Talk:Motoi Sakuraba

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One of his compositions appeared in Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi?[edit]

I was once watching the show, Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi, when I thought I heard one of his works. It was the song, Deterioration, from the Baten Kaitos soundtrack. At least, it sounded suspiciously similar to Deterioration, yet I have not been able to verify if this is true. Wolf ODonnell 20:57, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting find. As I can't find any staff list for Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi I'll just assume they simply took the Baten Kaitos piece without any (further) involvement by Sakuraba. It's becoming common for video game related music to appear on TV, usually without any credits unfortunately. Datschge 82.135.65.150 14:44, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think I know what you're talking about. There's a particular strike that is almost stereotyped in horror-themed music and it appears all over the place, including in BK's Deterioration. Take a listen to the famous Night on Bald Mountain. Even Donkey Kong Country 2 uses the strike. It's not unique to the BK track. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.119.233.188 (talk) 22:58, August 23, 2007 (UTC)

A bit of cleanup and reorganization[edit]

I decided to merge the Biography and Career sections. Also, I turned the paragraph listing the remnants of Wolfteam into a bulleted list for readability. I'm hoping it's a lot clearer in this presentation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.123.141.27 (talk)

about this page[edit]

motoi sakuraba page is should have his picture --KL Joe (talk) 06:29, 8 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Class=Start for already containing plenty data but not complete information, lacks in structure and non-work related biographical data. Needs checking by native English speakers. Importance=Mid as Mr. Sakuraba is a commonly used reference point for both the Japanese Progressive Rock scene of the 1980s as well as the Japanese videogame music industry. -- 138.246.7.97 21:01, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sources/Further Research[edit]

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https://www.squareenixmusic.com/composers/sakuraba/biography.shtml (Unreliable but still interesting read)
https://squareenixmusic.com/features/interviews/motoisakuraba.shtml (Reliable interview)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTXHorVYuqc (Unreliable but interesting watch, this was probably included in an Star Ocean album)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rYY2gwh7g0 (Unreliable and untranslated but interesting)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwu1Fozafpc (Unreliable but interesting)
https://web.archive.org/web/20100828142905/http://member.square-enix.com:80/na/features/so4/05/ (Reliable interview)
http://sakuraba.snesmusic.org/discography/ (Unreliable but interesting fansite)
http://snesmusic.org/motoisakuraba/static/Motoi_Sakuraba.html (Unreliable but interesting fansite)
https://spice.eplus.jp/articles/195677 (Reliable and interesting interview)

AlphaRex1984 (talk) 16:18, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The bio page is not considered reliable per WP:VG/RS but the interview can be used. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 19:53, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Makes sense, I more meant that the links could serve as rabbit holes for people so more reliable and direct sources can be uncovered and found by looking further into them. AlphaRex1984 (talk) 10:30, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, of course. I'd love to cite each individual entry with an RS like other game composer articles have slowly been doing, but that becomes more difficult the further back you go into his work history. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 14:21, 4 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I understand completely. I'm sorry if my additions to this talk page came across as presumptuous or demanding or anything. I'm still learning Wikipedia as I recently started contributing. I did tri-Ace related research for my own project recently and I guess I thought that leaving links on some talk pages would be useful for someone. AlphaRex1984 (talk) 14:39, 4 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Don't worry, your additions aren't causing any issues here as the last topics were posted over a decade ago. Your interest in improving Sakuraba's page is appreciated, it will just be a difficult (but not impossible) endeavor to find reliable citations for Japanese only-releases from 30 years ago. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 17:19, 4 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]