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Nobuo Uematsu (Born March 21, 1959) is best known for his composition for the Squaresoft (now Square Enix) games company throughout the 1980s and 1990s, most notably on the Final Fantasy series of games. Composing all his work on the keyboards, he has been hailed as one of the most popular and beloved composers of video game soundtracks.

Uematsu enjoyed commercial success with the track “Eyes on Me” from Final Fantasy VIII, performed by Hong Kong singer Faye Wong (Faye Wong). This song, released in 1999, sold 400,000 copies, a record for any track taken from a video game, as well as winning the “Song of the Year” award at the 1999 Japan Gold Disc Awards. Uematsu was subsequently named in Time Magazine’s list of the Top 100 Innovators - Music, and has toured Japan playing classical concerts on several occasions.

His music itself is notoriously eclectic, tracks featured skip between pop-style balladry, to fusion styles incorporating african traditions to, in recent years, a number of celtic-influenced recordings and releases. Many of his works also contain elements of progressive rock and hard rock. His formation of The Black Mages, a rock band, in 2003, allowed him to experiment with his own compositions, releasing band renditions of a significant number of tracks from his soundtracks.

In October 2004, Uematsu formed Smile Please Co., Ltd. and continues to compose for Square Enix along with several other companies. In his composition for the sequel-film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Uematsu was credited from Smile Please Co.

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middlefinger1 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

FFVIII OST <333333333333333333333333333 [2] =)

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clytie_hizashi wrote:
yesterday afternoon

FFi - FFIX OSTs <333333333333333333333333333

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Wooshmeister wrote:
yesterday morning

FFVIII OST <333333333333333333333333333 [1] ... =(

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zantetxuken1 wrote:
Friday morning

FFIX OST<333333333333333333333333333333 [5]

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HarukaEX wrote:
Thursday afternoon

Master ^^

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ArkadiusRauresu wrote:
Thursday morning

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SaintAradia wrote:
Wednesday morning

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Scott_Green wrote:
Wednesday morning

ohmy you waste ether :(

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sawworm wrote:
Tuesday evening

gimeh sum Ether plz, i outta mana

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iHateWaffles wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

ok.

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shinohiro929 wrote:
Monday morning

in fact, some Japanese people don't know him >_> I know him anyway

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Kamikamikami wrote:
Sunday afternoon

I'll buy it for it's ost

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KnightsofRound wrote:
Sunday afternoon

Lost Odyssey has one of the most beautiful soundtracks I've ever heard. Some of the songs are just haunting, especially the way they're used in the game. A particular scene near the end of disc 1 especially comes to mind.

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Officialswitch wrote:
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nicoinfurs wrote:
last week

I just bought Lost Odyssey and I'm still on the first disc, but his score for the game is already amazing. This dude is legendary.

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Kamikamikami wrote:
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aaroozz wrote:
last week

potion 1..... -__-

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sawworm wrote:
last week

NO wai

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NovemberDirge wrote:
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Lost Odyssey's OST is def in my top 3 of Uematsu's stuff.

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