Shirou Hamaguchi

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Shirou Hamaguchi(浜口史郎) is a Japanese music composer and a famous orchestrator. Best known for his work on the music for the “Ah! My Goddess” anime TV series and movie, music for the “One Piece” TV anime series and variations orchestral arrangement of Final Fantasy Series.

Shiro Hamaguchi was born on the 19th November, 1969 (in Fukuoka). He was admitted into the University of Arts in Tokyo and graduated in 1994. After graduation, he has directed operations for a project given by Victor Entertainment for 2 years.

He joined IMAGINES afterwards. IMAGINES was founded in 1986 by Yuji Saito. It’s a group of nine persons sound-team doing various things in the field of music. Hamaguchi first collaborated with Square and Nobuo Uematsu to orchestrate on a few pieces from Final Fantasy 7 Original Soundtrack. Following the success, Hamaguchi has been arranging orchestration for many more final fantasy pieces for SquareEnix.

With Uematsu Nobuo doing the composing, Shiro Hamaguchi arranged the instrumentals/orchestration which makes “Suteki Da Ne”, “Eyes on Me”, “Melodies of Life” some of the most popular songs in Final Fantasy Series. Hamaguchi also orchestrated several tracks on the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - Original Soundtrack.

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2	Thundering Destruction full track	38
3	Crystallus Malus (Dark Shine) full track	34
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5	Doro de Dea (Voices of Goddesses) full track	25
7	Magister (Beloved Master) full track	22
7	Invidia (Swaying Heart) full track	22
9	Sealing the Feelings full track	20
10	Luna Aeterna (The One Who Awakens You) full track	17
11	The Proof of Us full track	14
12	Believing Your Heart full track	13
13	Demon Gun Shot	8
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15	Demon Gun Dissolve	7

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Kenshiin403 wrote:
September 2009

"Those Who Fight [Piano Version]" Is so amazing =)

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FFRadioDJ wrote:
April 2009

“Suteki Da Ne” arrangement is one of the best from the whole franchise of music

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