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After graduating from Kanagawa University with a degree in English, Uematsu played the keyboard in several amateur bands and composed music for television commercials. He has an older sister who also played the piano. A self-taught musician, he began to play the piano when he was between the ages of eleven and twelve years old, and he did not take any formal piano lessons. Uematsu was born in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. Uematsu has made several listings in the Classic FM Hall of Fame. He has since performed with the Earthbound Papas, which he formed as the successor to The Black Mages in 2011. Uematsu was also the keyboardist in The Black Mages in the 2000s, which played various hard rock versions of his Final Fantasy compositions. Pieces from his video game works have been performed in various Final Fantasy concerts, where he has worked with conductor Arnie Roth and Game Concerts producer Thomas Böcker on several of these performances.
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Many soundtracks and arranged albums of Uematsu's game scores have been released. He has since composed music as a freelancer for other games, including ones developed by Square Enix and Sakaguchi's development studio, Mistwalker. After nearly two decades with Square, Uematsu left in 2004 to create his own production company and music label, Dog Ear Records. The two later worked together on many games at the company, most notably in the Final Fantasy series. Uematsu joined Square in 1986, where he first met Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. A self-taught musician, he began playing the piano at the age of twelve, with English singer-songwriter Elton John as one of his biggest influences. Nobuo Uematsu ( 植松 伸夫, Uematsu Nobuo, born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese composer and keyboardist best known for his contributions to the Final Fantasy video game series by Square Enix.