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Uematsu Nobuo 植松 伸夫 (born
March 21,
1959) is a
Japanese composer of
video game music, and one of the most well-known, prolific, and
versatile in the field. He has composed music for the
Final Fantasy series of games,
Ehrgeiz, and some of the pieces in the game
Chrono Trigger, by the company
Squaresoft.
Born in
Kouchi City,
Kochi prefecture,
Japan, Uematsu began to play the
piano when he was twelve years old. He attended the
University of Kanagawa although his major was not music. Uematsu has
no formal musical training, but the extent of his talent is vast. The
style of his compositions range from stately classical-esque pieces, to
subtle, mysteriously beautiful sorts of music sometimes described as
"New-Agey", to hyper-percussive techno-electronica, similar in sound to
some music by the band
Emerson, Lake and Palmer, one of his stated influences, to the
occasional example of some completely different and unexpected category.
Uematsu's character themes are very memorable. His ending themes bring
tears to the eyes of the gamer. Final Fantasy fans just cannot help but
enjoy Uematsu's work. Uematsu has inspired Final Fantasy to be recognized
in the United States for its music.
Video Game Soundtracks
- King's Knight (1986)
- Apple Town Monogatari
- Hanjuku Eiyuu NES
- Square's Tom Sawyer
- Final Fantasy I (1987)
- Final Fantasy II (1988)
- Makaitoushi SaGa (a.k.a. Final Fantasy Legend) (1989)
- Final Fantasy III (1990)
- SaGa 2 Hihou Densetsu (a.k.a. Final Fantasy Legend 2) (1991)
- DynamiTracer
- Hataraku Chocobo
- Cleopatra no Mahou
- Cruise Chaser Blassty
- Final Fantasy IV (1991)
- Final Fantasy V (1992)
- Romancing SaGa 2 (1993) - With
Kenji Ito
- Final Fantasy VI (1993)
-
Chrono Trigger (1995) - With
Yasunori Mitsuda and
Noriko Matsueda
-
Super Mario RPG (1996) - With
Yoko Shimomura and
Koji Kondo
- Front Mission: Gun Hazard (1997) - With
Yasunori Mitsuda and
Junya Nakano
- Chocobo's Dungeon 2
- Final Fantasy VII (1997)
-
Ehrgeiz (1998)
- Final Fantasy VIII (1999)
- Final Fantasy IX (2000)
- Final Fantasy X (2001) - With
Masashi Hamauzu and
Junya Nakano
- Hanjuku Eiyuu Tai 3D (2002)
- Final Fantasy XI (2002)
Other Works
- Final Fantasy: Pray (1990) - With
Risa Ohki
- Phantasmagoria
- Final Fantasy: Love Will Grow (1995) - With
Risa Ohki
- 20020220: Music from Final Fantasy (Orchestrated)
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