Asuka Sakai Interview: What Constitutes Game Music?
Asuka Sakai is a game composer turned record producer. At Namco, she was known for pushing the stylistic and technological boundaries of game music with extraordinary contributions to Katamari Damacy,...
View ArticleTaku Inoue Interview: A New Generation of Namco Music
While a newcomer to the industry, Taku Inoue has left quite an impression since joining Bandai Namco three years ago. In this short space of time, he has worked on ten game releases. He has brought...
View ArticleYuu Miyake Interview: Katamari Sound Director Goes Freelance
Yuu Miyake is a game music pioneer best known for being the sound director and lead composer for the Katamari Damacy series. Last year, he left Namco Bandai Games to embark on a career as a freelance...
View ArticleAnnual Game Music Awards 2012 Winners
All the winners, runners-up, and nominees for the 2012 awards
View ArticleTouch My Katamari Original Soundtrack
Album Title: Touch My Katamari Original Soundtrack (Katamari Damacy Novita Original Soundtrack: Katamori Damacy) Record Label: NIPPON COLUMBIA Catalog No.: COCX-37131 Release Date: December 21, 2011...
View ArticleMAGFest 13: Maryland, January 2015
The amount of things one can do at MAGFest is seemingly limitless; nevertheless the concerts tend to be its biggest draw. After all, what’s a music and gaming festival without a chiptune artist or band...
View ArticleYuu Miyake and Yoshihito Yano Interview: MAGFest 13
Yuu Miyake is a game music pioneer best known for being the sound director and lead composer for the Katamari Damacy series. In 2011, he left Bandai Namco Studios to embark on a career as a freelance...
View ArticleHiroyuki Kawada Interview: Namco Sounds of the Contemporary
Hiroyuki Kawada is Namco’s longest-serving musical innovator. During his three decades at the company, he balanced work on classic properties (e.g. Galaga, Pac-Man, Xevious) with new properties (e.g....
View ArticleTaku Inoue to leave Bandai Namco
Composer Taku Inoue has announced today via Twitter that he will be leaving Bandai Namco at the end of this month. “I was able to do the best job with the best colleagues at my best workplace and I was...
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