Yeah it helps to know a lot of different styles of music, art, and gaming to notice those similarities. I like a lot of video game music, but as far as listening to the soundtracks themselves it would mostly be stuff from Squaresoft, now Square Enix, so mostly Nobou Uematsu, although I’m starting to think he’s a little overrated. Actually I have noticed a lot of video game sound effects sounding similar, I mean over the course of 10-20 years even. It’s like they are recycling sound effects at times, which is another reason I try to keep an original sound.
