On Saturday, April 11th, I found myself shaking hands with on of my heroes, Nobuo Uematsu. The man has written not only some of the best video game music around, but some of the best music ever, period.

I talked to both Uematsu-san and Distant Worlds director and conductor Arnie Roth before their performance in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was an amazing day and night all around. They granted me a huge amount of time to talk, and the performance was absolutely spot on.

Some of the highlights of the interview:

DID YOU KNOW: Uematsu actually puts very little of his own feeling into his video game work?

DID YOU KNOW: He doesn't really like writing battle music?

DID YOU KNOW: The Distant Worlds program is a sort of "greatest hits," but is also changing constantly

Head on over to Japantor for much more.

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