Legendary Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu is "not retiring" after his next JRPG Fantasian Neo Dimension, but taking more time for "the music I want to make"
Oct. 15, 2024“Everybody calm down!”
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Update (October 16):
Nobuo Uematsu has clarified that he’s “not retiring” after Fantasian Neo Dimension, saying that “there seems to be some misunderstanding” from a comment he made saying the JRPG would be his “final project as a composer of video game music.”
Ina tweet shared overnight, the JRPG legend asks fans to “calm down,” and says he just wants “more time to make the music I want to make.” He explains: “Wait, wait, wait! Everybody calm down! There seems to be some misunderstanding, but I’m not retiring from video game music work!
“I’m going to cut back a bit on my video game music work because I want to have more time to make the music I want to make,” Uematsu continues. “It would be difficult for me to take on the entire soundtrack of a video game because the time commitment for composing would be too long, but I would like to continue to work on jobs such as one theme song.”
So, we’ve not heard the last of Uematsu’s work yet, which is sure to be a relief for fans. It’s also intriguing to imagine what the music he wants to make might sound like after 38 years of work on so many games.
Original story:
JRPG legend Nobuo Uematsu says Fantasian Neo Dimension will be his “final project” as a video game composer.
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