Nintendo announces freakin' huge list of composers for Super Smash Bros. Brawl |
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What happens when you get 36 composers to arrange "several of their favourite songs" from a bunch of Nintendo games? You get Super Smash Bros. Brawl of course. Included in this large list are Yasunori Mitsuda & Yoko Shimomura among other respected individuals. Will the soundtrack that possibly boasts the largest number of composers/arrangers ever actually turn out good? |
First off, here are the people of most interest on this project:
- Akihiro Honda (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots & MGS Portable Ops)
- Kenji Ito (SaGa series & Culdcept Saga)
- Masato Kouda (Monster Hunter & Devil May Cry)
- Motoi Sakuraba (Golden Sun series, Star Ocean series & Valkyrie Profile)
- Noriyuki Iwadare (Grandia III & Radiata Stories)
- Shota Kageyama (Luminous Arc)
- Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross & Xenogears)
- Yoko Shimomura (Legend of Mana, Kingdom Hearts series, Super Mario RPG)
I should also point out for those that aren't already aware, Nobuo Uematsu has created the theme for this title, which brings the total list of staff to 37.
For a full list of all staff involved, please visit the announcement here. Also found on this page is a sample of the menu background music, newly arranged by Motoi Sakuraba. It conforms to the original style, yet is slightly more upbeat and certainly of better quality. I can't help but wonder though if Nintendo's money is being spent wisely here.
I can't be somewhat skeptical about all of this. Yes, freshly arrange Nintendo music can be great. Yes, a lot of the names listed are suprising, and great. However putting that many composers together on one game can (and often if not usually has) lead to problems.
There is a huge amount of variation between the styles that all of these composers use, and they will no doubt influence their arrangements with their own taste and judgement. This will either be a horrific randomly pieced together soundtrack, or a suprisingly well blended fusion of fantastic staff. Only time will tell how big of a problem this will cause, or whether it turns out for the best.
Source: Smash Bros. DOJO!!
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