Legendary video game music composer Nobuo Uematsu says he doesn’t think some modern video game soundtracks are as interesting as those in older games.
I think hardware limitations on old hardware is one of the reasons why music in old games was interesting.
Modern movie music is overly emotional and uninteresting too.
The more art you put into a triple A the more risk you introduce that it’ll fall flat. And with the incredible budgets on triple A’s nowadays, execs just aren’t tolerant of risk.
He’s not wrong, Sony is a bit guilty of this; but Elden Ring soundtrack is goated.
Uematsu is hands down my favorite video game composer ever. He’s done so many fun and interesting soundtracks. His tracks have style, they’re catchy, they’re emotional, they’re memorable, they speak. FF9 or 8 were his best.
