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Nobuo Uematsu (植松 伸夫; のぶお うえまつ Uematsu Nobuo) (born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese composer of video game music, and one of the most well-known, prolific, and versatile in the field. He has composed music for the Final Fantasy series of games, and some of the pieces in the game Chrono Trigger, by the company Squaresoft. King's Knight is the first video game he ever composed music for.Born in Kouchi City, Kochi prefecture, Japan, Uematsu began to play the piano when he was twelve years old (his greatest role model early in life was Elton John) and is self taught. He attended the University of Kanagawa although his major was not music. Uematsu has no formal musical training. At age 22, he began to play the keyboard, and four years later was hired by Squaresoft to write music for video games. The style of his compositions range from stately classical-like pieces, to subtle, mysteriously beautiful sorts of music sometimes described as "New-Age", to hyper-percussive techno-electronica, similar in sound to some music by the band Emerson, Lake and Palmer, one of his stated influences, to the occasional instance of some completely different and unexpected category.
In 2003 Uematsu expanded his horizons yet again when he formed The Black Mages, and released an album of new versions of his classic Final Fantasy pieces. The Black Mages, in which Uematsu himself played keyboards are a group of technically accomplished rock musicians who reinterpreted and expanded on the original compositions found in the popular role-playing game series.
Uematsu's music has been a large part of the Final Fantasy franchise's great popularity in the United States. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, the United States synchronized swimming duet of Alison Bartosik and Anna Kozlova won the bronze medal using two of his pieces from Final Fantasy VIII in the second half of their routine.
As of 2004, Nobuo Uematsu lives in Japan with his wife Reiko and his dog Pao. In October 2004 he amicably parted ways with Square Enix, where he had been the head of its Uematsu Productions branch. He is forming his own studio called Smile Please.
On November 1, 2004, Nobuo Uematsu resigned from Square Enix to become a freelance video game music composer. His busy schedule forced him to think that it is better for him to become a freelance composer than to remain with Square Enix. However, Uematsu still has a tie with Square Enix, and it is still possible for him to collaborate with Square Enix on future Final Fantasy projects. He still plans to do Final Fantasy related concert tours and have activities outside Japan. He really likes his work on Final Fantasy VI, VII, and VIII. Square Enix might export video game music work to Uematsu.
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