Hitoshi Sakimoto

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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"^{[citation needed]}. 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 has recently completed Square Enix's 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.

In 2007, Sakimoto was the composer for the anime series, Romeo x Juliet.

[edit] Selected Gameography

Magical Chase (1991): Composer (in collaboration with Masaharu Iwata)
Ogre Battle (1993): Composer (in collaboration with Masaharu Iwata and Hayato Matsuo)
Sword Maniac (1994): Composer (in collaboration with Hayato Matsuo)
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 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: 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, Masaharu Iwata, a vocal theme by Nobuo Uematsu, and a symphonic poem based on Sakimoto's main theme by Taro Hakase and Yuji Toriyama)
ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat (2007): Composer
Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings (2007): Composer
Grim Grimoire (2007): Composer
Deltora Quest (2007): Composer
Odin Sphere (2007): Composer
Opoona (2007): 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.

[edit] Independent Label/Non-Game Works

Ten Plants (1998): Composer (one track)
2197 (1999): Composer (one track)
Lia - Colors of Life (2005): Composer, Arranger; in collaboration with Yutaka Kumada (Arranger) and Lia (vocals)
Romeo x Juliet (2007): Composer