植松伸夫
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植松伸夫 (Nobuo Uematsu) (b. 21st March 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. 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.
Uematsu enjoyed commercial success with the track “Eyes on Me” from Final Fantasy VIII, performed by Hong Kong singer 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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| FULL TRACK Breezy (Remix) | 3:12 | Free MP3 |
| FULL TRACK Eyes On Me (Remix) | 3:33 | Free MP3 |
| FULL TRACK Maybe I'm A Lion (Remix) | 3:43 | Free MP3 |
| FULL TRACK Find Your Way (Remix) | 4:25 | Free MP3 |
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Blue Dragon Piano
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Final Fantasy VIII: Original Soundtrack (disc 1)
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Final Fantasy VII: Reunion Tracks
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StandUpndScream wrote:
Nobuo music is what made FF good (5)
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Hellonora wrote:
Nobuo music is what made FF good (4)
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labradfordcox wrote:
Nobuo music is what made FF good (3)
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SkipChanDesu wrote:
best. composer. ever. (2)
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manuel_xavier wrote:
His band is amazing !
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TabooEv wrote:
The newer FF are good but not great like the past ones.
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n1ce_hat wrote:
best. composer. ever.
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Kallian_arcadia wrote:
I think Nobuo music is what made FF good (2) Yes in so many ways it is. He really captured Final Fantasy storlines. VII is simply fantastic and captured the mood so wonderfully. To me, he really is a genius.
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orangexlemon wrote:
Its just coincidence. If i were to compare Nobuo work w/someone i'd say ELP
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rnike wrote:
ff12 is still good [2] Dunno why so many people wrote it off, just because it wasn't the typical Final Fantasy? Whatever, their loss. Soundtrack is a little lacking though.
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orangexlemon wrote:
I think Nobuo music is what made FF good
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Richnfg wrote:
Not going to lie, I love them all.
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Norulz wrote:
having that said, ff12 is still good, onwards.. meh
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Norulz wrote:
every popular franchise becomes bloated at some point, you though they were gonna keep popping out final fantasy 7s?
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tyrique12 wrote:
if they change the director and storywriter then it could be a fantastic game. there has to be at least one good director out there!?!? *looks at past few square enix games and cries*
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DEATHINFIREX wrote:
Let's hope he composes no more for that trainwreck of a franchise.
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tyrique12 wrote:
it'd be amazing if he decides to compose for FFXV
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shaoran193 wrote:
epic... true epic.. battle at the forgotten City Advent children is the best
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Ashei wrote:
yeah yeah
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p0ltergei5t wrote:
SNES era is the best.
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Mar
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FANTASY ROCK FES 2012
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Distant Worlds with the St. Louis Symphony Show #2
Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, MO, St Louis, United States
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Distant Worlds: Music From FINAL FANTASY
Sony Centre For The Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada
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