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Artist Interview: Miki Higashino

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Miki Higashino is best known to game music fans as the composer behind Suikoden and Suikoden II, though her career at Konami also includes Gradius, Salamander, Contra III (where she served as both director and composer), Thunder Cross, Tokimeki Memorial, and Vandal Hearts, among many others. She’s the newest addition to the Scarlet Moon Artists roster, returning to game music in a major way and, for the first time in her career, available to developers worldwide. Recent credits include HexaDrive’s Infinity Bullets alongside Shinji Hosoe and five new tracks for Pixel’s Bounty Sisters.

Check below for an interview with Miki Higashino about her style, inspirations, and collaboration with Scarlet Moon.

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Motoi Sakuraba Joins Lie of Caelum: Spirit as Guest Composer, Kickstarter Successfully Funded

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Classi5ed’s Lie of Caelum: Spirit, a PSX-style sci-fi mecha JRPG drawing on Xenogears and Phantasy Star, has successfully funded on Kickstarter, clearing its $34,000 goal and currently sitting at over 164% funded with time still on the clock. Scarlet Moon handled PR for the campaign, and the soundtrack features a guest contribution from Motoi Sakuraba (Dark Souls, Tales of, Star Ocean), who is represented by Scarlet Moon Artists.

The guest song brings Sakuraba back to a sound he knows well: the Phantasy Star series (including Phantasy Star Nova and the Phantasy Star Online Premium Arrange album) was one of the project’s main inspirations, alongside composers Kurippertronixxx and Mushra (Seed of Nostalgia).

“I’m glad to be part of Lie of Caelum: Spirit as a guest composer. I always enjoy games with a strong, unusual world behind them, and Lie of Caelum’s story sounds like just that kind of project. If backers reach this goal, I’ll do my best to write music that fits what the team is building,” says Motoi Sakuraba.

About Motoi Sakuraba

Motoi Sakuraba is a veteran videogame composer whose scores include Dark Souls, the Tales of series, Star Ocean, Golden Sun, and Baten Kaitos, among dozens of others across more than three decades in the industry. He is represented by Scarlet Moon Artists.

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Interview: Career Retrospective with Osamu Kubota

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[EDITOR’S NOTE: We’ve been fortunate to have been in touch with game music enthusiast Michael Kobzik about interviews conducted with videogame composers, and have agreed to partner to publish them on the Scarlet Moon blog. What better way to start than with an extensive interview looking at Scarlet Moon Artists composer Osamu Kubtota’s storied career! Enjoy. – Jayson]

Osamu Kubota is a legendary composer with a long, storied career. He’s most famous for his work in Konami’s BEMANI sound division, though his career before and after is similarly impressive. We found some time to speak with Osamu Kubota about his long career and recent work.

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