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Hitoshi Sakimoto (崎元 仁) is a video game music composer.

He was born in 1969 and worked freelance beginning in 1990. When he was just starting out in the field of music, he would write his name as "YmoH.S". In 1997, Sakimoto joined Square Co., Ltd.. Later on, in 2000, after completing his work on the action/RPG hybrid title Vagrant Story, he resigned from Square and once again became a freelance musician. He went on to establish Basiscape, an independent provider of audio and music for video games and other media.

As the founder of Basiscape Co., Ltd, Sakimoto has since been composing regularly for a variety of games as well as some commissions for various independent companies. He is currently working on Square's upcoming twelfth chapter in its central franchise, Final Fantasy XII, as well as the upcoming MMORPG Fantasy Earth: The Ring of Dominion.

Also employed with Basiscape Co., Ltd. is Sakimoto's long-time friend Masaharu Iwata, as well as Manabu Namiki, and Mitsuhiro Kaneda.

Notable game credits

• Magical Chase (1991): Composer (in collaboration with Masaharu Iwata)
• Ogre Battle (1993): Composer (in collaboration with Masaharu Iwata and Hayato Matsuo)
• Tactics Ogre (1995): Composer (in collaboration with Masaharu Iwata)
• Soukyu-Gurentai (Terra Diver) (1996): Composer
• The Adventures of Hourai High School (1996): Composer
• Treasure Hunter G (1997): Composer (in collaboration with John Pee, Masaharu Iwata, Toshiaki Sakoda, Yoko Takada, Tomoko Matsui, and Akiko Goto)
• Final Fantasy Tactics (1997): Composer (in collaboration with Masaharu Iwata)
• Radiant Silvergun (1998): Composer
• Vagrant Story (2000): Composer
• Tactics Ogre Gaiden (2001): Composer (in collaboration with Masaharu Iwata)
• Legaia 2: Duel Saga (2001): Composer (in collaboration with Yasunori Mitsuda and Michiru Oshima)
• Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter (2002): Composer
• Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (2003): Composer (in collaboration with Ayako Saso and Kaori Oukoshi; main theme provided by Nobuo Uematsu)
• Magic Pengel (2003): Composer
• Gradius V (2004): Composer
• Graffiti Kingdom (2004): Composer
• Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity (2004): Composer (in collaboration with Masaharu Iwata)
• Final Fantasy XII: Composer (main theme provided by Nobuo Uematsu)

• Hitoshi Sakimoto has also done arrangements for a large number of game music albums, including Battle Garegga, DoDonpachi Daiohjou, and Cho Aniki Show II to name a few.

Independent Label/Non-Game Works

• Ten Plants (1998): Composer (one track)
• 2197 (1999): Composer (one track)

External links

• Official English website (contains complete discography)
• Composer profile at OverClocked ReMix
• Hitoshi Sakimoto discography at MusicBrainz
• Hitoshi Sakimoto at IMDb

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