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Nobuo Uematsu

Nobuo Uematsu (植松 伸夫, Uematsu Nobuo, born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese video game composer, best known for scoring the majority of titles in the Final Fantasy series. He is considered one of the most famous and respected composers in the video game community. Uematsu, a self-taught musician, began playing the piano at the age of eleven or twelve, with Elton John as his biggest influence.

Uematsu joined Square in 1986, where he met Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. They have worked together on many video game titles, most notably the games in the Final Fantasy series. After 18 years with Square, he left in 2004 to found his own company called Smile Please, and the music label Dog Ear Records. He has since composed music as a freelancer for many other video 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 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 arranged rock versions of Uematsu's Final Fantasy compositions. He has since performed with his band Earthbound Papas, which he formed in 2011.

Chrono Trigger Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) / Super Famicom Nintendo Dual-Screen (DS)
Final Fantasy Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom Sony Playstation (PSX)
Final Fantasy II Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom Sony Playstation (PSX)
Final Fantasy III Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom
Final Fantasy IV Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) / Super Famicom
Final Fantasy IX Sony Playstation (PSX)
Final Fantasy V Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) / Super Famicom Sony Playstation (PSX)
Final Fantasy VI Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) / Super Famicom
Final Fantasy VII Sony Playstation (PSX) Microsoft Windows
Final Fantasy VIII Sony Playstation (PSX) Microsoft Windows
Final Fantasy X Sony Playstation 2 (PS2)
Final Fantasy XII Sony Playstation 2 (PS2)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) / Super Famicom
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Nintendo Wii