We chose Richard because he has done extensive work on Sega games, and the soundtracks he’s done for the games he’s worked on are freaking incredible.
For Headhunter, he made the whole soundtrack using the London Philharmonic Orchestra and recorded the whole OST at Abbey Road Studios, which is just about where ALL of the high calibur movie OST’s are recorded. He’s also doing the music for Headhunter : Redemption.
Not only did we pick him just because of his talents, but it’s because he gives high praise to the Panzer series and its music as well. He also said in an interview that he would love to work on a PD game. His favorite game is Panzer Dragoon Saga!
I also wanted to consider Hitoshi Sakimoto, his works for Vagrant Story, and Radiant Silvergun are VERY top-notch, and he’s currently working on FFXII.
Hitoshi’s work on Radiant Silvergun can also be found at www.phantasy-star-universe.com .
So, aside from my opinion (and Sestrenegade), what do you think? Who do you think should compose the music for a new PD game?
I’ve never played Headhunter. Is it any good? I read that the graphics were sorely lacking in the Dreamcast and Playstation 2 versions (such as a lack of facial expressions and lip movement when speaking).
The people who composed the music for Panzer Dragoon Orta would be the best people for the job of composing the music for a new Panzer RPG. What exactly was wrong with the music in Orta?
Yoshitaka Azuma and Tomoyuki Hayashi worked on the original Panzer Dragoon score, Azuma having done the majority of the work.
Yayoi Wachi, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Junko Shiratsu, and Tomonori Sawada all worked on Panzer Dragoon Zwei, Yayoi Wachi providing the majority of the compositions.
Saori Kobayashi and Mariko Nanba worked on Panzer Dragoon Saga, both having worked on a fairly equal number of songs on each.
Saori Kobayashi, Yutaka Minobe, and Hayato Matsuo worked on Panzer Dragoon Orta, Matsuo only providing assistance on the vocal song Anu Orta Veniya. Minobe worked on Eternal Arcadia, just a tidbit to throw out.
From the above, only Kobayashi has worked on more than one Panzer Dragoon soundtrack, thus resulting in no one Panzer Dragoon soundtrack sounding similar to another. So having a new composer certainly is feasible.
That being said, I think I’d like Tomoko Sasaki to aid with a future Panzer Dragoon game. Some of her best tunes come from NiGHTS: Into Dreams on the Saturn, and Ristar for the Genesis.
I think Saori Kobayashi and Mariko Nanba should be the composers again. The Panzer Dragoon Saga soundtrack was absolutely brilliant - and without it, there is absolutely no way any of us would have been engulfed into the world of PDS as hard as we did. Though Kobayashi did do some music for Orta (which wasn’t all that great) it was because she needed her partner, Mariko Nanba.
Though the other composers listed in this thread are all great and extremely talented, these two, in particular, take the cake.
Does the European verson of Sonic R hve different music than the US? The US music is really bad with songs about going on vacation and living in the city. I couldn’t imagine any of that in a PD game.
If Saori Kobayashi and Mariko Nanba aren’t available again I’d like Yasunori Mitsuda (Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Shadow Hearts) or Motoi Sakuraba (Shining Force III, Star Ocean II).
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