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And as far as the Disney Concert hall is concerned, it is a wonderful modern structure and I am extremely honored that I had this opportunity to have a concert here.


When you talk about the Final Fantasy series, the series started selling better after 7, and that was the base idea for the center of the set list for the LA concert.


Well, rather than to give you my impression on Los Angeles, per se, my older sister's husband is and American, therefore I have a pretty good idea of the, perhaps the characteristics of Americans in general.


The second album of Black Mages is currently in the process of recording and the basic tracks have already been completed. Hopefully sometime in the future we will be able to have a concert.


However in countries outside of Japan I think game music is still a potential growth market that has not yet developed to the extent that we are seeing in Japan.


So I don't really have a clear plan, in terms of music, as to where I want to head in the future.


I have been interested in Irish traditional music for the past few years.


I guess many game music fans prefer original soundtrack albums.


I don't know anyone who would be exclusively working on game music, per se.


I think that American people really know how to pursue fun, they really know how to have a good time. Japanese are somewhat more reserved than Americans, so I'm jealous.


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.


And it's very strange, but I think there is something very common - not only in Celtic music - but there is a factor or element in Celtic music that is similar in music that we find in Japan, the United States, Europe, and even China and other Asian countries.


Last year in Germany at a town hall in Leipzig there was a game music concert played by the orchestra and some of the Final Fantasy scores were played. This year there is another concert scheduled in the same location, for game music.


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


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


I always begin to compose the melody first.


However, very recently I have come to an understanding that complex music is not necessarily pleasant.


Certainly my only interest is not in Celtic music.


I just initiated the project where I write music for somebody else to write the lyrics and also for the orchestra to perform. I've just initiated the project. That leads the project into creating an independent label outside of game music.


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