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[edit] Final Fantasy XII

Wouldn't it be better to make it more clear that of the 102 songs in Final Fantasy XII, Uematsu only contributed a single one: Kiss Me Good-Bye? It's also worth noting that while Uematsu and Hitoshi Sakimoto are mentioned, Angela Aki provided the lyrics for the song, but is not credited. Furthermore, violinist Taro Hakase also composed a single music track ("the main instrumental theme") for the game called "Symphonic Poem Hope" but he is not credited for the FFXII soundtrack either. Maybe change the FFXII entry in Uematsu's page to:

  1. Final Fantasy XII (2006) - Kiss Me Good-Bye only

or something similar? WikiBob42

[edit] Name

I could have sworn his name was "Nobuo Uematsu", not "Uematsu Nobuo" Fredrik 19:25, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I've never seen his name credited in romaji spelt any way other than "Nobuo Uematsu" either. However that uses the Japanese order of presenting the surname first -- I'm guessing Wikipedia has a convention of using the English order for naming articles about Japanese persons. This seems wrong to me -- in this case anyway -- but is certainly defensible, and at least there's a redirect from Nobuo Uematsu. -24.80.122.19 07:50, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I just noticed Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(japanese), which states "In general, use the form of a person's name that is most widely known and used by English speakers." Since his name seems to be credited most often as "Nobuo Uematsu" -- and indeed the external links refer to him thus, particularly nobuouematsu.com -- this policy would seem to imply that the page should live at "Nobuo Uematsu". I've gone ahead and moved it. If I have missed some reason why it shouldn't have been moved (sync with the .ja wiki perhaps?) then please don't hesitate to move it back. Saucepan 04:39, 18 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Removed sentence

I have removed the following sentences: "Uematsu's character themes are very memorable. His ending themes bring tears to the eyes of the gamer. Final Fantasy fans just cannot help but enjoy Uematsu's work." Pretty blatant editorializing. Taco Deposit 16:25, Jun 10, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Ehrgeiz / Super Mario RPG

Uematsu composed for neither Ehrgeiz nor Super Mario RPG directly. He only receives credit because compositions from previous games were featured within them. For this, I have created a "Derivative Works" section, for games that feature music composed by him, but originally for an entirely different game. The music in this section is always in the case where it is arranged by a different composer. -Kaleb.G

[edit] Biography Needs Work

I think his biography could use a bit of work. I mean, they had an hour show on him on Tech TV... the article seems more like a stub than anything. -- AllyUnion


Also, I remember reading in an interview that he spent some time writing music for pornographic films until he was let go for being 'too good' or something along those lines, or would including that count as slander, even though he said it himself. Said interview was in an issue of the Hyper magazine for gamers, although I'm not sure what specific issue. 60.241.156.98 (talk) 16:08, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Copyvio?

The biography seems to be a rip of his official site. Is it allowed? -- HistoryManiac

No of course not, we should probably tag the article for a complete rewrite or somewhat rewrite since I noticed some of the information is not a direct copy from his site. Alus 07:05, 22 May, 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A Night in Fantasia

There appears to be no mention of the 'A Night in Fantasia' concerts performed in Sydney... anyone willing to put stuff in? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.68.136.179 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Discography Page?

There are quite a few articles for individual soundtracks by Nobuo Uematsu released as albums, but we have no one page with a list of them in chronological order. I can't see myself having the time to create such a page, but it would be very useful if someone's looking for something to do. Terrafire 21:41, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

I will see what I can do. Alus 04:10, 29 November, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] when is the sheet music coming?

now my question is not if his music is good , but if he will ever make sheet music forhis songs ,because I love these songs!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.219.93.31 (talk • contribs)

You can buy Nobuo Uematsu's sheet music and many other Video game composers sheet music legitamently here [1]. Alus 04:10, 29 November, 2005 (UTC)

He's a Genious!!!!!!!!!

[edit] Page cleanup

I made an attempt to separate the information into biography, musical style, and concert sections, but it still needs work. Kat, Queen of Typos 10:54, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nobuo

I've also seen his name spelled as Nobou, is that just a typo made by a lot of people? Cao Wei 00:37, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Definitely a typo/misspelling. MarcelLionheart 04:51, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Robert Walley

Should we not remove Final Fantasy XII from his list of works? He didn't compose the music for the game regardless of whether or not he was originally planned for the job. I've looked into it to try and find out if he contributed anything at all but I've found nothing.

It appears he did something on the OST, or these websites [2][3] are wrong. I want to say I heard he only did one song on it but I do not know. If you can find sources that he did not do anything for the OST please post them here. Alus 05:00, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

He composed the main theme. This is in the game credits. MarcelLionheart 05:43, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I have added the remaining composers from FFXII, in order of how much of the OST they composed. Matsuo composed about 8 tracks, Iwata wrote 2, and Hakase wrote 1. Xenofan 29A 22:29, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Translation for "Nobuo Uematsu no Minna Sounano?"

The article mentions he wrote a column titled Nobuo Uematsu no Minna Sounano? Just curious, but what is the english translation? (It might be a good idea to include the english translation in the article as well.) Dugwiki 18:27, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sonic and the Secret Rings

Someone please add his work for Sonic and the Secret Rings please. 77.97.230.248 15:03, 30 March 2007 (UTC)DanZieBoy Fine, if no one's gonna add it, I will. 77.97.230.248 18:52, 15 April 2007 (UTC)DanZieBoy

[edit] Uematsu's influences

There needs to be some sources cited for his influences or else anyone is just going to put what they feel sounds similar to his music as being fact. For example, I've never heard Uematsu has ever come out and said he's been influenced by John Williams or this relatively unknown Peer Raben in the same way he consistently references Elton John and Simon & Garfunkle as influences.

Streichorchester 22:14, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Nobuo also was heavily influenced by deep purple. Only, I cant find any references to this... --85.180.140.152 13:40, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Olympics

Any substance to that Olympic swimming claim thing?

[edit] Video Games Live

There doesn't seem to be anything about video games live. Lots of his music is being played there and was last year. Namely final fantasy music. Much of it is played on the piano by Martin Leung. It is on tour again now.


80.195.177.152 17:20, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Super Smash Brothers Brawl

I can't find on the official website anywhere that says Nobuo is composing or contributing to SSBB. The reference link leads here [4], where's there's no mention of him. Is he a secret composer or something? Will Cloud be making his way into the brawl? Somebody stop me before I go insane with speculation! 68.196.13.218 (talk) 03:48, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

The opening song[[5]] was composed by him. - Forteshadow (talk) 01:09, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Stop putting in unverified claims for Uematsu's influences

Despite how much you think Uematsu sounds like Erik Nordgren or Peer Rabin, unless Uematsu says so himself, it is a lie to say that he is. I also know a lot of you think One Winged Angel sounds like Stravinsky (it actually doesn't because Stravinsky is much, much more complicated than that) Uematsu isn't inspired by him until he says he is. Cite your sources, people! -Streichorchester (talk) 05:53, 19 March 2008 (UTC)