Longtime game composer Nobuo Uematsu has revealed that he will retire after the launch of Fantasian: Neodimension in December.
In the video promoting the role-playing game, he called it his “final project as a video game music composer”. Therefore, it naturally hopes that players will buy the game.
Earlier this year, Uematsu he admitted that he may no longer “have the physical and mental strength” to compose music for an entire game. The 65-year-old musician had previously abandoned his plans 2018 due to physical and emotional stress.
A Very Brief History of Video Game Music by Nobuo Uematsu
Uematsu began creating music for video games (and Square Enix) in 1986 Blasty cruise hunter alongside Takashi Uno. That year and 1987, including his work 3-D World Runner, Alien: Aliens 2, King's Knight, and the first Final fantasy.
His work has become a defining element of Square Enix's role-playing game franchise, either alone or with co-composers such as Masashi Hamauzu, Kumi Tanioka, and others.
In 2004, Uematsu left Square Enix as a full-time employee, but continued to work closely with the series. He handled the main musical themes for most of the main Final Fantasy chapters.
The number of games he has worked on outside of that series is equally considerable and includes Blue Dragon, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and, of course,Imaginative.
Outside of games, he has composed music for films and anime… some of them based on Fantasy or Granblue Fantasy, another series he composed for. His music has received acclaim over the years and has been performed in concerts.
While apparently retired after-Fantastic, Uematsu mentioned previously would be “honored” to be involved in some capacity with the currently unannounced third game in the Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy.