![PEOPLE:
- Kenji Yamamoto, age 53. Composer for Super Metroid, Audio Supervisor for Breath of the Wild.
QUOTE:
Interviewer: You told me that the opening theme [of Super Metroid] came to you while you were riding your motorbike home from work.
Yamamoto: The ride home each day was the only time when I could empty my head. I was cruising on my way home when all of a sudden [opens eyes wide] I was like, ‘Eureka!’ [laughs]
So I parked my bike in a nearby parking lot, quickly removed my helmet, whipped out a recorder, and recorded what was in my head for about ten, twenty minutes, just belting it out!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreidwnh67jxdmgamo25g3qrdbbxvnxctmy6zvdczzblthnsecrvln6e)
PEOPLE: - Kenji Yamamoto, age 53. Composer for Super Metroid, Audio Supervisor for Breath of the Wild. QUOTE: Interviewer: You told me that the opening theme [of Super Metroid] came to you while you were riding your motorbike home from work. Yamamoto: The ride home each day was the only time when I could empty my head. I was cruising on my way home when all of a sudden [opens eyes wide] I was like, ‘Eureka!’ [laughs] So I parked my bike in a nearby parking lot, quickly removed my helmet, whipped out a recorder, and recorded what was in my head for about ten, twenty minutes, just belting it out!
Yamamoto on his eureka moment for the Super Metroid opening theme, 2017.
Source: Nintendo.com
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![PEOPLE:
- Yoshio Sakamoto, age 58. Breath of the Wild music supervisor, Super Metroid composer.
- Kenji Yamamoto, age 53. Director of Super Metroid.
QUOTE:
"Yamamoto: Back then [while finishing Super Metroid], we had a nap room with lots of futons lined up, and staff members took turns sleeping.
Sakamoto: Sometimes we didn't know when we had last slept.
Yamamoto: On Christmas night, we were—of course—working, and when Sakamoto and I had a late meal, we saw people having a good time on the TV news. We wondered why we couldn't do that too!"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2e7f2uvcguv4d5qxqnyjmk32/bafkreigcszy3kxj6zlhf7tgzmyer35udhx6em6rbqklayxqbqkij7pakpa)