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A fusion of jazz and storytelling create The Outer Rim, a 9 track CD from game composer Norihiko Hibino, bassist Jeff Curry, pianist Hakuei Kim and  drummer Nobuaki Fujii. When GDN interviewed Hibino-san recently he had this to say:

[GDN] What’s the story behind The Outer Rim? What happened to the characters that they’ve become immortal?

Well, when I asked to remix the No More Heroes main theme, I decided to feature The Outer Rim, but because the music of The Outer Rim is too maniacal, I tried to create something odd and funny other than music. I had been thinking about having characters sing or talk as virtual artists (as you may know, “Sho Chiku Bai” is one of these attempts). So, I wrote the script so that it sounded like a “No More Heroes” addition. Also, imagine if you didn’t die and only 2 people were to live together forever? What would you do? You can’t keep killing time, as it lasts forever.  We create games, music, art, and literature because we know that we die and we want to leave evidence of our existence on this earth. However, the only thing lasts forever is love! So that’s something I wanted to deliver through funny conversation.

Editor’s Note: Sho Chiku Bai is an iPhone Pachinko game where Hibino-san did the pop music. It’s very cartoony and cute.

The Outer Rim continues the story of Travis Touchdown from No More Heroes and Silva Christal, sort of. The first track is a remix of the original Main Theme and the dialog he mentions features the voices of the two characters talking about a future without music. In the story they find a music box and reminisce about the past.

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