Sense of Place, Japan: Soyo Oka/Chiaki Horan on World Cafe
August 23, 2024
Soyo Oka wrote the music for Super Mario Kart, part of Nintendo’s enduring Super Mario world of video games. On the next World Cafe, she talks about reluctantly going from her university’s composition school to writing video game music and how the impact of her music around the world came as a surprise to her. Plus, Chiaki Horan, presenter of Songs of Tokyo on Japanese public broadcaster NHK, gives an overview of vastness of current J-pop.
