Don't give a fuck about Spyro too, haha, but Lara.... certainly.
Could we pressure Square Enix to disassociate itself from this man?
I mean, there are bigots everywhere and in every age. Of course I know what you mean, but better to not assume this for other people. Sugiyama is the one actually exposing his terrible views and investing a lot of time and money in this stuff.However, this does not surprise me because of his age, and that it is Japan. I always worry that other favorite composers in his age group will be the same way (Koroku Reijoro).
This struck me as, in all probability, more of an ATLUS thing than Shoji Meguro himself. I mean, we're talking about a company that disallow PS4 screenshot features for Persona 5 out of some backward ass reasons of "people spoilering their games." Not to mention region-locking their PS3 games.
They're control freaks.
Unless there are any other occasion of him acting like a jerk?
For the longest time, most composers in the Japanese game industry worked as company employees instead of freelancers. It is true that for those who have made a name for themselves, they have increasingly opted to go freelance for the reason that it allows them the opportunity to negotiate ownership of their own music. But for all the composers who worked on games while in the employ of a company, that work belongs to the company, not the individual. Sugiyama is in a unique position because he was never in the employ of Enix from the very start. Uematsu and Meguro do not fully own their own music at all. Meguro is in fact still an employee of Atlus, and is the head of their sound division now. So when he issues a takedown, he is doing it on behalf of Atlus. If he were to ever leave Atlus, his prior work does not entirely belong to him by default. That's not how it works.
Wow, this was great!He's a piece of human shit, and this just proves the point.
The worst part is that he's not just some rando. He's a fuck head with a whole lot of money and a VERY powerful voice in a country that is struggling heavily with these issues because of people like him making it a worse place to live for them. The fact that he has the gall to laugh over the concept of kids killing themselves tells you everything you need to know about his "humanity."
SE should do the world a solid and bring on Manami Matsumae to compose for the main Dragon Quest games. Her work on Dragon Quest Swords is woefully under-appreciated IMO.
I wasn't going to defend this fucker.Even if they do, they have the good sense not to make it a massive part of their public and fiscal lives in an effort to spread toxic propaganda in order to muddy the waters of progressive thought. However, in this case, we have a creative laughing at the concept of fellow human beings committing suicide under this preposterous pretense of being unable to grow the population. This is just absurd.
I'd be very surprised by that. Even under Japanese copyright laws (modelled after US laws), ironically enforced by Sugiyama as the face of Japanese copyright, the most ownership anyone beyond the composer can have is of the production itself. The composition should belong 100% to the composer. Even if a composer decided to waiver their ownership, it's not legally allowed.For the longest time, most composers in the Japanese game industry worked as company employees instead of freelancers. It is true that for those who have made a name for themselves, they have increasingly opted to go freelance for the reason that it allows them the opportunity to negotiate ownership of their own music. But for all the composers who worked on games while in the employ of a company, that work belongs to the company, not the individual. Sugiyama is in a unique position because he was never in the employ of Enix from the very start. Uematsu and Meguro do not fully own their own music at all. Meguro is in fact still an employee of Atlus, and is the head of their sound division now. So when he issues a takedown, he is doing it on behalf of Atlus. If he were to ever leave Atlus, his prior work does not entirely belong to him by default. That's not how it works.
I understand that. Sorry if it came off as such.
Wow, you're right, I had no idea that the person who creates and copyrights a work legally owns it! /sThis shows a real lack of understanding over music ownership. The composer owns the music. This guy is a prick, but don't equate retaining copyright as being "an ass".
Sugiyama had also been a famous musician since way before DQ.
I even remember reading somewhere that other game composer, like Uematsu, look up to Sugiyama as inspiration in composing game music.
Other well-known video game music composer got their fame from doing video game music.
Sugiyama is the only one who has bargaining power to keep ownership of his music.
To be honest, I think even after he retire from composing, his company will still have hold on DQ music.
I don't see SE dropping the classic DQ theme which was composed by him.
Could we pressure Square Enix to disassociate itself from this man?
Perhaps he doesn't want other people reinterpreting his music. He's not alone. It's not rare for Japanese composers to be precious.And the reason he vehemently refuses to let audiences outside Japan hear the orchestrated versions of his works, instead of shitty MIDIs, when he would only be financially benefiting from doing so, is?
Yeah. He has worked on a number of things like the opening theme to The Return for Ultraman, a Godzilla movie, arrangements for Cyborg 009 in the 70's and 80's. He's a very big name, and has influenced many composers with his works.Sugiyama had also been a famous musician since way before DQ.
I even remember reading somewhere that other game composer, like Uematsu, look up to Sugiyama as inspiration in composing game music.
Other well-known video game music composer got their fame from doing video game music.
Sugiyama is the only one who has bargaining power to keep ownership of his music.
To be honest, I think even after he retire from composing, his company will still have hold on DQ music.
I don't see SE dropping the classic DQ theme which was composed by him.
How can such an awful person make such beautiful music? That shouldn't happen!
DQ has no clout in the west and Sugiyama is an integral part of DQ's identity. SE should seperate from him as SE is a global company ( and it's the right thing to do) but I don't see it happening unfortunately.
There's no "reinterpretation" necessary. The orchestrated versions already exist, conducted by him, in a version of the game he sanctions existing in one place, but literally nowhere else in the world.Perhaps he doesn't want other people reinterpreting his music. He's not alone. It's not rare for Japanese composers to be precious.
I mean, there are bigots everywhere and in every age. Of course I know what you mean, but better to not assume this for other people. Sugiyama is the one actually exposing his terrible views and investing a lot of time and money in this stuff.
The fact he'll almost assuredly keep his job, and all his power, after this is really depressing. I really hope it affects Square Enix's bottom line - I know I'm probably going to wind up getting DQXI used now, if I bother to play through it at all. I know that's not fair on the other, decent people who worked on it but I have to draw the line somewhere.
His music is iconic, sure, but honestly it's overdone. Literally every Dragon Quest trailer I've seen uses the same main theme and it's incredibly stale now. I know DQ is a series all about tradition but eventually you have to get rid of the old to make way for the new, especially when the old is vile and leaves a stain on anything it touches.
I know Japan is making some strides in LGBT rights but those in power need to show their support soon or they're going to look incredibly awkward on the global stage.
Probably close to the same ratio as people in other countries entertainment industries.I wonder how many other Japanese people in the entertainment industry have similiar beliefs.
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I mean, Sugiyama uses that money from DQ to spread his views.
He tried to take out an ad in New York Times and Washington Post about how China spreads lies about Rape of Nanking and comfort women because they're jealous of Japan and want to take it down and both newspapers denied him until he admitted the Rape of Nanking happened. His reply was to up the bid.
"Separate the art from the artist" isn't high-minded neutrality, it's "I don't care and it bothers me that you do so stop."
I mean, Sugiyama uses that money from DQ to spread his views.
The dude's already separating the art from the audience.
I mean, Sugiyama uses that money from DQ to spread his views.
He tried to take out an ad in New York Times and Washington Post about how China spreads lies about Rape of Nanking and comfort women because they're jealous of Japan and want to take it down and both newspapers denied him until he admitted the Rape of Nanking happened. His reply was to up the bid.
"Separate the art from the artist" isn't high-minded neutrality, it's "I don't care and it bothers me that you do so stop."
No, he basically wrote a big thing about how it never happened and China is the enemy and blah blah blah. Both newspapers said "We can't run a thing that says Rape of Nanking never happened, change it to admit it or no deal." He offered to pay more to run it as-is. Then he wrote a big whiny thing complaining about how it was impossible to admit it happened because it didn't happen.I'm just trying to better understand your post. So he was denied until he admitted it? Are you implying the papers then ran the ad after? I would be quite shocked if so.
No, he basically wrote a big thing about how it never happened and China is the enemy and blah blah blah. Both newspapers said "We can't run a thing that says Rape of Nanking happened, change it to admit it or no deal." He offered to pay more to run it as-is. Then he wrote a big whiny thing complaining about how it was impossible to admit it happened because it didn't happen.
The papers never ran it. Sugiyama never stopped believing it.
He is a hardcore nationalist. Once you tell someone something they desperately want to believe, they'll never be convinced otherwise.Ah okay, I understand now. I'm glad in the end this stuff never ran in the papers. I'm kind of surprised at how determined he was to try and run these ads though.
OK. I hope he lives for another century, after a stroke in a vegetative state.Let's cool it with the death wishes, all right? I mean, yes there's a slight difference between "I hope he gets murdered on the way home" and "I hope he dies of old age, in his bed, surrounded by his loved ones," but let's just...not.
We definitely should. DQ should be literally separated from Sugiyama so he can no longer profit from it. #SeparateTheArtistFromProfit
"On one hand you have someone who openly laughs at the suffering of a minority group and uses his influence to deny war crimes and on the other you have people who don't like him for that.On one hand, you have this old man with hate and prejudice against people, on the other you have people saying that he should die.
I dont belong in this world anymore.