Yasunori Mitsuda NOT inspired by Rick Astley

By jayveeJayvee. Saturday, December 13, 2008 1:37:11 PM

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Now this story I find hard to believe. OCV recently sat down with Yasunori Mitsuda (Composer of Chrono Trigger) and asked him if Robo's Theme was inspired by Rick Astley's "Never gonna give you up":

OSV: Mitsuda-san, please bear with me, as this is hard to explain even in English! There has been an Internet phenomenon in the United States called a “Rick Roll” where people send the following video to one another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0 This is a big Internet prank or joke, and some game music fans have noticed how the background melody sounds similar to “Robo’s Theme” from Chrono Trigger, calling “Robo’s Theme” the first “Rick Roll.” It’s this big Internet joke. I was hoping you could comment about this, and about Rick Astley’s song? Do you think the video is funny?

Mitsuda: It certainly is the first time I’ve seen this. I’m surprised! That’s the first time I’ve heard of Rick Astley, and it’s interesting that such a phenomenon is happening in a different country. Thank you for your time!



I personally think that Mitsuda was inspired by the song, and has been Rick Rolling us since 1995! Click here to see the two songs overlapping each other (aka Robo Roll'd!)

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Comments

AntonCaptainSeagull Saturday, December 13, 2008 2:09:09 PM

holy epic similarities Jayvee!

MatthewHallucin0gen Saturday, December 13, 2008 11:01:34 PM

Lol cool that was the awesomest roll ever!

SpookSpook81 Sunday, December 14, 2008 5:48:08 PM

Holy copyright infringement, BaitMan! (Note that I didn't use the popular character's name to avoid the very action the phrase refers to o_O)
I guess those were the times when Asia and America didn't share anything other than tech goodies and vein-cutting anime soap-operas. He must have thought 'Hey, nobody will notice I ripped off the music from some big-haired dude from America'

Oh, yeah! "Inspired" is not quite the word I would use... wink

MatthewHallucin0gen Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:40:15 AM

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