Interviews

Manami Matsumae is the composer of the original Mega Man video game, developed and published by Capcom. In this brief chat, we let her share stories about her past and the development of Mega Man, as well as talking about music and her new track for our debut album World 1-2 . Read more about A Conversation with Manami Matsumae

A detailed and personal interview with the legendary composer of Mega Man 2 Conducted by Mohammed Taher in April, 2015. Note: To further commemorate Tateishi-san in this interview, I asked my friend and Brave Wave composer Takahiro Izutani to make a Mega Man 2 remix. Please enjoy his version of Quick Mane Stage below. Takahiro Izutani is the co-composer of the Bayonetta series, Metal Gear Solid 4, and more. Read more about A Conversation with Takashi Tateishi

My good friend and CEO of Brave Wave, Alex Aniel, recently quit his job to focus his time and energy on what we do here at the label. We’ve been squeezing time since 2012 but we finally decided that one of us has to quit his job and attend to Brave Wave’s daily operations. Seeing as he lives in Japan and around our friends and composers, Alex took a huge leap of faith and is partaking in a new chapter for us — and himself — with a set of new goals and opportunities. So, what does attending to Brave Wave means exactly? Well, for one, our meetings with our Japanese […] Read more about A Conversation with Saori Kobayashi

Keiji Yamagishi (a.k.a More Yamasan) is a video games composer known for his work on Tecmo’s NES games, most famously Ninja Gaiden, Tecmo Bowl, and Captain Tsubasa Vol. I & II. I worked with Yamagishi-san on a new chiptune track for World 1-2. Along the way, I decided to do an interview with him; to talk about his work as a game musician, and to speak fervently about the times of our past. He was kind enough to put aside his work and go with me in a nostalgic trip; in which we dwell around the past, discuss the present, and share with you a glimpse of the foreseeable future. Please enjoy. Read more about A Conversation with Keiji Yamagishi