Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon

[mikey]

I just feel like some types have too much of an overlap and it makes things super confusing

[Dudeman]

Overlap? In what way?

[Latios212]

I was just thinking about stuff, and then I thought...

Who's going to be composing the soundtrack?

Junichi Masuda has only contributed battle themes since Gen 2, Go Ichinose hasn't contributed anything since Gen 5 (), and Shota Kageyama who did the bulk of gen 6 music left Game Freak.

Hitomi Sato contributed significantly fewer tracks in XY than in previous gens, and only one in ORAS. I guess that leaves Minako Adachi who contributed a decent amount of tracks to XY and did a lot of remixing for ORAS.

I can't say I've liked the OSTs as much lately (but they're still good!) in part because of the soundfonts (I prefer a "crisper" sound, instruments sound more like they blend into one another in recent games and to some extent the trailer theme, background layers are less audible). But I'm kinda curious about how Sun and Moon music is gonna come out since my favorite composers haven't been anywhere to be seen in ORAS and now even Kageyama isn't here...

[SlowPokemon]

I'm banking and hoping on a Hitomi Sato, Go Ichinose, and Minako Adachi extravaganza. The former two don't need Kageyama to be successful (see B2W2) and Adachi has been doing a lot for the 3DS generation. I always want more Hitomi Sato in my life though, in my opinion she's by far the most interesting Pokémon composer.

[Latios212]

Aye that would be great! I miss both Ichinose and Sato lately (they're my two favorite) but they've been almost completely absent lately...

Sun/Moon music please come faster haha

[mikey]

Overlap? In what way?

a lot of pokemon look like they could be a lot of different types, which means there's a possibility some types don't need to exist

[braix]

but dark is cool too

you know what's even cooler... ... ... ...?

a certain steel/dark type

yall know ice is probably the coolest type

[BlackDragonSlayer]

a lot of pokemon look like they could be a lot of different types, which means there's a possibility some types don't need to exist

i think you're missing the point

[Olimar12345]

http://www.destructoid.com/why-ekans-is-the-best-pokemon-168461.phtml

[mikey]

I was really hoping that article wouldn't be sarcastic

[JDMEK5]

Shota Kageyama left Game Freak.

...and now even Kageyama isn't here...

I always want more Hitomi Sato in my life though, in my opinion she's by far the most interesting Pokémon composer.

I feel/felt the same way about Kageyama. He literally is my favorite VG composer. It broke my heart to hear he left.

[Latios212]

Actually upon looking further I'm not sure what him leaving Game Freak is supposed to imply about him composing for Pokémon or not.

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shota_Kageyama

It says he left at the beginning of 2014, but he's credited with like half the ORAS soundtrack and even some Pokkén tracks which came out after. Hmmm...

There's also his Twitter which I can't read but there's Pokémon stuff on it.

[Zeila]

It's possible that he wrote those before or right when he left though, especially ORAS since it came out later that year. Then again, there's also this quote from the article you linked (which correlates with your point)

However, he still maintains good terms with Game Freak, with the open possibility of collaborating with the company in the future.

Here's an article that basically says the same thing, but includes the actual twitter post

[InsigTurtle]

All I'm seeing on his Twitter account is that he's composed and arranged for, among other things, Pokémon HGSS, BW, XY, ORAS, and "Pokémon Comaster" which I've never heard of before, but it's a mobile game. No mention of composing for SM.

[SlowPokemon]

I hope he didn't work on Sun and Moon, I'm so sick of his musical style saturating Pokémon.