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.

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Releases

Sleeve Title Year Format
Nobuo Uematsu = 植松 伸夫* - Final Fantasy III -Four Souls- 2020 Vinyl, LP, Album
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (Original Soundtrack) 2005 CD, Album, Limited Edition
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy: Symphonic Suite 1994 CD, Album
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VIII: Piano Collections 2000 CD
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VIII: Piano Collections 2000 CD, Album, Unofficial Release
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy V: Original Soundtrack Remaster Version 2013 CD, Album, Remastered
Nobuo Uematsu - Potion: Relaxin’ With Final Fantasy 2001 CD, Compilation
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VIII 1999 CD, CD-ROM
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy V Piano Collections 2001 CD, Album, Unofficial Release
Nobuo Uematsu - Bra★Bra Final Fantasy Battle & Field 2019 CD, Compilation
植松伸夫* - Final Fantasy X - Music From FFX 2001 CD, Promo, Sampler
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VIII: Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec 1999 CD
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy V 2021 Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Unofficial Release, Stereo
Nobuo Uematsu - Music From FFV And FFVI Video Games 1999 CD, Compilation
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy & Final Fantasy II Original Soundtrack 2004 CD
Nobuo Uematsu - Blue Dragon Original Soundtrack 2008 CD, Album, Reissue
Nobuo Uematsu - Piano Collections - Final Fantasy IX 2001 CD, Album, Unofficial Release
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy IX Piano Collections CD, Album, Unofficial Release
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy V - Piano Collections "Final Fantasy V" CD, Album, Unofficial Release
Nobuo Uematsu - Square Enix Jazz -Final Fantasy VII- 2020 File, AAC, Album
No Image Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VII Vinyl 2013 Vinyl, LP, Picture Disc, Limited Edition, Numbered
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy Pray 1999 CD, Unofficial Release, Stereo
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VI Piano Collections 2001 CD, Unofficial Release
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy IV Piano Collections 1992 CD
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy II 2019 Vinyl, LP, Album, Unofficial Release
Nobuo Uematsu - Potion : Relaxin' With Final Fantasy 2006 CD, Compilation
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VI Grand Finale CD, Unofficial Release
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy III Original Sound Version CD, Unofficial Release
Nobuo Uematsu - Phantasmagoria 2004 CD, Album, Reissue
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy III 1999 CD, Album, Unofficial Release
Nobuo Uematsu - 私の涙と空 / 川澄綾子 2006 CD, Maxi-Single
Nobuo Uematsu - The Orchestral SaGa Legend of Music 2016 CD
Nobuo Uematsu - Symphonic Suite Final Fantasy = 交響組曲 ファイナルファンタジー 1989 Cassette, Album
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy IX Vinyl 2022 Vinyl, LP, Picture Disc, Stereo
Nobuo Uematsu - ファイナルファンタジーIX / Final Fantasy IX : The Complete Soundtrack 2020 Box Set, Limited Edition, Unofficial Release, Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Vinyl, LP, Stereo
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy V Dear Friends 1993 CD, Album
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VII: Piano Collections 2003 CD, Album
No Image Nobuo Uematsu - A New World: Intimate Music From Final Fantasy 2014 CD, Album
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy V Piano Collections 1993 CD
Nobuo Uematsu - More Friends (Music From Final Fantasy) 2005 CD, Album, Stereo
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy IV Piano Collections 1992 CD
Nobuo Uematsu - Piano Collections Final Fantasy IX 2004 CD, Album
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy IV: Original Sound Version 1994 CD
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy Song Book Mahoroba 2004 CD, Album
Nobuo Uematsu - Fantasy Life - Mini Sound Track 2012 CD, Sampler, Promo
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy Vinyls 2012 Vinyl, LP, Box Set
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VII: Piano Collections 2003 CD, Album, Unofficial Release
Nobuo Uematsu - Potion 2 Relaxin' with Final Fantasy 2001 CD, Compilation
Nobuo Uematsu - The Last Story - The Premium Soundtrack 2012 CD, Compilation, Limited Edition
Nobuo Uematsu - Alpha 1986 Box Set, Flexi-disc, 7", Single Sided, Card Backed, Floppy Disk, 5.25"

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Tracklist: Final Fantasy: Love Will Grow

No. Title Runtime
1 Long Distance
2 Yuukyuu No Kaze
3 Have You Ever Seen Me?
4 La Valse Des Amoureux
5 Gaia
6 Tooi Hibi No Nagori
7 Harukanaru Kokyou
8 Estrelas
9 Kami No Yurikago
10 Love Will Grow
11 Prelude

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