favourite game scores then?
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haha yes the results are almost entirely what i expected, with maybe the exception of Shoji Meguro (I would have expected someone like Kenji Ito instead; more of a household name.) I think the results are accurate, too.
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Yeah, I'm kinda glad the results are relatively expected, since it was basically a survey of popular (if still fairly expert) opinion. But if anyone ever wants to do a feature like 'Top Ten Underlooked Composers', I'd always be happy to publish it. It reminds me I need to find some time to write more about Hoshino myself!
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Overall I'm way too horny on the underlooked guys so I'm always up for writing about them!
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Yep, those results were very expected, although I agree with Lunar about Meguro--Ito must certainly be more widely praised.
*coughnotthatItodeservestobeontop10anythingexceptperhaps toptenmostrtisticallystuntedcomposerscough* Koshiro's placement also surprises me. I mean, it wouldn't surprise me on a 'top ten VGM composers in general' list, but here? I guess I don't think of him as an RPG composer. I think of him for titles like Actraiser 1 & 2, Streets of Rage, or those mindless Wangan Midnight albums. I'm glad this curiosity was noted in the article. Nice write-up Chris, it was a good experiment. I wish you could have gotten more participants, but the more communities you expand to the less knowledgeable about VGM people tend to be. The results would get increasingly homogeneous as more surveys are taken. I also expected Saori Kobayashi's general lack of renown to exclude her from the list, even though I maintain that she's the best ever.
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that aside, the problem i'd anticipate is everyone suggesting all sorts of different guys, then ensuing debates on who's more unpopular than who. there's no small amount to pick from after all; how do you narrow it down? and if purely favouring unpopularity, where does it end? because you'd end up with john smith who composed for an rpg maker game once. hey, he's more unpopular than Motoaki Takenouchi after all! perhaps i'm reading into this but you hopefully see my point haha. it's an interesting concept but a tricky thing to work in practice.
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Actually, I just meant a solo feature, not an ensemble piece. Sorry that wasn't clear. So a single person with a very broad and detailed knowledge of VGM lists ten composers who they feel deserve more general recognition. I agree polling or surveying who is the most overlooked composer is ridiculous and beats the purpose.
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my bad. that makes a lot more sense. the only sane way to do it would be subjectively, indeed.
actually, i wouldn't mind trying something like that, myself, maybe even just privately.
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Some of my favourite VGM albums right there! And I'm not even a trancehead.
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1 - Nobuo Uematsu
2 - Kimitaka Matsumae (Jade Cocoon) 3 - Tomohito Nishiura (Dark Cloud) 4 - Masashi Hamauzu 5 - Some Western Composers |
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Might as well do a top-5. There just isn't enough (J)RPG composers for good solid top-10.
1. Yoshitaka Hirota 2. Kenji Ito 3. Shoji Meguro 4. Konami Kukeiha Club (Genso Suikoden) 5. Miki Higashino Special mention for Breath of Fire II & III sound teams. |
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1. Nobuo Uematsu
2. Yasnuori Mitsuda 3. Yoko Shimomura 4. Hitoshi Sakimoto 5. Masashi Hamauzu 6. Shoji Meguro |
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My personal top 5:
1. Masashi Hamauzu (Gotta love those flashy violin solos) 2. Yoko Shimomura 3. Hitoshi Sakimoto 4. Junichi Masuda 5. Nobuo Uematsu Pretty standard. >_> |
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1. Shoji Meguro
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