Uematsu Nobuo & Kawamori Keiji

Nobuo Uematsu (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 many games produced by Squaresoft and Square Enix, including much of the Final Fantasy series of role playing games, and some pieces for Chrono Trigger. Biography Born in Kochi City, Kochi prefecture, Japan, Uematsu began to play the piano when he was twelve years old (his greatest role model early in life was Elton John) and is a self-taught musician. After graduating from Kanagawa University (his major was not a music degree), he composed music for commercials before joining Squaresoft. (now Square Enix Co., Ltd.) in 1986. He went on to compose music for over thirty game titles, including the award-winning Final Fantasy series. In October 2004, Uematsu formed Smile Please Co., Ltd. and continues to compose for Square Enix along with several other companies. Uematsu has written a column, "Nobuo Uematsu no Minna Sounano?", for popular Japanese gaming magazine Weekly Famitsu for several years. Two compilations of the columns have been released. Additionally, Uematsu signed to finish the Chrono Trigger soundtrack after his friend, Yasunori Mitsuda, contracted stomach ulcers ([1]). As of 2004, Uematsu lives in Japan with his wife Reiko and his dog Pao. While he is best known for his work in video games, Uematsu's work spans a wide-range of outlets. Some of those works include composing the theme song for the anime film Ah! My Goddess The Movie and writing music for top Japanese vocalists such as Emiko Shiratori and Rikki. MORE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo_Uematsu Keiji Kawamori is a Synthesizer programmer who joined Square Enix in 1998. He has worked on various Final Fantasy games and plays Bass guitar in The Black Mages, a band that performs metal arrangements from Final Fantasy games. MORE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiji_Kawamori Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.