When was the Japanese video game composer who formed The Black Mages born
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The Black Mages The Black Mages were a Japanese instrumental rock band formed in 2002 by Nobuo Uematsu, Kenichiro Fukui and Tsuyoshi Sekito, who were three video game composers for Square Enix. The band arranged Uematsu's "Final Fantasy" video game series-based compositions in a hard rock style often similar to progressive metal, achieved with the additional use of synthesizers. Since its inception, the band had expanded to six members with the addition of Keiji Kawamori, Michio Okamiya and Arata Hanyuda. In August 2010, Uematsu announced the band had been disbanded, but he would continue to perform rock arrangements of his music as a part of another similar band, known as the Earthbound Papas.
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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 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.
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Shinkichi Mitsumune Shinkichi Mitsumune (光宗 信吉 Mitsumune Shinkichi) (born October 8, 1963) is a Japanese composer who writes music primarily for anime.
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Final Fantasy concerts "Final Fantasy" is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and owned by Square Enix that includes video games, motion pictures, and other merchandise. The original Final Fantasy video game, published in 1987, is a role-playing video game developed by Square, spawning a video game series that became the central focus of the franchise. The primary composer of music for the main series was Nobuo Uematsu, who single-handedly composed the soundtracks for the first nine games, as well as directing the production of many of the soundtrack albums. Music for the spin-off series and main series games beginning with "Final Fantasy X" was created by a variety of composers including Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta, Hitoshi Sakimoto, and Kumi Tanioka, as well as many others.
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Hiroaki Zakōji Hiroaki Zakōji (座光寺 公明 , Zakōji Hiroaki , born January 20, 1958 – January 29, 1987) was a Japanese composer and pianist.
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Daiki Kasho Daiki Kasho (嘉生 大樹 , Kashou Daiki , born November 2, 1976) (stylized as daiki kasho) is a Japanese video game composer who has worked on the Gran Turismo, F-Zero, Wangan Midnight, and King of Fighters series.
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Mine Yoshizaki Mine Yoshizaki (吉崎 観音 , Yoshizaki Mine , born December 2, 1971) is a Japanese manga creator who first started his career by making "dōjinshi" based on video games. Yoshizaki also worked as an assistant to manga artist Katsu Aki. His first publication was featured in a compilation book published by Shogakukan in 1989.
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Masaya Matsuura Masaya Matsuura (松浦 雅也 , Matsūra Masaya ) (born June 16, 1961) is a Japanese video game designer and musician based in Tokyo, Japan. He was born in Osaka on June 16, 1961, and majored in Industrial Society at Ritsumeikan University. He has worked extensively with music and images, and has been active with the J-Pop band Psy-S. Matsuura been credited with popularizing the modern rhythm-based music video game at his studio NanaOn-Sha.
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Yūji Takahashi Yūji Takahashi (高橋 悠治 , Takahashi Yūji , born September 21, 1938) is a Japanese composer, performer, pianist, critic, and author.
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Yasushi Asada Yasushi Asada (浅田靖) is a video game music composer who has contributed songs to the soundtracks of "" and "Castlevania Judgment". He is a member of Noisycroak, a Tokyo-based sound design company focused on game soundtracks. He has a background in hard rock and heavy metal guitar composition and performance.
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Tomoki Hasegawa Tomoki Hasegawa III (長谷川 智樹 , Hasegawa Tomoki ) is a Japanese composer and arranger of music, best known for his work on anime soundtracks, born on 19 July 1957 in Ikeda, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. He has also done sound production work on albums for Mayumi Iizuka.
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Toshio Hosokawa Toshio Hosokawa (細川 俊夫 , Hosokawa Toshio , born 23 October 1955 in Hiroshima, Japan) is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music.
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Kazumasa Hashimoto Kazumasa Hashimoto (born 1974 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese composer, mastering engineer and web designer.
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Karen Tanaka Karen Tanaka (born April 7, 1961) is a Japanese composer.
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Hideki Sakamoto Hideki Sakamoto (坂本 英城 , Sakamoto Hideki , born November 14, 1972) is a video game music composer who has contributed songs to the soundtracks of "Echochrome", "Yakuza 2", and "". He serves as the representative director of Noisycroak, a Tokyo-based sound design company focused on game soundtracks.
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Somei Satoh Somei Satoh (佐藤聰明 , "Satō Sōmei" ) ; (born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, January 19, 1947) is a Japanese composer of contemporary traditional music (gendai hōgaku). His compositions mix Japanese court music with European romanticism and electronic music.
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Ken Namba Ken Namba (難波研 , Nanba Ken , born September 19, 1983) is a Japanese composer, performer and researcher.
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Nobuyoshi Sano Nobuyoshi Sano (佐野 信義 , Sano Nobuyoshi , born January 19, 1969) , better known as sanodg, is a Japanese video game composer, musician and record producer most famous for scoring some songs for the "Ridge Racer" and "Tekken" series, most notably "Tekken 3", where he composed most of the soundtrack. He worked for Namco and Cavia. He currently works for the company Detune, where he designed and produced the music software KORG DS-10 for Nintendo DS. The band Trio the DS-10 was formed consisting of himself, Yasunori Mitsuda and Michio Okamiya for the promotion of the video game. He also composed the theme of "Tokyo Café" for the French TV channel Nolife. He cited Underworld and Yellow Magic Orchestra as his favorite musical bands.
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Koichi Morita (songwriter) Kōichi Morita (森田 公一 , Morita Kōichi ) (born February 25, 1940), is a Japanese composer and singer who launched his recording career in the late 1960s and had gained huge commercial success during the 1970s.
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Kenichiro Fukui Kenichiro Fukui (福井 健一郎 , Fukui Ken'ichirō ) is a Japanese video game composer and electronic musician. Before working at Square Enix, he was employed at Konami. He was also an arranger and a keyboardist in the band The Black Mages. Additionally, Fukui arranged Angela Aki's "Kiss Me Good-Bye" from "Final Fantasy XII". In October 2007, he left Square Enix to become a lecturer, although he continued to work with The Black Mages until the band dissolved in 2010, and continued to do freelance work with video games. His Konami Kukeiha Club nickname was "Funiki Fukui". He currently lives in Yokohama, Japan.
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Shirotomo Aizawa Shirotomo Aizawa (愛澤伯友 , Aizawa Shirotomo, Shiloh , born November 8, 1962) is a Japanese composer, conductor and multimedia creator.
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Kazumi Totaka Kazumi Totaka (戸高 一生 , Totaka Kazumi , born August 23, 1967) is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who is best known for his various compositions in many Nintendo games. He occasionally does voice acting as well, including Yoshi from the "Mario" series. He also directed the development of "Wii Music".