Early Life Nobuo Uematsu was born in 1959 in Kōchi, Japan. A self-taught musician, he learned how to play the guitar by ear, before moving to the piano. He cited The Beatles and Elton John as major inspirations when growing up.
Squaresoft Uematsu with a guitar Uematsu began his career at Squaresoft in 1986 and provided the music for numerous titles the company produced, including the early NES titles Rad Racer and King's Knight . Uematsu's work grew more recognized with the release of Final Fantasy in Japan in 1987. He would go on to compose the full soundtracks to each entry in the series until Final Fantasy X , when he collaborated with other composers and reduced his role to the contribution of a few select tracks.
Smile Please Uematsu left Square Enix in 2004 when the company relocated its offices to the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo. Following his departure, he founded the company Smile Please, where he continues to work as a freelance composer. Since leaving Square Enix, he has continued to produce music for the company's games on a freelance basis. He has also worked on the soundtracks for a number of games produced by Mistwalker , a company founded by former Square Enix colleague Hironobu Sakaguchi , such as Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey . He also composed the main theme for Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. Brawl .
The Black Mages Uematsu is one of the founding members of The Black Mages, a rock band created as a collaboration between himself and fellow Square Enix employees in 2002. The band's catalogue of music is based on rock and metal interpretations of classic Uematsu Final Fantasy tracks. They disbanded in 2010. Together, the band released three commercially available albums.
Discography Year Title 1987 Final Fantasy & Final Fantasy II 1990 Final Fantasy III: Yuukyuu no Kaze Densetsu 1991 Final Fantasy III - Original Sound Version1991 Final Fantasy IV - Original Sound Version1991 Final Fantasy IV: Celtic Moon 1992 Final Fantasy IV - Piano Collections 1992 Final Fantasy V - Original Sound Version1993 Final Fantasy V: Dear Friends 1993 Final Fantasy V - Piano Collections 1994 Final Fantasy VI - Original Sound Version1994 Symphonic Suite Final Fantasy 1994 Final Fantasy VI - Special Tracks 1994 Final Fantasy VI: Grand Finale 1994 Final Fantasy: Pray 1994 Final Fantasy VI - Piano Collections 1994 Phantasmagoria 1994 Final Fantasy Mix 1995 Final Fantasy: Love Will Grow 1997 Final Fantasy VII 1997 Final Fantasy VII - Reunion Tracks 1999 Final Fantasy VIII 1999 Final Fantasy VIII: Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec 2000 Final Fantasy VIII - Piano Collections 2000 Final Fantasy IX 2000 Final Fantasy IX Plus 2001 Final Fantasy IX - Piano Collections 2001 Potion: Relaxin' With Final Fantasy 2001 Final Fantasy X 2001 Potion 2: Relaxin' With Final Fantasy 2002 Final Fantasy X - Piano Collections 2002 Final Fantasy 20020220 2002 Final Fantasy XI 2003 Final Fantasy VII - Piano Collections 2004 Final Fantasy Song Book: Mahoroba 2005 Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children 2006 More Friends: Music From Final Fantasy 2006 Final Fantasy III 2006 Blue Dragon 2007 Distant Worlds Music From Final Fantasy 2008 Lost Odyssey 2008 Final Fantasy IV Original Soundtrack 2008 Final Fantasy XI - Piano Collections 2008 Chocobo to Mahou no Ehon Series Original Soundtrack 2009 Lord of Vermilion Original Soundtrack2009 Guin Saga Original Soundtrack 2010 Distant Worlds II: More Music From Final Fantasy 2011 The Last Story - Original Soundtrack
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