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4 unusual facts about Nobuo Uematsu


Carmina Burana

Japanese composer Nobuo Uematsu used portions of "O Fortuna", "Estuans interius", and "Veni, veni, venias" for the final boss theme "One-Winged Angel" in Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII.

Dissidia Final Fantasy

Most tracks are often remixes done by Ishimoto of past Final Fantasy music originally composed by Nobuo Uematsu.

Kōchi, Kōchi

Nobuo Uematsu (born 1959) is a video game composer, best known for scoring the majority of titles in the Final Fantasy series.

Mistwalker

Nobuo Uematsu, known for his work in the Final Fantasy series, has written music for various games developed by Mistwalker.


Final Fantasy Legend II

The game's development was headed by lead designer Akitoshi Kawazu, who had worked on the previous title, with a music staff consisting of Kenji Ito and Nobuo Uematsu.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

The music in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance was primarily composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto, with additional music contributed by Kaori Ohkoshi and Ayako Saso; Nobuo Uematsu provided the main theme.

Final Fantasy X-2

For Final Fantasy X-2, regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu was replaced by Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi of The Bouncer fame.

Music of Final Fantasy XI

The music of the MMORPG Final Fantasy XI was composed by Naoshi Mizuta along with regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu and Kumi Tanioka.

Piano Squall

At the age of nine, he became fascinated with the music of Nobuo Uematsu—a Japanese composer who wrote the soundtrack to the popular Final Fantasy video game series.


see also

Music of Final Fantasy XII

The only vocal piece in the game, it was set to tunes composed by Nobuo Uematsu, arranged by Kenichiro Fukui and produced by Motoki Matsuoka.