For over ten years or so game music has developed into a very large market.

As you may know my use of Celtic music is extremely simple and short. However there is something about it that will remain in your mind for a long, long time.

However now we can create a sound that can truly startle someone and in terms of sound effects I think the environment that we are in now has improved dramatically.

There's some familiarity in Celtic music, even if you've never heard that piece of music before.

Like many composers, most of my compositions are influenced by the music I've listened to throughout my life.

We hope that eventually there would be an occasion which I can personally prove that game music can in fact impress many different people and move them.

I always begin to compose the melody first.

I guess many game music fans prefer original soundtrack albums.

Certainly my only interest is not in Celtic music.

It was very difficult to startle or surprise someone with a particular sound during the family computer era.

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