James Mielke (Nobuo Uematsu: On the Record)

Podcast: The Film-Flam Man Podcast with Mat Bradley-Tschirgi · Mat Bradley-Tschirgi

Opublikowano: 2026-09-18

We interview author James Mielke about his new biography Nobuo Uematsu: On the Record available now from Viz Media. Uematsu-san is perhaps best known as the sole composer of Final Fantasy I-IX. He’s also contributed music tracks to several other games including Chrono Trigger and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Among other things, we discuss the tight-knit work culture at SquareSoft in the 1980s, what kind of beer gave James the liquid courage to pitch Uematsu-san on being his biographer, and what interviewing techniques work best. In the back half of the episode, we share a few of...