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You’ve heard Yasunori Mitsuda earlier than even for those who haven’t heard of Yasunori Mitsuda earlier than—the Japanese composer created a number of quintessential online game soundtracks, together with these for Xenogears and Chrono Trigger. He’s additionally answerable for the cascade of boops that make up the soundtrack to 1998’s authentic Mario Party, however he revealed on November 1 that his time engaged on these songs wasn’t practically as sunny as they sound.
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That day, Nintendo’s Japanese Twitter posted that Mario Party and Mario Party 2 have been coming to the Switch at present, November 2. Along with the information, Mitsuda’s bitter recollections, maybe, got here speeding again.
“Mario Party was my first freelance gig [after leaving Square]. The music director told me they wanted ‘jazz’ but all of my songs got rejected,” says a translation of Mitsuda’s Japanese Twitter thread. “When I caved and asked for pointers, I learned he specifically wanted ‘big band jazz,’ so I have the bitter memory of being like, ‘seriously?!’”
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Mitsuda goes on to say that Mario Party set his private report for variety of rejected songs—200 jazz tunes that Nintendo determined merely didn’t boop massive or onerous sufficient. More pleasantly although, Mitsuda says he hasn’t encountered such a large chasm in expectation within the 20 years since he labored on Mario Party.
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He additionally appeared to disclaim or downplay his involvement with the Mario Party 2 soundtrack, though his title does seem within the 1999 sport’s finish credit underneath “Music.” Mario Party is tearing us aside.
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But there’s extra to life than being an Italian-coded plumber, or, because it seems, a composer on considered one of his video games. In addition to contributing to latest installments of the Xeno collection and commanding a visitor spot on the Final Fantasy XV: Episode Ignis soundtrack, Mitsuda additionally visitor composed for the indie turn-based role-playing sport Sea of Stars, out in 2023.
