I always begin to compose the melody first.

- Nobuo Uematsu

Like many composers, most of my compositions are influenced by the music I've listened to throughout my life.

- Nobuo Uematsu

However now we can create a sound that can truly startle someone and in terms of sound effects I think the environment that we are in now has improve…

- Nobuo Uematsu

Well my own impression of my musical pieces is that no matter how long I've been at it, there's not much improvement. So that's kind of regrettable.

- Nobuo Uematsu

As you may know my use of Celtic music is extremely simple and short. However there is something about it that will remain in your mind for a long, l…

- Nobuo Uematsu

We hope that eventually there would be an occasion which I can personally prove that game music can in fact impress many different people and move th…

- Nobuo Uematsu

Games are considered to be in the sub-culture category, coming under movies, coming under manga or comics or animation, especially in Japan.

- Nobuo Uematsu

I believe that there are still people who believe that game music is something equal to just an effect incorporated into the game, something like a B…

- Nobuo Uematsu

So I don't really have a clear plan, in terms of music, as to where I want to head in the future.

- Nobuo Uematsu