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Hitoshi Sakimoto (崎元 仁, Sakimoto Hitoshi, born February 26 1969 in Tokyo) 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". He used this signature when he was about 22-23 years old to avoid other companies that would often steal talented artist.. In 1997, Sakimoto joined Square. 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, Sakimoto has since been composing regularly for a variety of games as well as some commissions for various independent companies. He has recently completed Square Enix's Final Fantasy XII as well as the MMORPG Fantasy Earth: ZERO.
Also employed with Basiscape is Sakimoto's long-time friend Masaharu Iwata, as well as Manabu Namiki, and Mitsuhiro Kaneda.
In 2007, Sakimoto was the composer for the anime series, Romeo x Juliet.
Selected Gameography
- Magical Chase (1991): Composer (in collaboration with Masaharu Iwata)
- Ogre Battle (1993): Composer (in collaboration with Masaharu Iwata and Hayato Matsuo)
- X-Kaliber 2097 (Sword Maniac) (1994): Composer (in collaboration with Hayato Matsuo)
- Kingdom Grand Prix (1994): Composer (in collaboration with Masaharu Iwata)
- Tactics Ogre (1995): Composer (in collaboration with Masaharu Iwata)
- Soukyu-Gurentai (Terra Diver) (1996): Composer (in collaboration with Manabu Namiki)
- The Adventures of Hourai High School (1996): Composer
- Treasure Hunter G (1997): Composer (in collaboration with 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: The Knight of Lodis (2001): Composer (in collaboration with Masaharu Iwata)
- Legaia 2: Duel Saga (2001): Composer (in collaboration with Yasunori Mitsuda and Michiru Oshima)
- Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter (2002): Composer
- Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (2003): Composer (in collaboration with Ayako Saso and Kaori Oukoshi; main theme provided by Nobuo Uematsu)
- Gradius V (2004): Composer
- Stella Deus: The Gate of Eternity (2004): Composer (in collaboration with Masaharu Iwata)
- Final Fantasy XII (2006): Composer (with additional music by Hayato Matsuo and Masaharu Iwata, a vocal theme by Nobuo Uematsu, and a symphonic poem based on Sakimoto's main theme by Taro Hakase and Yuji Toriyama)
- Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (2007): Composer (with Kenichiro Fukui)
- Final Fantasy Tactics Shishi Sensō (The War of the Lions) (2007): Composer (in collaboration with Masaharu Iwata, with an updated score)
- GrimGrimoire (2007): Composer
- Odin Sphere (2007): Composer
- Deltora Quest (2007): Composer
- ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat (2007): Composer (in collaboration with Masaharu Iwata)
- Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (2007): Composer
- Opoona (2007): Composer
- Valkyrie of the Battlefield: Gallian Chronicles (2008): Composer
- 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.
Anime
- Kaleido Star (Legend of Phoenix ~Layla Hamilton Monogatari~ OVA) (2005): Composer (ending theme)
- Romeo x Juliet (2007): Composer
Independent Label/Non-Game Works
- Ten Plants (1998): Composer (one track)
- 2197 (1999): Composer (one track titled "Haemoglobin 40.2")
- Lia - Colors of Life (2005): Composer, Arranger; in collaboration with Yutaka Kumada (Arranger) and Lia (vocals)
External links
- Hitoshi Sakimoto Official WEB site
- CocoeBiz Official English Site
- Basiscape
- Comprehensive Hitoshi Sakimoto Profile at Square Enix Music Online
- Hitoshi Sakimoto profile, discography, interviews, and photo gallery at the Square Haven People Database
- Squaresound Hitoshi Sakimoto Biography + Discography
- Composer profile at OverClocked ReMix
- Hitoshi Sakimoto discography at MusicBrainz
- Hitoshi Sakimoto at IMDb
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