Super Marcato Bros. Video Game Music Podcast (http://supermarcatobros.blogspot.com/)
-Karl Brueggemann
Super Marcato Bros. Video Game Music Podcast: Episode 12: Ys Part 2 (http://supermarcatobros.blogspot.com/2012/04/episode-12-ys-part-2.html)
Episode 26: The History of Video Game Music (http://supermarcatobros.blogspot.com/2012/09/episode-26-history-of-video-game-music.html)
Episode 27: Final Fantasy (http://supermarcatobros.blogspot.com/2012/09/episode-27-final-fantasy.html)
Episode 27: Final Fantasy (http://supermarcatobros.blogspot.com/2012/09/episode-27-final-fantasy.html)
I started with Episode 11, Show & Tell Pt 2. You mentioned an episode about a game called "Easy" or something like that. You said the composer was taught by Joe Hisashi. What episode is that from, I am interested to hear more.
That was "Ys." We did two episodes on this series. The first was music strictly from the first two games, which were composed by Yuzo Koshiro, who indeed studied composition from Joe Hisaishi! Here are the links to the episodes. The Ys series has absolutely amazing music. Enjoy!
Episode 9: Ys Part 1 (http://supermarcatobros.blogspot.com/2012/04/episode-9-ys-part-1.html)
Episode 12: Ys Part 2 (http://supermarcatobros.blogspot.com/2012/04/episode-12-ys-part-2.html)
Episode 33: Metroid (http://supermarcatobros.blogspot.com/2012/11/episode-33-metroid.html)