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Akira Miyagawa (宮川 彬良) J-Pop Exchange Exclusive Interview

Akira Miyagawa
J-Pop Exchange
Exclusive Radio Interview

I understand that. Thank you very much. For the next question, I'd like to ask more about creating music for anime, let us hear the song writing process for the animation, 'Kirby'. As a songwriter, from which part do you start getting involved to the project? Do you watch the animation before you start writing songs? How different is it from the time when you write songs for the TV shows and Musical? For example, the song titled 'Pop Star'. This song expresses both disappointment and hope in very dynamic way. And I think it was significant that this song was used in the very first episode of the ‘Kirby ’animation. When Kirby’s world broke down, this music was expressing the serious danger drawing nearer to him in a very effective way. I think this song offered a perfect tone to this scene.


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