Nobuo Uematsu
- Music Artist
- Composer
- Music Department
He's been called the John Williams of the video game world, and the
description is apt. Born in Kouchi City, Japan on March 21, 1959, Nobuo
started playing the piano at the age of 12 and has never been formerly
taught. By his own admission, he said he wanted to learn to play the
piano because he wanted to be like Elton John. After finishing high
school, Nobuo graduated from University of Kanagawa and his major was
surprisingly not music! When Nobuo turned 22, he joined many amateur
bands as a keyboard player, but he discover that he loved writing music
more then playing, so he decided to pursue a career as a composer and
sent out many demo tapes to many companies. One of them finally hired
him to write some music for radio CM.
In 1985, one of Nobuo's friends, who was working at a video game company called Squaresoft ask Nobuo if he wanted to write music for some of their video games and the rest is history.
In his spare time, Nobuo enjoys listening to Irish music, watching Japanese pro wrestling, drinking/making beer and learning how to play the Fiddle. Currently Nobuo Uematsu resides in Japan with his wife Reiko and his dog Pao.
In 1985, one of Nobuo's friends, who was working at a video game company called Squaresoft ask Nobuo if he wanted to write music for some of their video games and the rest is history.
In his spare time, Nobuo enjoys listening to Irish music, watching Japanese pro wrestling, drinking/making beer and learning how to play the Fiddle. Currently Nobuo Uematsu resides in Japan with his wife Reiko and his dog Pao.
