Hideaki Utsumi

• Game Music, Reviews

  Natsu: A marth TERIT RECORDS Classic (Review)

  February 6, 2010 | Jayson Napolitano | 2 Comments Share this Natsu: A marth TERIT RECORDS Classic (Review)

  

  Remember marth TERIT RECORDS? If you read our recent interview with former Capcom sound designer Hideaki Utsumi, it may sound familiar, as he briefly discussed the record label and a few of its releases. Don kicked off coverage of the label, starting with his review of Shinseiki Kivandelyan, and here we are with another compilation album titled Natsu (Or “Summer” in English), which takes us all the way back to 1997.

  Like with other releases from the label, don’t expect “game music.” This is a compilation album featuring mainly electronic tracks with Japanese vocals from a variety of artists. While I didn’t know any of these names before listening, I’m definitely interested in learning more about some of their past work based on this release, and I hope you will too!

  Find out more about Natsu in our review after the jump. (more…)

• Game Music, Reviews

  Is the New World Worth Exploring?: Shinsekai Kivandelyan (Review)

  January 13, 2010 | Don Kotowski | 2 Comments Share this Is the New World Worth Exploring?: Shinsekai Kivandelyan (Review)

  

  So, apparently Hideaki Utsumi has a record label called marth TERIT RECORDS. Many of the albums seem to feature current and former Capcom members. Looking at the list, when asked if I wanted to review any of the albums, the Shinsekai Kivandelyan (translates to “New World Kivandelyan”) seemed the most promising.

  I’ve been told that the album itself features an important pun in terms of name, art, etc. For example, the name “Kivandelyan,” when put into kana, is quite close to Evangelion. Couple that with the fact that the name for Neon Genesis Evangelion is Shinsekai Evangelion, and things start to add up. Add the fact that the cover art is a clone of Rei Ayanami, who I assume is a character from Evangelion, and the logo itself is quite similar to an Eva logo, and you can see why some people might think this is a legitimate Eva release.

  Enough of that, though. What does the album actually contain? It features original music by Hideaki Utsumi, Masami Ueda, Yoshino Aoki, and others. I was expecting a lot, given how much I like some of the people on the list.

  Read the review after the jump to see if it fulfilled my expectations. (more…)

• Game Music

  Mass Exodus From Capcom Part 3: Interview with Hideaki Utsumi

  December 29, 2009 | Jayson Napolitano | 3 Comments Share this Mass Exodus From Capcom Part 3: Interview with Hideaki Utsumi

  

  Sheesh, I can’t help but wonder what’s going on over at Capcom Japan. First it was Audio Director Tetsuya Shibata to form Unique Note, then sound designer and Sound Director Masayuki Endo to form Forcewick. We’ve now learned of a third key employee from Capcom Japan’s audio department that left the company, and that person is Hideaki Utsumi. While his name may not be immediately familiar, the list of titles he’s worked on over the years at Capcom is quite impressieve, including several titles in the Resident Evil series (including Resident Evil 5) and the Devil May Cry series.

  As it turns out, Utsumi was the first to leave Capcom of the three we’ve mentioned, and he didn’t leave to go freelance either. As it turns out, Utsumi instead decided to become a music educator at the HAL Osaka Technical School (the sister site to the Tokyo campus where Kenichiro Fukui of Square Enix left to teach). We’ve fortunately been able to talk with Utsumi-sensei about this move, the programs at the HAL Technical Schools, his time at Capcom, and his record label, marth TERIT RECORDS, which has featured a number of awesome releases.

  Read and learn in our exclusive interview with Utsumi-sensei after the jump! (more…)

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