Yasutaka Nakata talks about his desire to create video game music at talk event for upcoming game “Sengoku Action Puzzle DJ Nobunaga”
An event was held at Ikebukuro STORIA on September 13th for the upcoming release of the new mobile game “Sengoku Action Puzzle DJ Nobunaga.” Yasutaka Nakata wrote new music for the game and oversaw all aspects of its music production. Nakata attended the event and spoke about his desire to create game music.
“Sengoku Action Puzzle DJ Nobunaga” was developed by Square Enix, Warner Music Japan and ASOBISYSTEM. The game is set during the Sengoku period of Japanese history where all the warring state military commanders (‘busho’) have become DJs. Together with your ally busho, your mission is to go into DJ battles to unify the whole country by tracing “Inspiration” with your finger that appears on screen to gain power.
A special talk was hosted by Yasutaka Nakata, Takamasa Shiba (Square Enix Game Producer), and Reisuke Ishida (Taito Game Designer). The three of them spoke about the untold story behind the game’s development as well as the music.
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Talking about the game’s soundtrack which he wholly produced, Yasutaka Nakata said: “If it’s music in a movie, then the timing at which the music comes in is already set in stone, but in a video game, the music plays depending on your actions. It’s fun seeing the number of times a song plays as well as when the song actually chimes in depending on how a person plays the game. When I was in elementary school, someone bought me the Dragon Quest soundtrack on cassette tape. I was confused by the A-side of the tape which had the full orchestral versions of the song, but when I tried listening to the B-side, the tracks still had the game sound effects in them, which was relieving to hear.” He further commented about his next dream goal, saying: “I’d like to try making the real start-up sound to a games console at least once in my lifetime.”
Reisuke Ishida, game designer at Taito, revealed at the talk that was already a a music fan of Nakata before the development of the game. “It was difficult in terms of a mobile game, but we committed to making it possible for players to enjoy Nakata’s music together as they play.”
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Hideyuki Tanaka was in charge of the the character designs for the game which are an important aspect tied together with the music. Tanaka’s schedule permitted him to be present at the event to comment: “There are numerous games set in the Sengoku Period, but we wanted to make ours different from the rest, and although it parodies the image of Sengoku precisely because we have Yasutaka Nakata’s music at the base, we also wanted to create something that people who truly love Sengoku can accept and nod to.” The producer of the game, Takamasa Shiba (Square Enix Game Producer), also gave his thoughts on the game production: “I want adults to get together and to work hard to play around and bring to life things that even the edgiest Sengoku games to date have not been able to bring to life.”
Later on, 4 of Japan’s big YouTubers – HIKAKIN, Mizutamari Bond, and Masuo – took to stage ot play the game. HIKAKIN praised the game, saying “The Yasutaka sound is super cool, I really want to play while wearing headphones.”
Nakata wrapped up the event with a final comment: “I created the songs to go hand in hang with players’ excitement, so I don’t think it will be noticed when people are playing it, but I’ve made it so the music sounds good when the timing feels good, so I think people will be able to enjoy it naturally.”
Subscriptions for the game became available on September 13th at 18:00 (JST). The game will be released this autumn. Further collaborations with artists signed to Warner Music are also scheduled. Enjoy the new “Sengoku Action Puzzle DJ Nobunaga” to the fullest when it’s released, created by a passionate team of adults that just want to have fun.
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