I thought it was really interesting how he said he prefers doing the love themes and relaxing stuff rather than the battle themes. I always assumed it was the other way around, considering how much he seems to like putting 'rock/metal' elements in things; particularly in his more recent work for Mistwalker, the Advent Children arrangement of One Winged Angel and so on.

But yeah. Love this guy. His music is why I'm a game designer now (I wanted to be a composer but lacked the talent!). Definitely miss him in FF.