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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Tracklist: ファイナルファンタジーIII オリジナル・サウンドトラック = Final Fantasy III Original Soundtrack
No. | Title | Runtime |
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Original Soundtrack | ||
CD-1 | 風の追憶 ~悠久の風伝説~ | 3:02 |
CD-2 | プレリュード | 0:56 |
CD-3 | クリスタルのある洞窟 | 1:13 |
CD-4 | バトル1 | 1:33 |
CD-5 | 勝利 | 0:33 |
CD-6 | クリスタルルーム | 0:32 |
CD-7 | オープニング・テーマ | 1:53 |
CD-8 | 故郷の街ウル | 1:30 |
CD-9 | 悠久の風 | 1:41 |
CD-10 | ジンの呪い | 1:11 |
CD-11 | ダンジョン | 0:56 |
CD-12 | 勇者の帰還 | 0:54 |
CD-13 | 山頂への道 | 1:28 |
CD-14 | トーザス | 1:02 |
CD-15 | ネプト神殿 | 0:52 |
CD-16 | エンタープライズ海を行く | 1:16 |
CD-17 | 生きている森 | 0:56 |
CD-18 | 古代人の村 | 1:51 |
CD-19 | チョコボのテーマ | 0:45 |
CD-20 | でぶチョコボあらわる | 0:54 |
CD-21 | オーエンの塔 | 0:53 |
CD-22 | ギサールの野菜 | 0:37 |
CD-23 | ハインの城 | 1:14 |
CD-24 | 危険なショートミュージック1 | 0:36 |
CD-25 | 危険なショートミュージック2 | 0:34 |
CD-26 | 危険なショートミュージック3 | 0:23 |
CD-27 | バトル2 | 1:44 |
CD-28 | レクイエム | 0:35 |
CD-29 | エンタープライズ空を飛ぶ | 1:11 |
CD-30 | 果てしなき大海原 | 1:22 |
CD-31 | 水の巫女エリア | 2:05 |
CD-32 | アムルの街 | 1:26 |
CD-33 | ピアノのおけいこ1 | 0:12 |
CD-34 | ピアノのおけいこ2 | 0:08 |
CD-35 | スイフト・ツイスト | 0:35 |
CD-36 | 宿屋で寝る | 0:10 |
CD-37 | 仲間を加える | 0:10 |
CD-38 | 仲間との別れ | 0:10 |
CD-39 | 踊り子のダンス | 0:17 |
CD-40 | アイテムゲット | 0:08 |
CD-41 | ガルーダ撃破 | 0:10 |
CD-42 | 4人組じいさんのテーマ | 0:51 |
CD-43 | 隠れ村ファルガバード | 1:25 |
CD-44 | 隠れ村ファルガバード | 1:06 |
CD-45 | 潜水艦ノーチラス | 1:18 |
CD-46 | 海底神殿 | 1:10 |
CD-47 | ドーガとウネの館 | 1:06 |
CD-48 | ノアのリュート | 0:36 |
CD-49 | ウネの体操 | 0:31 |
CD-50 | 巨大戦艦インビンシブル | 0:56 |
CD-51 | 禁断の地エウレカ | 1:16 |
CD-52 | クリスタルタワー | 1:06 |
CD-53 | 闇のクリスタル | 1:03 |
CD-54 | 最後の死闘-1- | 0:38 |
CD-55 | 最後の死闘-2- | 0:26 |
CD-56 | 最後の死闘-3- | 1:23 |
CD-57 | エンディング・テーマ -1- | 1:25 |
CD-58 | エンディング・テーマ -2- | 2:51 |
CD-59 | エンディング・テーマ -3- | 3:45 |
CD-60 | 悠久の風 -.333 Mix- | 3:36 |
CD-61 | 最後の死闘 -The Black Mages Ver.- | 4:56 |
Special DVD | 28:00 |