Ryo Yamazaki

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Ryo Yamazaki (山崎良) is a Japanese video game music synthesizer programmer currently working at Square Enix. He has also created several compositions for Front Mission 4, Front Mission Online, and Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII.

While the composers seem to attract the most attention in the video game industry, the quality of Yamazaki's instrument sampling has made him a name among video game music fans. It was his programming that brought a highly realistic feel to Yasunori Mitsuda's Chrono Cross, for example. However, his most prolific work stems from his ongoing collaborations with Masashi Hamauzu.

[edit] Works

• Chocobo's Dungeon 2 (1998): synthesizer programmer
• SaGa Frontier 2 (1999): synthesizer programmer
• Chrono Cross (1999): synthesizer programmer
• Kingdom Hearts (2002): synthesizer programmer
• Unlimited SaGa (2002): synthesizer programmer
• Final Fantasy XI: Rise of the Zilart (2004): synthesizer programmer (in collaboration with Hidenori Iwasaki and Hirosato Noda)
• Front Mission 4 (2003): synthesizer programmer, composer (in collaboration with Hidenori Iwasaki)
• Musashi: Samurai Legend (2005): synthesizer programmer
• Front Mission Online (2005): composer (in collaboration with Hidenori Iwasaki)
• Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2005): synthesizer programmer, composer

[edit] Discography

• Front Mission 4 plus 1st Original Soundtrack (2003)

[edit] External links

• Comprehensive Ryo Yamazaki Profile at Square Enix Music Online
• Square Enix Music Official Square Enix Music website (Japanese)