Uematsu

Though more and more classically trained composers are turning to video-game scoring, a lot of game composers, including Uematsu and Tallarico, are self-taught and -- like commercial composers in every field -- rely heavily on the services of orchestrators.

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Uematsu is well known as the composer for a large number of Square-Enix and Mistwalker games, including Chrono Trigger, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon and all the Final Fantasy titles to date.

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Uematsu is well known as the composer for a large number of Square-Enix and Mistwalker games, including Chrono Trigger, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon and all the Final Fantasy titles to date.

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Like other musicians at MAGFest, Uematsu says a talent for melody is at the core of great video-game music.

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Hailing from Japan, the best-known member of the band is its leader and keyboardist, Nobuo Uematsu.

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The curator, who has not announced which artist(s) he will include in the pavilion, will also organize the biennale's adjunct "Padiglione Italia" show in the Arsenale. (given name: Ayako Tabata) has been selected as the artist to represent Japan at the biennale, under the direction of Yuka Uematsu, curator of the National Museum of Art in Osaka.

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"It's pretty easy for me to come up with the melodies," Uematsu says.

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Nobuo Uematsu plays keyboard with Earthbound Papas, a rock band made up of video-game soundtrack composers.

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Nobuo Uematsu plays keyboard with Earthbound Papas, a rock band made up of video-game soundtrack composers.

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Even though his music has been performed in concert halls by orchestras around the world, Uematsu says he still loves to perform at rock festivals like MAGFest.

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