Yuzo Koshiro at MAGFest

[majors]

http://magfest.org/koshiro

It is with great pleasure that I announce to you our next guest of honor at MAGFest 11: Yuzo Koshiro. Yuzo is most well known for his work on the Streets of Rage trilogy, Ys, ActRaiser, Shinobi, and many many more. Not only will he be present as a guest speaker, but he'll be spinning up some of his classic gaming tunes during his very own live DJ set. You can check out his full list of credits at his Wikipedia article and also pay a visit to the website of his very own developer studio ANCIENT
 
This is his FIRST EVER public appearance and performance in the USA, so don't miss this chance!

Time to get your Ys games signed!

[geise]

F'n awesome!  Honestly though I don't think Yuzo was to thrilled with his Ys music.  He never ever talks about it.  No idea why.

[NightWolve]

Ah, cool. You know, I used to think he was THE guy that made the awesomeness of the Ys soundtracks what they are, but it was Ryo Yonemitsu arrangements of his compositions that set those soundtracks apart and made gaming history. Listening to Yuzo's work on Ys by itself, there's nothing memorable about it; the Ys soundtracks that we know and love is thanks to Hudson getting Ryo on the job (of course Falcom and the JDK band as well). Anyway, I like Yuzo's work on ActRaiser, those were great games for the SNES. I think I still own the first or 2nd one, not sure.

Honestly though I don't think Yuzo was to thrilled with his Ys music.  He never ever talks about it.  No idea why.

Yeah, I think there are hard feelings there. I don't think he left Falcom on good terms (that right?) and since a lot of the tracks that became so famous are off his compositions and no royalties and what not. Well, I picked up this rumor somewhere, so don't quote me on it.