Masashi Hamauzu

Masashi Hamauzu is a video game composer, best known his work on Final Fantasy X and the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy. He was employed by Square Enix from 1996 to 2010.
Hamauzu and Junya Nakano were hired by Square Enix to assist Nobuo Uematsu with the composition of the soundtrack of Final Fantasy X, as it proved too much for Uematsu to compose that much music at the time. He was the sole main composer of Dirge of Cerberus, which was largely performed by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. Hamauzu was also the lead composer for Final Fantasy XIII's soundtrack.
==Works within the Final Fantasy series==
Game 	Hamauzu's Role(s)
Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon 	Composer, Arranger
Final Fantasy VII 	Sephiroth Choir - Bass, Synthesizer for Joseph Haydn's "The Creation"
Final Fantasy X 	Composer, Arranger
Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- 	Composer, Arranger
Final Fantasy XIII 	Composer, Arranger
Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection	Arranger
Final Fantasy XIII-2 	Composer, Arrangerhttp://games.fok.nl/special/447833/1/1/100/e3-2011-interview-final-fantasy-xiii-2.html
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII 	Composer, Arranger
Final Fantasy X HD Remaster 	Composer, Arranger
World of Final Fantasy 	Composer, Arranger
Final Fantasy VII Remake 	Composer, Arranger
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth 	Composer, Arranger
==Background==
He was originally hired at Square as a trainee. His debut as a composer was with the game Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon. He has collaborated with fellow composer Junya Nakano on several other games since.
After Nobuo Uematsu's departure from Square Enix in 2004, Hamauzu took over as the lead composer of the company's music team. He incorporates various styles in his compositions, though most of the time he uses classical and ambient tones.
He left Square Enix in 2010 to form his own studio, Monomusik, though he still works with the company as a freelance composer.
Hamauzu and and one of Final Fantasy XIII vocalists, Mina Sakai, founded the musical group, IMERUAT, in 2011. Imeruat means "lightning" in the Ainu language, and the protagonist of Final Fantasy XIII is Lightning.
==Citations==
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