Ryo Yamazaki

Ryo Yamazaki (山崎良, Yamazaki Ryo^?, born July 1, 1972) is a Japanese synthesizer programmer and occasional composer of video game music currently working at Square Enix.

Biography

Yamazaki has 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.^[1]

Discography

Synthesizer programming

• Chocobo's Dungeon 2 (1998)
• SaGa Frontier 2 (1999)
• Legend of Mana (1999) – with Takeharu Ishimoto, Hidenori Iwasaki, and Hirosato Noda
• Chrono Cross (1999)
• Final Fantasy X (2001) – with Takeharu Ishimoto and Keiji Kawamori
• Kingdom Hearts (2002)
• Unlimited SaGa (2002)
• Final Fantasy XI: Rise of the Zilart (2003) – with Hidenori Iwasaki and Hirosato Noda
• Musashi: Samurai Legend (2005)
• Heroes of Mana (2007)

Composition

• Dragon Seeds (1998) - with Kenichi Arakawa
• Racing Lagoon (1999) – with Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi
• Front Mission 4 (2003) – with Hidenori Iwasaki
• Front Mission Online (2005) – with Hidenori Iwasaki
• Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006) – with Masashi Hamauzu
• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (2009) - with Hidenori Iwasaki and Kumi Tanioka

Arrangement

• Final Fantasy XIII (2009) - with Junya Nakano, Mitsuto Suzuki and Toru Tabei

References