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March Music Madness marches on, this time to the action-packed tunes of Ninja Blade by famed games music composer Norihiko Hibino.

(Excerpt from earlier Norihiko Hibino GDN interview)

[GDN] In regards to the upcoming Ninja Blade, what is the musical approach that you are taking and what can we expect to hear?

I’ve been asked this question a lot lately, and I always have a similar answer.  I’m really excited about this soundtrack.  We focused on the ninja through the perspective of Westerners.  I realized that they think of the ninja as a “martial arts heroes,” so I decided to emphasize the following elements:

• Hollywood action style
• Japanese traditional element
• Sorrowful moment
•  Some “craziness”

In my experience, Japanese people are pretty crazy despite their conservative nature and closed-mindedness at times.  I use the example of “Kamikaze” to explain the idea that when Japanese people get angry, they become insane (in Japanese we call this “buchigire”).  I think the Japanese people are aware of this craziness, and it encourages us to work very hard.

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