"Hiroki Kikuta’s Secret of Mana soundtrack remains one of the most lauded soundtracks on the Super Nintendo. To satiate fans’ burning questions about his work, the game composer took to Reddit to answer questions in an “Ask Me Anything” post.
One eye-catching revelation involved one fan’s inquiry about his work on a fan favorite, “Prophecy,” which he apparently wrote in 15 minutes.
'The composer also gave a neat explanation for the game’s aggressive boss tune, 'Danger,' saying that a key factor in crafting battle music lies in focusing on “the positive factors clashing with negative ones.'" - Patrick Kulikowski
Are you excited for the forthcoming Visions of Mana? This retrospective of the Mana series will tell you all about the franchise thus far.
After 20 long years, can Square Enix finally give us the coveted cover-art version of the game?
I'm still waiting for a proper Final Fantasy game that looks exactly like Yoshitaka Amano's art. Dissidia proved how ridiculously amazing that would look like but it was still not close enough. They need to go for broke on Amano's art style and design.
I don't care if it's a remake of 5 or 6 or a new entry, just make it happen at some point in this life time SquareEnix...
Secret of Mana recently turned 30 years old in Japan, and to celebrate this seminal action RPG's anniversary, Alana of Nintendo Life is reminiscing about how the game's use of colour inspired a fascination with RPG worlds...
Well la de da.
The best things in life are usually on impulse and I imagine there is alot of songs/books/movies that were better in the beggining before they spent hundreds of hours trying to perfect it kinda like ending a sentence... bum pickles.
Nobuo Uematsu wrote the Prelude in 5 minutes as well and that is a classic beloved melody.
He is a talented composer.
Thanks for the share.
One of my all-time favorite games and game soundtracks. Played through the whole game 2 player. Unforgettable adventure.