Aside from Yasunori Mitsuda, few game music composers have a composition style more distinctive than Masashi Hamauzu.He often melds his more classically-oriented impressionistic style with some dissonant electronica. Born into a musical family in Germany, Hamauzu was raised in Japan. Development for the title was headed by series creator Akitoshi Kawazu, with music by Masashi Hamauzu. Which pains me when people says Hamauzu ruined the soundtrack of FF10 (??) The composers’ work may have gone unnoticed at The Game Awards last year - giving way to Nobuo Uematsu, Masashi Hamauzu, and Mitsuto Suzuki for Final Fantasy 7 Remake (it’s a tough gig to rival Uematsu’s genius) - but the music continues to touch the hearts of the invested. Related: Ghost Of Tsushima Gets Reimagined In Pixel Art Style Masashi Hamauzu (浜渦正志, Hamauzu Masashi?, born September 20, 1971) is a Japanese video game composer who was employed at Square Enix from 1996 to 2010. He is best known for his work on the Final Fantasy and SaGa series. Development for the title was headed by series creator Akitoshi Kawazu, with music by Masashi Hamauzu. I started wondering what it is, exactly, that makes his sounds so compelling and recognisable. For Final Fantasy VII Remake on the PlayStation 4, a GameFAQs message board topic titled "Apparently Masashi Hamauzu and Mitsuo Suzuki are composers" - Page 2. IMERUAT is a prominent music group formed by composer Masashi Hamauzu and vocalist Mina. I think he was instrumental in making FF10's music as memorable as it is. Masashi Hamauzu is versatile but I love how his style is always recognizable. So I started doing some research into his background and looking at sheet music to do some analysis. He has such an interesting, unique sound. Masashi Hamauzu is one of my favourite video game composers. The years since the 1997 game’s release saw Square Enix composers Masashi Hamauzu and Mitsuto Suzuki get to spread their wings with more projects of their own. Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta, Mitsuto Suzuki: Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta, Mitsuto Suzuki - Final Fantasy XIII - Lightning Ultimate Box - Special Soundtrack ‎ (3xCD) Square Enix Co., Ltd. SQEX-10422~4: Japan: 2013: Sell This Version Masashi Hamauzu will perform live in Hong Kong with his band IMERUAT. The game features an art style unique to the series at the time it was released, utilizing hand-painted watercolor backdrops and characters to give the game a storybook feel. Last year, Hamauzu composed another soundtrack to an RPG – this time, called The Alliance Alive.The game contains the same development team as those who were behind The Legend of Legacy, which Hamauzu also composed for.. For the Legend of Legacy, Hamauzu used his distinct impressionist style throughout – which ended up being mostly percussion-heavy and ambient music. With both parents being musicians — his mother a piano teacher and his father an opera singer — this was relatively simple to figure out. He became interested in music while in kindergarten, and got piano lessons from his parents. One could say Masashi Hamauzu was destined to become a musician. I think his most underrated work is either Front Mission Gun Hazard or Unlimited Saga File:Masashi Hamauzu 7256.jpg. The game features an art style unique to the series at the time it was released, utilizing hand-painted watercolor backdrops and characters to give the game a storybook feel.