Tsuyoshi Sekito

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Tsuyoshi Sekito (関戸 剛, Sekito Tsuyoshi^?, born April 3, 1963 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese video game music composer, arranger and performer. He joined Square in 1995. Before working at Square, he worked for Konami and worked on several games created by Hideo Kojima. After joining Square, he did not score any games until 1998. Brave Fencer Musashi was his first assignment for Square. 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.

[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 II: The Arcade Game (1991): composer
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (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 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
• The Last Remnant (2008): composer

[edit] Discography

• Brave Fencer "Musashiden" Original Soundtrack (1998)
• Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon 2 Original Soundtrack (1999)
• Chrono Trigger Original Soundtrack (1999)
• All Star Pro-Wrestling II Original Soundtrack (2001)
• feel/Go Dream - A Tribute to Tidus/Yuna (2001)
• The Black Mages (2003)
• The Black Mages II The Skies Above (2005)
• Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Original Soundtrack (2005)
• The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight (2008)

[edit] External links

• Comprehensive Tsuyoshi Sekito Profile at Square Enix Music Online
• The Black Mages official Japanese website
• Square Enix Music
• French fansite about Tsuyoshi Sekito
• Tsuyoshi Sekito discography at MusicBrainz
• Tsuyoshi Sekito at the Internet Movie Database
• Tsuyoshi Sekito at MobyGames