Tsuyoshi Sekito

Tsuyoshi Sekito (関戸　剛, born April 3, 1963 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese video game music composer, arranger and performer. He joined Square Enix in 1995. Before working at Square Enix, he worked for Konami and worked on several games created by Hideo Kojima. After joining Square Enix, he did not score any games until 1998. Brave Fencer Musashi was his first assignment for Square Enix. In 2001, his first assignment for the Final Fantasy series was to rescore Final Fantasy II for the Wonderswan Color. He later rescored the Final Fantasy II soundtrack for the PlayStation as Final Fantasy Origins. His wonderful guitar playing allowed him to become guitarist and arranger in the band The Black Mages, formed in 2003. He is also a member of another band called The Star Onions and also plays the guitar in that band. He is also studying violin. He became more and more versatile as a musician since he joined Square Enix.

[edit] Works

Space Manbow (1990): composer
SD Snatcher (1990): composer
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake (1990): composer
Double Dribble: 5 on 5 (1991): composer
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (1991): composer
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Manhattan Missions (1991): composer
Tiny Toon Adventures: ACME All-Stars (1994): composer
Lethal Enforcers II: Gunfighters (1994): composer
Super Soccerstars (1995): composer
Brave Fencer Musashi (1998): composer
Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2 (1999): composer
Chrono Trigger (PlayStation remake) (1999): arranger
All-Star Pro Wrestling (2000): composer
All-Star Pro Wrestling II (2001): composer
Final Fantasy Chronicles (2001): arranger (Chrono Trigger)
Final Fantasy Origins (2003): composer, arranger (Final Fantasy II)
All-Star Pro Wrestling III (2003): composer
Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- (2005): arranger, performer
Front Mission Online (2005): arranger
Hanjuku Hero 4 (2005): composer, arranger
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005): composer, arranger, performer - With Nobuo Uematsu, Kenichiro Fukui, and Keiji Kawamori
Final Fantasy III DS (2006): arranger - With Nobuo Uematsu and Keiji Kawamori