Influence of Traditional Japanese Music
March 1st, 2012 | by Ben Schweitzer
Have you ever tried to listen to traditional Japanese music? Just out of curiousity, perhaps, or maybe because you thought
March 1st, 2012 | by Ben Schweitzer
Have you ever tried to listen to traditional Japanese music? Just out of curiousity, perhaps, or maybe because you thought
January 10th, 2012 | by Don Kotowski
Our highly anticipated first presence at MAGFest was a bit shorthanded due to a sudden illness. Nevertheless, I did my
December 31st, 2011 | by Chris Greening
All the winners, runners-up, and nominees for the 2011 awards
November 11th, 2011 | by Chris Greening
Eleven years since its launch, Square Enix’s MMORPG Final Fantasy XI continues to be enjoyed by many subscribers and has left quite
November 5th, 2011 | by Joe Hammond
Britain doesn’t normally get priority when it comes to video game music concerts, despite having loads of fans, and some
July 30th, 2011 | by Matt Diener
This past weekend, Distant Worlds returned to Baltimore after a two-year absence from The Charm City. With 32,000 otaku already in town
July 20th, 2011 | by Chris Greening
Rock bassist and ex-Square composer known for creating classic scores such as Mystic Quest, Rudra no Hihou, and the Xak series
July 1st, 2011 | by Chris Greening
Roger Wanamo is a classically-trained composer and orchestrator. Fascinated by the concept of bringing game music to concert halls, Wanamo
June 8th, 2011 | by Chris Greening
Retired artist whose projects at Square ranged from the militaristic Front Mission, the pop-flavoured Final Fantasy X-2, and the jazzy Racing Lagoon
June 8th, 2011 | by Chris Greening
The underused artist behind Threads of Fate developed a distinctive style that focused more on timbres and rhythms than melodies
June 1st, 2011 | by Don Kotowski
At the end of the last editorial, I mentioned that someone was even more influential than Nobuo Uematsu in the
June 1st, 2011 | by Chris Greening
This summer, producer Thomas Boecker is commemorating the music of two icons with two symphonic game music concerts. On June
May 1st, 2011 | by Don Kotowski
Doujin: a group of people or friends who share an interest, activity, hobbies, or achievement. While this is the formal
April 2nd, 2011 | by Matt Diener
Under producer and conductor Arnie Roth, the Final Fantasy orchestral concert series Distant Worlds – Music from Final Fantasy is appealing to
April 2nd, 2011 | by Matt Diener
Since my first exposure to Distant Worlds in July 2010 at Wolf Trap’s beautiful outdoor Filene Center, I have been eager to
January 20th, 2011 | by James Timperley
What is video game music? A question with a fairly obvious answer you might think, and rightly so. It is
December 31st, 2010 | by Chris Greening
All the winners, runners-up, and nominees for the 2010 awards
October 30th, 2010 | by Don Kotowski
On October 30, 2010, Emi Evans and I were invited to Shinzoku Kaigi Vol. 5, a Dog Ear Records event held
October 15th, 2010 | by Chris Greening
On September 23, Symphonic Legends celebrated the music of Nintendo with an orchestral concert in the Cologne Philharmonic Hall. The climax of
September 15th, 2010 | by Chris Greening
ACE’s Hiroyo Yamanaka (aka CHiCO) and Tomori Kudo are a musical duo signed at Universal Music. Since their debut on Everyone’s