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I've found two interviews on Falcom's website with a member of their Sound Team from 2006. While the interview doesn't mention which his/her name is, it keeps referring to that person as "S", which is the first letter of Sonoda's name (duh). The members of Sound Team jdk around that year were Hayato Sonoda, Takahiro Unisuga and Ryo Takeshita, so that's why I think this is an interview with Sonoda (which also makes sense, since he's the current leader of Falcom Sound Team jdk since 2002/2003).
The interviews in question: http://www.falcom.co.jp/info/staff/2...ew.html#060324 http://www.falcom.co.jp/info/staff/2...ff.html#061005 It's a shame there's practically no info about ANY Falcom internal composers |
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Last edited by Matron; Jun 17, 2013 at 12:41 PM. |
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Excellent find! I'm pretty certain it's this guy's music that made me fall in love with Nihon Farukomu... (probably even moreso than Koshiro/Ishikawa) ...despite his ponytail.... You're probably correct to assume it's Sonoda too, for the reason you mentioned (and we already have a picture of Takeshita). Quote:
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LMAO @dat picture.
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Tell me EVERYTHING he said to you!! I want to make deductions and take conclusions. Did he said stuff like "I didn't composed the best three songs of the Ys VI OST"? |
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He said he made the music of "ZWEI, YS6, gurumin, Sora no kiseki FC." so I asked him about the other games like VM Japan and Xanadu Next etc. To which he replied: Spoiler:
That's all he brokedown, but it's still helpful though. For example, because we can rule out Ishibashi for some tracks, it's likely that Warriors from VMJ (one of my favourite VGM tracks ever) and Windslash Steps from Ys VI are both by Sonoda because of a shared bit of melody (this ≈ that (albeit at a different tempo)). But I dunno, is that too loose a connection to you? Of course, many assumptions are being made, like one composer per track, and that by "responsible" he means composing AND arranging. Also when I told him where I was from, he said: Spoiler:
This sounds like the inspiration of an Ys VI track in particular... Naturally I sent him another email wanting him to confirm some of my predictions, but he was probably too busy to reply. |
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According to VGMdb, he composed for those games. I bolded the word "composed" because he also worked on Ys I & II Eternal soundtracks and Dinosaur Resurrection, and yet he says that regards DR. Maybe he said that because he/they (Sound Team jdk from 2002) didn't composed the soundtrack (the original Dinosaur was composed by Mieko Ishikawa and Masaaki Kawai), but rather arranged? Surprised to hear that he made the 70% (or so) of Zwei!! and Ys VI OSTs. I though Shikarawa was the leader composer of Zwei!!, and so that he composed the majority of that game's OST. Ys VI doesn't suprise me that much because almost the whole soundtrack sounds really close to Zwei!!, so that 70% he's talking about makes sense. 70% or so would be like 22 of the 32 tracks of the Ys VI soundtrack? Quote:
- Mysterious Story (unused track from Ys I, composed by Yuzo Koshiro) - Wind Emblem (credits track from Dinosaur. This is the Resurrection version, and I have no idea if this was originally composed by Ishikawa or Kawai instead) Another one even more obvious: - Crossroad of Sadness (another unused Ys I track by Yuzo Koshiro) - Trap (The Legend of Xanadu. Guess who uploaded that track ) And here's another one more recent and popular: Masquerade of Lies and 'The Foot of a Mountain of the Lightning' (Falcom Engrish at it's finest.) But the real problem is I'm not really sure on how's Sonoda's style of music, so I can't assume to much. However, I think both this track and the trailer track from Nayuta were composed by him. Both tracks sound very Falcom-ish, especially the trailer song, which reminds me a lot to Ys VI's intro song. The same goes for this kickass song. Quote:
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Thanks a lot for posting that info. Much appreciate! BTW, I found some weeks ago a YouTube channel that uploaded some Falcom songs. That wouldn't be so strange, if not by the fact that he also puts in some of the video's description the composer and/or arranger! Maybe those are guesses? Last edited by Matron; Jul 7, 2013 at 01:42 PM. |
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Another thing that's really interesting is what he/she has to say about Takeshita here. I can just about make it out in Google Translate, and he seems to be under the impression that a track from Nayuta no Kiseki was composed by Takeshita before he left Falcom. It's odd because that's pretty much how I felt when I heard Mother Earth Altago from Ys Seven. I was familiar with Takeshita's hard rock style from his Deadball P material and immediately thought either A) Takeshita composed this before he left Falcom or B) either Sonoda or Unisuga has a really similar style to Takeshita. I'm leaning more towards Unisuga. Anyway, here's a Deadball P track you'll partly recognise the tune of. Your channel is also pretty awesome, it has to be said! It may be a long shot, but maybe you could message tyu3900 through YT somehow? Anyway, I originally contacted mirawi through his contact form IIRC, but if you want his email, it's mirawi at sideprotea dot net. Alternatively, this is his YT. Quote:
P.S. Sorry for the late reply. Last edited by jdkluv; Jul 11, 2013 at 04:39 PM. |
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I STILL WANT A F#CKING EXPLANATION FOR THIS Quote:
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'I Guess I'll Have To!' sounds very Kiseki-esque, and whoever composed Vantage Master's main theme is a GENIUS. Those synth guitars are pure sex for my ears. Quote:
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Speaking about Unisuga, our friend says this was composed by him. Quote:
Thank you! As you can see, I really like Nihon Farukomu's stuff (it's actually spelled as 'nihon farukom' in Japan). Hell, I even uploaded both Legend of Xanadu soundtracks; Legend of Xanadu is my second favorite Falcom series after Ys! Quote:
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I'll e-mail him. If he response me with some interesting info, I'll post it here or on his profile's thread. Quote:
P.S. I apologize if you/someone can't understand me at times. English being second language and all. Last edited by Matron; Oct 15, 2013 at 11:56 AM. |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhF_56SxrGk EDIT EDIT EDIT I'm starting to think Sonoda-san is a ponytail haircut . None of this "photos" are valid for a profile picture, aren't they? Last edited by Matron; Jul 31, 2013 at 10:20 AM. |
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Just if anyone's interested, and correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems Sonoda's using the Sony MDR CD900STs. I already have the IEM version of those but I'm adding that to my wishlist!
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Yeah, and it's actually regarded as a standard headphone for professionals, and since it's not so expensive, many music snobs or wannabe musicians seem to get on the bandwagon. It sounds a bit too flat to me and unless you're writing music yourself, it's not even worth this price (imo!) though.
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...Just uploaded a profile portrait. The VGMdb Staff is going to hate me for this (?)
Someone please delete that other portrait in JPG format. Now speaking seriously: do those interviews that I posted on Reply #1 say something interesting? Last edited by Matron; Sep 14, 2013 at 12:30 PM. |
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Good news, everyone! I showed the first interview to omgfloofy and she made a summary of the most important things in English! Kudos to her!
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I think I love this man even more now . I'll post more/edit this post if I get more info. (BTW, people are already making music rips of Sen's OST. Spoiler: It's awesome.) Last edited by Matron; Feb 2, 2015 at 09:35 AM. |
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That being said, Sonoda kinda made it sound like he contributed some to Hoshi no Arika's (The Whereabouts of Light in XSEED's localisation) arrangement for FC. He said that it came from Confession, and that Hoshi no Arika ended up being adapted for an ending theme when they realized they'd have to split FC and SC, to soften FC's ending and make players more excited for SC. From the tracks he mentioned, pretty sure he did Coliseum, Border Patrol isn't Easy, Pride of Liberl, Royal Castle (shows up in Border Patrol isn't Easy and Pride of Liberl too), Grand Arena (uses the Coliseum theme), Release from the Spell, and... and A Cat Relaxing in the Sun. Provincial City of Rolent though... I have no idea who could it be. The acoustic guitar seems rather "sub-par" for Murayama and his sounds were more advanced in terms of timbre and dynamics than Sonoda/Ishibashi's, on top of better at sequencing guitar lines, since he's a bass player. The simplicity would fit the Sonoda from that era, but the flute seems like an outlier for him and the looping in the guitar part reminds me of Ishibashi. A lot of Sonoda's synth in VM Japan (the other Falcom soundtrack from that period with confirmed credits) was more clean in general than what he uses in FC, I don't think his work in FC is representative of everything he was capable of. Also, the two interviews in the OP have been translated into English. https://www.esterior.net/2016/08/tra...ton-issue-8-s/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Falcom/comm...lopment_staff/ Last edited by 《J》; May 12, 2018 at 03:52 PM. |
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