Nomura confirms Takeharu Ishimoto and Tsuyoshi Sekito are working on Kingdom Hearts 3 Soundtrack
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- Published on March 1, 2018 @ 05:20 am
- Written by Joey
Famitsu published an interview with Kingdom Hearts Series Creator Tetsuya Nomura and Takeharu Ishimoto, composer for Dissidia Final Fantasy NT. During the interview—which was primarily about Dissidia—Nomura confirmed that Takeharu Ishimoto and Tsuyoshi Sekito have also been working on music for Kingdom Hearts 3 alongside series composer Yoko Shimomura.
Takeharu Ishimoto and Tsuyoshi Sekito are no strangers to the Kingdom Hearts series. Ishimoto was a Synthesizer Programmer for Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts II, and he and Sekito have worked alongside Yoko Shimomura to compose and arrange tracks for both Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance.
Among their most memorable contributions are Ishimoto's Enter the Darkness, Enter the Void, Unbreakable Chains and Twister -Kingdom Mix-, and Sekito's Black Powder, Majestic Wings, Wild Blue and Storm Diver. They have also worked on songs for The Grid, Pranksters Paradise and other worlds in the Kingdom Hearts series.
Thanks to Zephyr, we have translations of the excerpt:
—So Nomura-san, do you have any final words for Ishimoto-san?
Nomura: Ishimoto-san has worked on several songs for the KINGDOM HEARTS series, and both he and Sekito-san are involved with KINGDOM HEARTS III. There are more songs than before, and we've reached the point where we have to ask for songs for important battles, so I hope to continue this collaboration. Even in the future, I thank you for your continued support. (laughs)
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Hello new divisive topic! I've been reading about this here and there, and already people have very different stances upon them. Usually "UNTAMABLE" from DDD is seen as a con, while "Unbreakable Chains" from BbS is seen as a pro, with "Majestic Wings" being kinda in-between.
Oh well. Music is possibly the most subjective of the arts. I'm kinda "meh" on the whole thing, frankly while music plays an important part in my gaming experience is really rare that a track I dislike manages to *ruin* it.
What about Yoko Shimomura?
But anyway, can't wait for Ishimoto to give us the inevitable remix of Enter the Darkness/Unbreakable Chains.
Type-0,Crisis Core and the PSP Dissidias have amazing soundtracks so this is fine.
Love both their work, so I'm glad to see they're confirmed to return. Not that I ever doubted it, of course ;)
I do think they are great composers and all, but I am definitely more interested in Shimomura's contributions to the game. I'm assuming she'll still get to do most of the music, which is exactly what I want.
I really like Enter the Darkness. The others, not so much. Just give me new Shimomura.
Enter the Darkness is one of my favorite villain themes ever. I'm super excited to see more contributions like that one in KHIII!
Still, I vastly prefer Yoko's compositions overall, so I really hope she gets to do most of the music in the game, especially World Themes and important Boss Fights.
When I read the opening post, I knew it didn't say anything about Shimomura not returning or anything, but the first thought that entered my head was, "Don't tell me they actually got Utada on board for the final game in this saga and then lost Yoko."
As long as their contributions to the soundtrack don't sound too distinct from Shimomura's then I'm absolutely happy for their involvement. The Kingdom Hearts soundtrack is a key part of the franchise identity and I don't want that to be compromised.
So happy they are coming back :)
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