Even if you’ve never heard of Yasunori Mitsuda, you’ve heard of him. of Japanese composer Yasunori Mitsuda has created several quintessential video game soundtracks. Xenogears When Chrono Trigger. He Also responsible for the cascade of boops that make up the original 1998 soundtrack mario partyhowever, he revealed on November 1 that the time he spent working on these songs hadn’t been as sunny as he had hoped.
On that day, Nintendo’s Japanese Twitter posted: mario party When mario party 2 i was on the switch Today, November 2nd. This news may have brought back bitter memories for Mitsuda.
“mario party was my first freelance gig [after leaving Square]The music director said ‘I want jazz’ but all my songs were rejected. ” say the translation Mitsuda’s Japanese Twitter thread. “I have a bitter memory of being told, ‘Really?!
Mr. Mitsuda continues: mario party Setting his personal record for the number of songs rejected, 200 jazz songs Nintendo simply decided weren’t big or strong enough. In the 20 years since he started working on it, he says he’s never encountered such a big rip in expectations. mario party.
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he also mario party 2 soundtrack, but his name appears Under “Music” in the end credits of the 1999 game. mario party tearing us apart
But there’s more to life than just turning out to be an Italian-coded plumber, or the composer of one of his games. In addition to contributing to the recent installment of Zeno Command a guest spot with the series Final Fantasy XV Episode Ignis Soundtrack, Mitsuda guest composer Indie turn-based role-playing game Sea of starscoming out in 2023.