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Kenji Ito (伊藤賢治 Itō Kenji) is a video game music composer. He is best known for his work on the SaGa series. In 2001 he left Square Enix to become a freelance artist, but has since continued to collaborate with the company.
Born 5 July 1968 in Tokyo, Ito became interested in music at the early age of 4. By the time he began composing at the age of 10, he had learned to play alto saxophone, clarinet, and piano. During March 1990, Ito was recruited by Square.
His first project was a co-effort between himself and Nobuo Uematsu for the Game Boy title, Final Fantasy Legend II (SaGa 2). Shortly after in 1991, he composed the complete soundtrack for Final Fantasy Adventure (Seiken Densetsu), another Game Boy title. Beginning in 1992, Ito would have the Super Nintendo’s 8 channel sound chip to rely on as he began composing music for the SaGa trilogy. This includes all of the music for Romancing SaGa 1, 2, and 3, as well as SaGa Frontier (a PlayStation title).
1997 marks the beginning of several smaller contributions to video game music made by Ito. Two tracks were contributed to Tobal No. 1, as well as the opening and closing themes of Chocobo’s Mysterious Dungeon. An original vocal track along with some arrangements of Nobuo Uematsu’s older works were made by Ito in 1999 for Chocobo Racing. He left Square in 2001 to become a freelance composer. Shortly after, he composed his magnum opus for the dreamcast title, Culdcept II, along with various other works for Dark Chronicle Premium Arrange and Shadow Hearts II.
Born 5 July 1968 in Tokyo, Ito became interested in music at the early age of 4. By the time he began composing at the age of 10, he had learned to play alto saxophone, clarinet, and piano. During March 1990, Ito was recruited by Square.
His first project was a co-effort between himself and Nobuo Uematsu for the Game Boy title, Final Fantasy Legend II (SaGa 2). Shortly after in 1991, he composed the complete soundtrack for Final Fantasy Adventure (Seiken Densetsu), another Game Boy title. Beginning in 1992, Ito would have the Super Nintendo’s 8 channel sound chip to rely on as he began composing music for the SaGa trilogy. This includes all of the music for Romancing SaGa 1, 2, and 3, as well as SaGa Frontier (a PlayStation title).
1997 marks the beginning of several smaller contributions to video game music made by Ito. Two tracks were contributed to Tobal No. 1, as well as the opening and closing themes of Chocobo’s Mysterious Dungeon. An original vocal track along with some arrangements of Nobuo Uematsu’s older works were made by Ito in 1999 for Chocobo Racing. He left Square in 2001 to become a freelance composer. Shortly after, he composed his magnum opus for the dreamcast title, Culdcept II, along with various other works for Dark Chronicle Premium Arrange and Shadow Hearts II.
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clytie_hizashi wrote:
Asellus' Battle. <3
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lordinfamous wrote:
His "Battle with Death" theme from Romancing Saga is so fucking epic
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n33k33 wrote:
So great until SaGa Frontier 1. Dunno what happened from there ... Also, SaGa series just arent the same without him ...
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Beebera wrote:
Favorite composer, favorite game, favorite soundtrack... Love you Kenji^^
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cd_RW wrote:
SaGa Frontier. Still my favorite video game soundtrack.
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finkk wrote:
Greatest composer for battle music!! イトケン最高だ
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weezescorcho wrote:
Fellow weeaboos...I believe we can all agree that SaGa Frontier I (US) is the greatest soundtrack ever, ever.
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Tipheret wrote:
Endless Battlefield :D
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glenny85 wrote:
Romancing Saga: Ministrel Song <3
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Vigaku wrote:
Hey all. For anyone looking for a list of who composed which songs on the Shadow Hearts OSTs, look here (links near bottom of page) http://www.squareenixmusic.com/composers/hirota.html Hope this is helpful to someone.
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speisz wrote:
Be more stereotypical MTV-emokid please....
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TobbeBl wrote:
neerds
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weezescorcho wrote:
wow 4th top listener
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weezescorcho wrote:
the saga frontier ost is just, so good....
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HellMuT1 wrote:
oh hells ya, top listener!
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glasse wrote:
働きバチは去ることができる。 無人機は飛ぶことができる。 女王は奴隷である。
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voreismic wrote:
Sword of Mana sucked. Kenji Ito is great, though.
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jonfled wrote:
Sword of Mana was such an awesome game.
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