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What did Nobuo Uematsu do as a freelancer
Uematsu left Square Enix in 2004 and formed his own production company, Smile Please.
How is Nobuo Uematsu's leaving Square Enix significant?
The reason for Uematsu's departure was that the company moved their office from Meguro to Shinjuku, Tokyo, and he was not comfortable with the new location.
What else did Nobuo Uematsu do?
He does continue to compose music as a freelancer for Square Enix.
Did Nobuo Uematsu create anything else, besides music for Square Enix?
Uematsu also works closely with Sakaguchi's development studio Mistwalker, and has composed for Blue Dragon (2006), Lost Odyssey (2007), Away: Shuffle Dungeon (2008).

Question: Did he have any other accomplishments?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Nobuo Uematsu have any other accomplishments, besides creating music for Square Enix and Mistwalker?