Nobuo Uematsu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Japanese video game composer
Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1959
Place of Birth: Kōchi, Japan
Profession: composer
Nationality: Japan
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
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About Nobuo Uematsu
- Nobuo Uematsu (?? ??, 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 has appeared five times in the top 20 of the annual Classic FM Hall of Fame. Uematsu, a self-taught musician, began playing the piano at the age of twelve, with English singer-songwriter Elton John as his biggest influence.
- Uematsu joined Square in 1986, where he first met Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi.
- The two later worked together on many titles at the company, most notably in the Final Fantasy series.
- After nearly two decades with Square, Uematsu left in 2004 to create his own production company, which included the Dog Ear Records music label.
- He has since composed music as a freelancer for other games, including ones developed by Square Enix and Sakaguchi's development studio, Mistwalker. Many soundtracks and arranged albums of Uematsu's game scores have been released.
- Pieces from his video game works have been performed in various Final Fantasy concerts, where he has worked with Grammy Award–winning conductor Arnie Roth on several of these performances.
- From 2002 to 2010, he was in a hard rock band with Square Enix colleagues Kenichiro Fukui and Tsuyoshi Sekito called The Black Mages, in which he played electronic organ and other keyboards.
- The band played various arranged rock versions of Uematsu's Final Fantasy compositions.
- He has since performed with Earthbound Papas, which he formed as the successor to The Black Mages in 2011.
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