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<p class="">Hello everyone! I’m Nobuo Uematsu, the composer of <a href="https://www.playstation.com/games/fantasian-neo-dimension/?smcid=ma">Fantasian Neo Dimension</a>.<br/><br/>When Producer Hironobu Sakaguchi first contacted me about Fantasian, I had decided that this would be the last video game title which I’d produce the full soundtrack for, solely on my own.<br/><br/>Because this was going to be my final full soundtrack project, I wanted to give it everything I had. I rearranged my office—cluttered with non-work-related things that were there for fun—into something I call the “Fantasian mode,” so that I could corner myself creatively. In the end, I spent several months dedicating myself to composing, and I have no regrets. Please enjoy Fantasian Neo Dimension, the culminating work that tops off my 30-plus years long career of composing full video game soundtracks!</p>
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<p class="">Today, I’ll be introducing five of my favorite tracks from Fantasian Neo Dimension’s soundtrack.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>1. Main Theme of Fantasian</strong></h2>
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<p class="">Composing the main theme for a game is always a headache. I try to approach it with the mindset of “creating a track that’s better than anything I’ve ever made,” but progress tends to be slow when I take things too seriously. Sometimes, my creativity flows once I let go and realize “this is what I know how to do best.” This was the case for the Main Theme of Fantasian.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>2. Prickle and Clicker’s Theme</strong></h2>
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<p class="">A clumsy, outdated robot that’s certainly not the latest model – an incomplete being with fragmented speech, but is endearing precisely because of these qualities. These were the kind of things I thought about while I was making this track. It has an awkward, bumpy feel to the tune, right?</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>3. Shangri-La</strong></h2>
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<p class="">This one is a track that I personally really like. This track features scat vocalization which goes like “lan lan~♪,” but it would be nice to do a live performance of a version that includes lyrics someday.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>4. God Realm</strong></h2>
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<p class="">Is music considered “proper” only when it has a beautiful melody on top of beautiful chords, played with a beautiful tone? If so, is it an “improper” piece of music when it has a graceless melody layered on top of eerily sounding chords, performed haphazardly? Being in this field for so long, there are times when I question myself about what exactly defines “proper music.”</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>5.</strong> <strong>Kina (Destiny) [featuring Yuria Miyazono]</strong></h2>
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<p class="">The time Sakaguchi needs to write song lyrics is astonishingly short. In the past, whenever I’d send over a completed melody his way, usually his first draft would be ready by the next day, or the day after that. I wish I could say that this track followed suit, but in this particular case, I believe his lyrics were written first, and I created a melody to go along with them. Regardless, I recall that I was able to complete this track very quickly and smoothly, with no bumps on the road. Speaking of which, Yuria Miyazono’s vocals are so beautiful…</p>
<p class=""><em>Discover these tracks for yourself in-game when Fantasian Neo Dimension launches on PlayStation Store December 5, 2024. </em></p>
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