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The Castlevania Dungeon Forums => General Castlevania Discussion => Topic started by: Rictrunks on January 21, 2008, 03:37:48 PM

Title: Jorge D. Fuentes vs. Jake Kaufman
Post by: Rictrunks on January 21, 2008, 03:37:48 PM
Do you know Jake Kaufman?
He is a 26-year-old musician.
He set up the website VGMix in 2002 when he is amateur.
Now, he is working for Konami and Contra 4's musics are made by him.
All of us know Jorge D. Fuentes.
He has arranged lots of Castlevania music.
I love his GBA arrangements.
Why don't we see him as working for Konami's Castlevania music arrangements in a CV Remake?
For instance if there will be a CV3 remake I want to see Jorge Fuentes in that project.
Title: Re: Jorge D. Fuentes vs. Jake Kaufman
Post by: Dark Nemesis on January 21, 2008, 03:53:16 PM
That's a really cool idea! I really love his GB arrangements! ;)
Title: Re: Jorge D. Fuentes vs. Jake Kaufman
Post by: Gunlord on January 21, 2008, 04:54:25 PM
In Reply To #1

I would buy a castlevania that had Jorgey-chan on the credit roll :D :D :D
Title: Re: Jorge D. Fuentes vs. Jake Kaufman
Post by: Xain on January 21, 2008, 05:44:13 PM
Thats because Kaufman is actually geared into working in the industry. Where as Jorge, to my knowledge, is not. But then i don't know what the hell Jorge does so i could be wrong. 
Title: Re: Jorge D. Fuentes vs. Jake Kaufman
Post by: Clara E. Leet on January 21, 2008, 05:55:02 PM
In Reply To #4

He works with LAZERs. Engraves jewelry. MIDI making is actually a side hobby. I saw him make his last arrangement, the Simon's Theme one, and it took an entire day from start to finish.

He's reorchestrated the entire CV3 soundtrack for his homebrew, but I have no idea how long that took him.
Title: Re: Jorge D. Fuentes vs. Jake Kaufman
Post by: CVfan13 on January 22, 2008, 08:32:35 PM
In Reply To #1

That's a really good idea. Cause Jorge is awesome with the remixing.
Title: Re: Jorge D. Fuentes vs. Jake Kaufman
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on January 23, 2008, 02:27:42 AM
In Reply To #1

I have a day job that pays rather well and it deals with Graphic Designing in 3D, with jewelry and models being the core of it, and paper designs being a major part of it as well.

I would have loved to work either in design or in music with Konami... a few years back.  However, I live in the East Coast and any game company in the NY/NJ/CT area that I applied for never got back to me.

I could not wait, and I needed money, and I was out of college, so I went with a type of design, even if it wasn't game design.

All my other game-related hobbies, sadly, are just hobbies at this time.  I suppose I could do something with such companies, but it would be part-time, or contractual, rather than a full-time 9-to-5 job.

Game related things I do:
-artwork
-sprites
-MIDI/MP3
-storyline/storyboard
-planning

I guess that's about it...
Title: Re: Jorge D. Fuentes vs. Jake Kaufman
Post by: Cold Windy Night on January 25, 2008, 12:20:47 AM
In Reply To #7

Never stop applying.