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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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sawworm wrote:
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Sauce plz.

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sawworm wrote:
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EAT DA PUPPY, EAT DA PUPPY.

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AguReds wrote:
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haha cute xD

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mercercy wrote:
Friday morning

What is he doing with a PUPPY

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Jani90 wrote:
Thursday evening

Best composer ever. Does anything more have to be said?

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clytie_hizashi wrote:
Thursday evening

God worships Uematsu. Duh.

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KnightsofRound wrote:
Thursday evening

in other words, uematsu > god

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KnightsofRound wrote:
Thursday evening

"uematsu transcended the concept of godhood long ago"

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WORLDmare wrote:
Thursday evening

v Possibly? Such talk is blasphemy. Definitely God.

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Brain-Bender wrote:
Thursday morning

Possibly God?

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Aeritho wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

summer!! free time!! time to play some FF yay!

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gilgameHEARTS wrote:
Wednesday morning

loooooooootta text up in this bitch...

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Delerzay wrote:
Monday evening

Yay doggie picture!!

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Dabu-The-Great wrote:
Monday afternoon

Without One Winged Angel?! O-o Wtf?

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McYaballow wrote:
Monday afternoon

fair enough.

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clytie_hizashi wrote:
Monday afternoon

Why don't we just agree to disagree, McYaballow? We're never going to see eye to eye on this. You seem to be determined that his music isn't particularly good regardless of anything I say, and I'll never be convinced that he's not an extremely talented composer. So let's just drop it, OK? ^_^

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KnightsofRound wrote:
Monday morning

uematsu transcended the concept of godhood long ago

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die_gocore wrote:
Sunday evening

kien es ese japones???'

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McYaballow wrote:
Sunday evening

i never said anywhere that Uematsu's music is like a movie score; i simply compared the connection films/film music and games/game music have. and where on earth did you get the idea that my friends were expecting it be movie-style music..? ..Clearly seems like you don't understand what is being said. and stop underlining the fact that it is MY OPINION; what do you think people mean when they say something is overrated or underrated? that it's some sord of universal fact? there is a subtle difference when you say something is overrated and when you say something is bad. it's not a question about self-importance. almost everything that is being said here at the shoutboxes are statements of opinion. so with your way of dealing with things, everytime someone says something is wonderful or bad, you should always go and say 'that is YOUR opinion'. now THAT is ridiculously self-important.

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