Nobuo Uematsu
Nobuo Uematsu (植松 伸夫, Uematsu Nobuo, born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese video game composer, best known for scoring most of the titles in the Final Fantasy series by Square Enix. He is considered to be one of the most well known composers in the video game industry. Sometimes referred to as the "Beethoven of video games music", he appeared five times in the top 20 of the annual Classic FM Hall of Fame.
Uematsu, a self-taught musician, began playing the piano at the age of twelve, with English singer-songwriter Elton John as his biggest influence. Uematsu joined Square in 1986, where he first met Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. The two later worked together on many titles at the company, most notably in the Final Fantasy series. After nearly two decades with Square, Uematsu left in 2004 to create his own production company, which included the Dog Ear Records music label. He has since composed music as a freelancer for other games, including ones developed by Square Enix and Sakaguchi's development studio, Mistwalker.
Many soundtracks and arranged albums of Uematsu's game scores have been released. Pieces from his video game works have been performed in various Final Fantasy concerts, where he has worked with Grammy Award-winning conductor Arnie Roth on several of these performances. From 2002 to 2010, he was in a hard rock band with Square Enix colleagues Kenichiro Fukui and Tsuyoshi Sekito called The Black Mages, in which he played electronic organ and other keyboards. The band played various arranged rock versions of Uematsu's Final Fantasy compositions. He has since performed with Earthbound Papas, which he formed as the successor to The Black Mages in 2011.
Releases
Images - Coming soon...
Tracklist: "Final Fantasy IX" Original Soundtrack PLUS
No. | Title | Runtime |
---|---|---|
1 | プラネ登場~劇開幕 | 0:42 |
2 | 万国旗スタイナー激突 | 0:38 |
3 | アレクサンドリアからの脱出 | 1:13 |
4 | プリマビスタ墜落 | 0:57 |
5 | ブランク石化 | 1:20 |
6 | 黒魔道士VS黒魔道士 | 0:44 |
7 | 南ゲート突破 | 1:20 |
8 | リンドブルム王国到着 | 0:50 |
9 | 歌~ジタンとダガー | 0:48 |
10 | ブルメシアから去るクジャ | 0:52 |
11 | 召喚獣発動クレイラ消滅 | 0:46 |
12 | リンドブルム炎上 | 0:52 |
13 | リンドブルム壊滅 | 0:58 |
14 | 霧の消滅 | 0:36 |
15 | ダガー回想(召喚士村の滅亡) | 0:43 |
16 | 召喚!バハムート | 0:47 |
17 | 全滅ブラネ艦隊 | 1:07 |
18 | 新女王誕生 | 0:38 |
19 | バハムート来襲 | 0:34 |
20 | エーコ降下 | 0:39 |
21 | アレクサンダー | 1:10 |
22 | 幽霊船 | 0:24 |
23 | ダガー救出 | 1:10 |
24 | 髪を切るダガー | 0:51 |
25 | ダガー回想(幽霊船) | 0:26 |
26 | ネオクジャ崩壊 | 1:01 |
27 | テラより脱出 | 0:50 |
28 | ジタン、ダガー別れ | 0:39 |
29 | クジャの元へ | 1:17 |
30 | ルーファウス歓迎式典Millennium Version | 2:19 |
31 | ドーガとウネ | 2:10 |
32 | マダインサリの娘 | 3:36 |
33 | クジャのテーマ Millennium Version | 2:34 |
34 | Main | 4:51 |
35 | Waltz | 1:55 |
36 | Kogaku Motet1 | 2:42 |
37 | Organum | 2:18 |
38 | Mediteiranean | 2:33 |
39 | Dokokade3 | 1:07 |
40 | Weuber | 3:10 |
41 | Kuja5 | 4:29 |
42 | Melodies Of Life (Silent Mix) | 7:33 |