Staff Members :: Tommy (aka Zane)

Biography

At the tender age of four, my parents bought me a Nintendo Entertainment System for Christmas. Playing through Level 1-1 and hearing Koji Kondo's music coming from our tiny little 13" television is one of my earliest and most cherished memories. I was just a toddler in pajamas playing Super Mario Bros. in my parents' house, but there was something about that initial experience that changed me and started a chain reaction of events and various levels of video game bliss that have brought me to where I am today: an adult in pajamas playing Super Mario Bros. in my parents' house.

My story isn't anything special, really. Like many game music fans, I really started expressing an interest in VGM after playing Final Fantasy VI and VII. In 2000, I purchased my first official OST: a DigiCube copy of Final Fantasy VIII. That was like unplugging a dam. The past seven years have been a steadily flowing and constantly changing musical journey through all types of VGM from all ends of the spectrum.

I am a traditionalist to a fault and purchase albums instead of downloading them — I believe in supporting the artists and the companies that make these soundtracks available for us in the first place, and I encourage other game music fans to do the same.

I'm happy to be here at SEMO, and I hope that you enjoy my contributions!

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