Remaining Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu says he’s not concerned about utilizing generative AI to make his music.
In an interview for the web site of music affiliation JASRAC (as noticed by Automaton), Uematsu stated he has by no means tried generative AI and doesn’t really feel it might be rewarding to take action.
“I’ve by no means used it, and I in all probability by no means will,” Uematsu stated. “I believe there’s extra satisfaction in one thing you’ve created your self after some effort and wrestle.”
“Additionally, when individuals take heed to music, a part of their enjoyment comes from discovering the background of the one who made it, proper? AI doesn’t have that type of background.”
Uematsu concluded that even when performing current items, music created by people might be “unstable and distinctive to every particular person”, and it’s “that fluctuation and enlargement that makes it so fulfilling”.
Regardless of having little interest in generative AI, Uematsu has advised that AI could possibly be used for different components of audio in video games, equivalent to swapping between tracks.
Discussing the evolution of music in video video games, Uematsu defined that whereas every technology of video games sees always bettering graphics, the journey to enhance audio was primarily accomplished with the flexibility so as to add studio recorded sounds instantly right into a recreation.
“Past that, it’s in all probability spatial audio (binaural sound),” he stated. “Remaining Fantasy X already carried out the thought of spatial audio itself, however the query is how a lot customers will demand it going ahead. One other side is how easily the music that’s being performed might be transitioned. That’s an space the place AI would possibly deal with issues nicely sooner or later.”
Elsewhere within the interview, Uematsu defined how Koichi Sugiyama, the late composer of rival recreation Dragon Quest, used to play each Remaining Fantasy recreation and provides Uematsu suggestions on the music.
“After Remaining Fantasy 1 got here out, I abruptly acquired a name from Mr Sugiyama’s workplace,” Uematsu recalled. “They simply stated, ‘he praised your work. That’s all’,” he laughed.
“However I used to be extremely blissful. After that, he performed each recreation and shared his ideas with me. Relating to the opera scene music in Remaining Fantasy 6, he stated: ‘You wrote that with out figuring out something about opera, didn’t you? It’s best to have consulted me.’ “Nicely, whenever you’re composing for Remaining Fantasy, you’ll be able to’t precisely seek the advice of the Dragon Quest composer, are you able to?”
Final yr Uematsu confirmed that Fantasian Neo Dimension was his final full undertaking as a online game composer, however confused that he would proceed to make music for video video games, simply not whole soundtracks.
