KP #6
Continuation of KP #5
Imaizumi and Ryan are answering questions from listeners. Perhaps I'll get mine answered during session 87+. Q: Status of MGS4 production. A: Cannot share everything, but some bits - motion capture sessions being overseen. The KP team is taking business trips to Norway and Africa. These locations may be used to research data for the MGS4 game. Thanks, Ryan. Something is better than nothing.
Q: How much freedom is given to Yoji Shinkawa (art) when creating MG characters. A: Yoji picks up on cues from team meetings and his inspirations come from there while working within the space given by Kojima. Yoji has been interviewed as saying his art comes quickly and he tries different styles often to remain fresh.
Q: Ryan asks if Meryl will be hot in MGS4, saying she was not attractive in MGS1 A: Ken says yes, but not for Ryan to be too attracted to 2D characters. Ryan says he only like 3D characters. Ken says it's the same thing. Meryl has always been well rounded in any dimension.
Second part of session #5 starts.
Best is yet to Come starts playing. During its development, Gaelic Irish music is presented to Kojima for MGS. Muranaka says French and Spanish music is common, among others. Muranaka travels to Ireland to find a good Gaelic singer. Met engineer for Riverdance and Metallica, who helped her find singer. Muranaka finds a recording studio in the most unlikely places to record singer. Groups of artists drive 6 hours to record. Muranaka talks about waiting for farm animals to quiet down before recording. The gaelic singers have not recorded original music. Muranaka's work is hard as she alters her writings to accommodate the different styles of the gaelic singers, by finding local recorders and drums to rewrite in her room. Muranaka enjoys different lingual musicians. Chicago influenced Muranaka's style. As the only Japanese student in a group of 3600, Muranaka had her share of prejudice placed upon her by class mates. Teachers were curious as to why she would want to become a Jazz musician.
Another of Muranaka's songs plays well after the session wraps.