Welcome to INTERVIEWED, a series of chats and discussions with creators of all kinds.
Today we're joined by a Pokémon maestro known for his Pokémon themes project, Pokémon Reorchestrated! Braxton Burks joins us to discuss how he does exactly what he does, ahead of the release of Pokémon Reorchestrated's latest album, Johto Legends.
D: Tell us a bit about yourself + what do you do as an 'online creator'.
B: Well, hey! I'm a composer and arranger from Seattle, Washington, USA. When I'm not writing music for media, I'm probably binge-watching anime or catching up on my ever-increasing backlog of video games.
Online, most folks associate me with a fan music project called 'Pokémon Reorchestrated,' which I created in 2011 to share orchestrated versions of my favorite Pokémon game themes. The response to my debut album Kanto Symphony (a tribute to Pokémon Red and Blue) was beyond anything I imagined, and eventually led to me releasing more than 3 fully-licensed Pokémon albums, two of which landed on the Billboard charts (!!!).
