Hiroyuki Nakayama

Hiroyuki Nakayama is a pianist, arranger, orchestrator, and performer who has contributed in novel arrangements for new releases of songs from the Final Fantasy series. He is also known as Chopin Nakayama and pia-com2go .
He graduated from the department of composition of Tokyo University of the Arts. He also teaches video game music arrangement at a university.
Nakayama is best known for the Piano Opera Final Fantasy I-IX album series and for contributing to the orchestra arrangements for the Distant Worlds concerts. His first project was an orchestral arrangement of "Zephyr Memories - Legend of the Eternal Wind", the opening theme for the DS version of Final Fantasy III.
Outside of the series, he is also known for his work in the Kingdom Hearts series, playing the piano and creating arrangements, such as the Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts and Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts Field & Battle albums. He also worked on the music of Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey.
==Works in the series==
Album 	Role
Final Fantasy III Original Soundtrack (DS Version) 	Orchestrator
Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy 	Orchestrator
Piano Opera Final Fantasy I/II/III 	Arranger, performer
Piano Opera Final Fantasy IV/V/VI 	Arranger, performer
Final Fantasy Orchestral Album 	Orchestrator
Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy The Celebration 	Orchestra arranger
Piano Opera Final Fantasy VII/VIII/IX 	Arranger, performer
Distant Worlds III: more music from Final Fantasy 	Orchestra arranger
Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy The Journey of 100 	Orchestra arranger
Final Fantasy XV: Original Soundtrack 	Arranger, performer
Piano Collections: Final Fantasy XV 	Performer
Distant Worlds IV: more music from FINAL FANTASY 	Orchestra arranger
Final Fantasy XV Original Soundtrack Volume 2 	Performer
Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy Jiritsu 	Orchestrator
Distant Worlds V: more music from Final Fantasy 	Orchestra arranger
Final Fantasy Series 35th Anniversary Orchestral Compilation Vinyl 	Orchestrator, arranger
Final Fantasy 35th Anniversary Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy Coral Live CD	Orchestrator, chorus arranger
==External links==
* #1～7【Hiroyuki Nakayama】【中山博之】【SEM TALK】 - YouTube
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