Biography

With his acclaimed musical and versatile stylings, Hitoshi Sakimoto is one of the most sought out composers in the video games industry. Whether it's the early sounds of gaming in the 1980s, or the live orchestral scores for some of today's largest selling game series, Sakimoto is recognised as an industry pioneer, helping to shape the face of video gaming music. Best known for his work on some of the various installments of the worldwide hit 'Final Fantasy' Sakimoto has so far worked on over 150 projects, ranging from video games, animated series and CD releases.

Beginning his video game music career at the age of 16, Sakimoto first gained attention in the industry through his work on the game 'Revolter', as well as the sound driver 'Terpsiphorean'; an unparalleled synthesizer driver which was implemented into many games throughout the Japanese game market in the early '90s. This recognition led to many game designers and companies recruiting Mr. Sakimoto to compose and arrange music for their projects.

Working as a freelance artist, Sakimoto scored several games including 'Magical Chase', 'Ogre Battle', 'Super Back to the Future II', 'Gradius V', Legaia: Duel Saga', Tekken Advance', 'Vagrant Story', 'Radiant Silvergun' and many others. But amongst these, his first notable title on an international scale came when he and co-composer Masaharu Iwata created the score to Square-Enix's 'Final Fantasy Tactics'. Praised by fans and critics alike, various sequels and soundtracks to the game would soon follow, as well as another offer from Square Enix, to compose the soundtrack for the highly anticipated 'Final Fantasy XII'.

Following the enormous success of FFXII, Sakimoto's company, Basiscape, was expanded as a result of demand for his compositions. Now regarded as the largest independent video game music production company in Japan, Basiscape and Sakimoto are constantly working on several high profile titles, for video games, animated series and other entertainment media.

Recent releases include the animated series 'Romeo x Juliet' and 'The Tower of Druaga', as well as video games such as Odin Sphere, Opoona, ASH - Archaic Sealed Heat-, and several more Final Fantasy spinoffs.
- IMDb mini biography by: Demetri Potiris