Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Uematsu is overrated. I admit, he's a good composer and I listen to his stuff just like everyone else. But he's theJohn Williams of gaming music. Everyone known who he is because of the works he's tiedto, but not every song he's written is holy. About half the stuff he writes is pure gold, while the other half is exactly as its meant to be, background filler music that you skip when listening to it outside of the game. When listening to other artists works such as Koichi Sugiyama, Yasunori Mitsuda, Yoko Shimomura, Yoko Kanno, Jun Ishikawa, Kenji Yamamoto....you don't skip tracks when listening to these artists. All their songs are good. |
Don't forget Michiru Yamane and, though he is more famous than most, Koji Kondo.
But otherwise, yes, I agree.
I do love Uematsu's battle themes, though. When the action get's going I've yet to find any composer who consistently surpasses him in terms of stylistic diversity and expressive power.
