Nobuo Uematsu
A prolific and versatile composer of popular video game and anime scores, most notably for the ubiquitous Final Fantasy game series, Nobuo Uematsu was born and raised in Kochi, Japan. A self-taught piano player, he graduated from Kanagawa University and played keyboards in local bands, eventually finding work as a composer for radio commercials by sending out his music demos. He moved into the video game medium in the mid-'80s when a friend offered work at the company then known as Squaresoft (later Square Enix). There, he composed music for dozens of games, including the first Final Fantasy installment, released in 1987. He went on to write or co-write music for the international blockbuster series through 2002's Final Fantasy XI. During that time, he released an album of original electronic keyboard music in 1994 titled Phantasmagoria, and many other game scores including 1995's Chrono Trigger (co-written with Yasunori Mitsuda).
In his break from the Final Fantasy series after the 11th game, he composed a film score for 2003's Ah! My Goddess: The Movie, and founded his own companies, Smile Please in 2004 and Dog Ear Records Co., Ltd. in 2006. He also provided music for over a dozen video games including 2006's Blue Dragon, and television music for the 2007 anime series based on the Blue Dragon game. Uematsu composed music for the anime television series Guin Saga in 2009, and finally returned to the Final Fantasy franchise as the main composer for Final Fantasy XIV in 2010. He continued a dedicated schedule of game scoring into the 2010s, including but not limited to 2012's Fantasy Life, 2013's Hometown Story and Granblue Fantasy (both with Tsutomu Narita), and 2014's Terra Battle. In 2015, Square Enix released Bra Bra Final Fantasy: Brass de Bravo, the first in a series of recordings that arranged Uematsu's music from the Final Fantasy franchise for the Siena Wind Orchestra.
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Discography
11 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy
Classical - Released by AWR Records on Nov 26, 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Distant Worlds II: More Music from Final Fantasy
Symphonies - Released by AWR Records on Nov 26, 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Distant Worlds and a New World Collections: Music from Final Fantasy VII
Classical - Released by AWR Records on Jun 23, 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Distant Worlds II: More Music from Final Fantasy
Film Soundtracks - Released by AWR Records on Nov 26, 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Piano Stories: FINAL FANTASY VI
Nobuo Uematsu, Guillermo de la Garza
Classical - Released by Materia Collective on Jun 16, 2023
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy
Film Soundtracks - Released by AWR Records on Nov 26, 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Nobuo Uematsu × Hironobu Sakaguchi Works ~ Music from FANTASIAN (Original Game Soundtrack)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Dog Ear Records Co., Ltd. on Jul 28, 2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Final Fantasy, Vol. II (Piano Themes)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Reconcilio on May 13, 2022
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
GuinSaga Original Soundtrack
Anime - Released by Aniplex Inc. on Jun 24, 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Story of Blik-O Original Soundtrack
Film Soundtracks - Released by Dog Ear Records Co., Ltd. on Jul 28, 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Ah! My Goddess! (Piano Themes)
Film Soundtracks - Released by Reconcilio on Apr 8, 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo