Regarding Matsuhashi Minoru's question, Takeyusei replied: "Yes, I am indeed looking for someone to make music for the game. What? Do you have anyone to recommend?"
Matsuhashi Minoru nodded and said: "There is indeed a candidate, the brother of one of my good friends."
Zhu Youxing became interested and asked: "How is your level?"
Matsuhashi Minoru nodded seriously and said: "His composition level is very good. He was quite famous when he was young. At that time, he could be said to have unlimited potential. At that time, many record companies invited him to become a composer. However,
Because he encountered some changes, he was unwilling to compose songs anymore."
"An accident? What kind of accident?"
"Well... he said that he had encountered a bottleneck, saying that he could not compose better songs, and then he couldn't break through it, so he became more and more depressed. In the end, he got drunk every day and never cheered up again until he passed.
The money he earned was gradually squandered, and he gradually returned to ordinary life. At this time, he felt regretful and wanted to return to music production, but no one needed him anymore."
Matsuhashi Minoru paused, and then continued: "Their family is having a hard time now. If he can find a job making music, he will be very happy."
He sounds like someone who was willing to go crazy for music when he was young, so maybe he can check it out.
Zhu Youxing became interested: "Bring me a copy of his music and let me listen to it. If it meets my standards, I am willing to give him a job."
After receiving Takeyusei's consent, Matsuhashi Minori seemed very happy. She quickly said: "Then I will thank you, president, on behalf of my friend. My friend often worries about his brother, because my friend's brother once despised him.
Music is like life, but I wasted more than ten years due to my own reasons."
Zhu Youxing said: "Don't thank me, I just said it and have a look. If it meets the requirements, it means he has the ability. It has nothing to do with whether I agree or not. If he doesn't have the ability, then your recommendation will not count."
It doesn’t have much effect.”
Takeyusei attaches great importance to the soundtrack of Final Fantasy.
In Final Fantasy, music is one of the souls. It is far more important than the soundtrack of many games. It is the characteristic of Final Fantasy. If he cannot find a suitable soundtrack, he would rather not make the game.
The next day, Minoru Matsuhashi brought over her friend's brother's tape.
Looking at the packaging of the tape, it is obvious that it is a work that has not been released to the public. There is a name written on the label of the tape: Makoto Sakai.
He was sure that he had never heard of this name, not even in the memory of the original owner. It seemed that it really was just a little famous.
"President, the third song among them is his most proud work, and it is also the last song he composed. After that, he did not create any more works."
While listening, Zhu Yuxing put the tape into the tape machine and asked, "If you don't create works for more than ten years, will you become rusty?"
"This... I'm not sure either." Matsuhashi answered honestly.
She is just giving it a try now to see if she can help a group of friends.
But if it really doesn't meet Zhu Yuxing's standards, she can completely understand that the president is a person who strives for excellence, otherwise he wouldn't be able to create such a classic video game.
"Let's listen and see first."
Zhu Youxing then pressed the play button.
After a burst of tingling sounds, there was a male voice clearing his throat, and soon a soft humming sound began to slowly sound along with the guitar.
This person's voice is not that outstanding, but the rhythm and tune of his guitar playing are quite good, which largely makes up for the disadvantage of his singing voice. It can be said that the performance and composition are nine points, and the score is about five or six.
Singing voice.
The performance improved the singing voice, which was originally only 5 or 6 points, to a level of 7 or 8 points, which is quite rare.
The first song is sung with only guitar accompaniment.
Zhu Youxing thought it was pretty good, especially the guitar he played was really unique.
However, Final Fantasy music is not guitar-based, so he plans to continue listening to it.
The next piece is a violin solo. The overall music sounds very comfortable, giving people the feeling of walking under the morning sun, relaxed and comfortable. He is indeed a very good composer.
What kind of bottleneck will this kind of person encounter?
Zhu Youxing is not a composer, so he doesn't quite understand these, so he can only listen to it again.
"Not bad, the performance of these two pieces of music is quite good. Speaking of which, how old is your friend's brother?"
"Already forty years old."
Did a composer who was somewhat famous more than ten years ago encounter a bottleneck?
So it is really difficult to remember yourself, unless it is the kind of person who is truly a household name, it is possible to impress people.
Such a short-lived composer can easily be ignored.
Then, Zhu Youxing played the next piece of music.
This time, it is no longer the performance of one instrument, but an ensemble of multiple instruments.
This piece of music is also more than half of the standard. It should be played with a musical instrument such as an electronic keyboard. The overall music style has a hint of dreaminess and confusion.
Since this was the last piece of music he produced and the one he was most proud of, he should have sensed his own bottleneck at this time and expressed it in the music.
This is very qualified music and can already meet Zhuyouxing's standards for Final Fantasy music.
It’s not that the previous music producers were not good enough, it was mainly because Zhu Yuxing always felt that they didn’t fit in with Final Fantasy’s psychedelic style with a touch of new life.
Some of the music styles are either too gentle, some are too old, and some are too modern, which makes it a bit uninteresting, but this one is at least above the passing line of my own standards, about an eight-point mark, and may not be perfect.
But if this person is willing to accept his training and let him compose and perform according to his own designated style, there should be a chance of improving it to above nine points, which would make him comparable to Nobuo Uematsu, the royal musician of Final Fantasy in his previous life.
When the third piece of music ended, the voice of Makoto Sakai came from the tape.
"Thank you for listening. Thank you very much. If there are any shortcomings, please feel free to point them out. I am willing to do my best to do my best."
The sound ends and the tape comes to an end.
Matsuhashi Minoru looked at Takeyusei with a hint of expectation.
"President, what do you think?"
Zhu Youxing pondered.
He was still thinking in his mind whether this Sakai Makoto really met his requirements.
Eight points is already not low.
It would be really difficult to find someone who can match the level of Final Fantasy musician Nobuo Uematsu at the very beginning.
So, just choose this one?
Well, this is the one. Finding a more suitable one is probably like winning the lottery. Besides, it can be trained in the future.
But I just don’t know if this person is a proud and arrogant person. If he is this kind of person, that’s not good.
"I think it's good. We can ask him to come over some time. I want to see it with my own eyes." Zhu Youxing said with a smile.
Matsuhashi Minoru breathed a sigh of relief.
Her friend had entrusted her with the hope that she could help her brother find a suitable job for a long time. Now it seemed that there was finally hope, and she felt very happy.