Interview: Yuzo Koshiro

[Zebbe]

Who said "girlfriend"? I meant Guardian Force (from Final Fantasy VIII). They take too much time! One of them forces you to sit and wait for over one and a half minute. Man, I can have sex with my girlfriend before that spell is finished...

[Rusty Venture]

Now its "sex with a girlfriend".

The lie becomes even more unbelievable!

[Zebbe]

You just envy me: your avatar and signature is great proof of this!

[Rusty Venture]

Bringing up the avatar and sig picture? It is you who envy me!!

Post pics of some Swedish hotties and maybe I'll cut you some slack.

None of them have to be your "girlfriend".

[108 Stars]

You wouldn´t wanna see pics of the girls he is having contact with...they are all over 70 years old, but I guess Zebbe gets to know their intimate parts pretty well, for example when he has to help them on the toilet etc....

[Joe Redifer]

Man, I hope Yuzo doesn't click into this thread. He'd never give an interview to anybody ever again after seeing what we deem is a normal forum conversation.

[Rusty Venture]

This is the exact reason why people sign up and just lurk.

[Zebbe]

No, they lurk without signing up. Only a few choosen ones dare to join us.

[Genesis Knight]

I know I'D be insulted.

[Rusty Venture]

Considering the length of his interview, I think he is already familiar with the forums.

[Disengage]

Great article. I'm currently going to college for audio recording and trying to someday get into the video game side of it so any interview with someone eho composes for video games is good to me.

[Rusty Venture]

I'd say that composing for video games today is slightly different than in the past. Back then your hardware limited what you could do musically, while today it seems there are less restrictions.

[VinnyT]

These days you can pretty much use anything. The only limitations are actual instruments, not the hardware.

[Joe Redifer]

Rusty, how much spectacular music in videogames do you hear these days? I imagine not much, not much at all. Videogame music has taken a huge turn for the worse. The melodies are gone. Most game music is trying to sound like movie soundtracks, and that's just lame. There's no personality in it any more.

[Rusty Venture]

The last soundtrack that wowed me was for "American McGee's Alice". Creepy, eerie, and haunting in parts.

I think the possibility is there for soundtracks to be great, especially with no limitations (system-wise), but most either tend to be nothing memorable or licensed music.