Diggin' in the Carts

Season 1 Episode 5: The Role of Role Play

Almost a decade before names like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest started to make an appearance around the world, role playing games were already a big deal in Japan. In fact, they were so important that games companies were employing the likes of Koichi Sugiyama, one of Japan’s most respected classical composers to give the 8-bit and 16-bit sound a sophistication never heard before. In this episode, we follow the music of Final Fantasy as the compositions of Nobuo Uematsu come full circle. In their early incarnations, it was 8-bit music imitating the orchestral sound. Nowadays, some of the world’s leading orchestras perform the music that once strove to elevate itself to their level.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

6

Cast:

Haruhisa Tanaka, Yuichi Uchizawa, Peter Berkman

Quality:

HD

Duration:

17 min

First Air:

2014

Rating:

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