Takeharu Ishimoto

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Takeharu Ishimoto ( Japanese 石 元 丈 晴 Ishimoto Takehara ; born May 29, 1970 in Nichinan , Miyazaki Prefecture ) is a Japanese video game composer and musician. From 1999 to 2017 he worked at Square Enix , where he was responsible for the music of various games. He was hired in 1999 as a synthesizer programmer for Legend of Mana , since 2002 he has worked as a composer for games such as World Fantasista and later games from the series Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts . He left Square Enix in 2017 and has been a freelancer ever since. In addition to his work in games, he is the composer and guitarist of the bands The Death March and SAWA .

Life

Ishimoto says he started music when he lived in the country and had nothing else to do. At first he worked as a synthesizer programmer before he finally became a composer. In 1999 he began working as a composer on Legend of Mana , a game from the Seiken Densetsu series . After a few more work as a synthesizer programmer, the PlayStation 2 soccer game World Fantasista was the first game for which he composed the music. Since 2004 he has been composing the music for games in the Final Fantasy series, for which he had already worked as a synthesizer programmer at Final Fantasy X. His last work as a synthesizer programmer was in 2005 for Kingdom Hearts II , and since then he has worked exclusively as a composer at Square Enix. After leaving Square Enix in 2017, he still worked as a freelancer as a composer for their games, such as 2018 Dissidia Final Fantasy NT and 2019 Kingdom Hearts III .

In addition to his work as a video game composer, Ishimoto was a member of the Japanese band SAWA under the name HIZMI . He founded the band in October 2008 with Sawa Kato, who also wrote some of the songs and lyrics on Ishimoto's soundtrack for The World Ends with You . In 2008 the band released their only album called 333 . After SAWA broke up, he founded the band The Death March in 2012 , which plays and rearranges music from soundtracks composed by Ishimoto.

Awards and style

Ishimoto was named tenth of the top ten composers of JRPGs (Japanese role-playing games) by the IGN in 2008 . He composes in many different genres including rock, hip-hop, electronica, and pop.

Works

As a synthesizer programmer

As a composer

  • 2002: World Fantasista (with Masayoshi Soken)
  • 2004: Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII
  • 2005: Last Order - Final Fantasy VII
  • 2007: monotonous
  • 2007: The World Ends with You
  • 2007: Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
  • 2008: Dissidia Final Fantasy
  • 2010: Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (with Yoko Shimomura and Tsuyoshi Sekito)
  • 2011: Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
  • 2011: Final Fantasy Type-0
  • 2012: Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (with Yoko Shimomura and Tsuyoshi Sekito)
  • 2014: Final Fantasy Agito
  • 2015: Final Fantasy Type-0 HD
  • 2015: Rampage Land Rankers
  • 2015: Dissidia Final Fantasy (with Keiji Kawamori and Tsuyoshi Sekito)
  • 2018: Dissidia Final Fantasy NT
  • 2019: Kingdom Hearts III (with Yoko Shimomura and Tsuyoshi Sekito)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short bio at last.fm. Retrieved November 21, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b J-Pop World - SAWA Interview. In: J-Pop World. January 5, 2009, accessed November 21, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Chris Greening: The World Ends With You's Takeharu Ishimoto releases first band album. In: Video Game Music Online. Retrieved November 21, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Meghan Sullivan: Top Ten JRPG Composers ( February 9, 2009 memento in the Internet Archive ) In: IGN Entertainment . December 18, 2008, accessed November 21, 2019.
  5. ↑ Jayson Napolitano: Review: The World Ends With You: Come on and do the peace! ( Memento from July 17, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) In: Original Sound Version . June 24, 2008, accessed November 21, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Ishimoto, Takeharu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 石 元 丈 晴 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese composer and musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Nichinan , Miyazaki Prefecture