{"id":774324,"date":"2025-11-30T02:08:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T02:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/final-fantasy-composer-uematsu-says-game-music-cannot-develop-further-by-copying-films?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-11-30T02:08:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T02:08:54","slug":"final-fantasy-composer-uematsu-says-game-music-cannot-develop-further-by-copying-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/final-fantasy-composer-uematsu-says-game-music-cannot-develop-further-by-copying-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy composer Uematsu says “game music cannot develop further” by copying films"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFinal Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu believes game music has become too similar to film and “cannot develop further” if continuing in this direction.\n<\/p>\n

\nUematsu was interviewed by Japanese outlet NewsPicks<\/a> (via Automaton<\/a>) about his thoughts on video game music and its future, stating “music played the role of oxygen” for 8-bit games in expressing the stories and characteristics of sprites.\n<\/p>\n

\nNow, though, developers are “satisfied with movie soundtrack-like music in games”, he said. “I think people need to have more freedom when creating [game music],” he continued, adding that unless composers move away from movie-style scores, the genre of “game music cannot develop further”.\n<\/p>\n

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Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu believes game music has become too similar to film and “cannot develop further” if continuing in this direction. Uematsu was interviewed by Japanese outlet NewsPicks (via Automaton) about his thoughts on video game music and its future, stating “music played the role of oxygen” for 8-bit games in expressing the stories and characteristics of sprites. Now, though, developers are “satisfied with movie soundtrack-like music in games”, he said. “I think people need to have more freedom when creating [game music],” he continued, adding that unless composers move away from movie-style scores, the genre of “game music cannot develop further”. 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