, characters have their own themes and instruments. Its protagonist, the orphan Miru, is represented by the cello, her dog, Mako, by the marimba, and the antagonist, Skissor, by the clarinet. Bocker hopes this will inspire questions about specific instruments from the audience, but he’s keen to stress that the focus is always on entertainment.
“Why have these walls up? That’s not how people are living their lives. I do understand and would regret the loss of classical foundations and structure, so it’s important to retain that, but it’s also important to change and grow,” he says. “You can always do an all-video-game concert, but what we need to do is do it the other way round, where they’re maybe waiting for an Uematsu or Shimomura piece, but in the meantime they’re listening to Debussy or Stravinsky or something that will cross-fertilize, and a percentage of people will come back.”