Biography
Takeharu Ishimoto (石元 丈晴 Ishimoto Takeharu?) is a Japanese video game composer, synthesizer programmer, and musician currently working at Square Enix. He joined Square Enix in 1999 as a synthesizer programmer on Legend of Mana, and worked for them on several games. In 2002 he moved to become a composer, beginning with World Fantastista. He has since composed for several large-budget games, such as The World Ends with You, Dissidia: Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy Type-0. In addition to his work for Square Enix he is a composer and guitar player for the bands The Death March (formed in 2012) and SAWA (formed in 2008 and disbanded in 2011).
His discography includes:
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As a Synthesizer Programmer:
Legend of Mana (1999) – with Hidenori Iwasaki, Hirosato Noda, and Ryo Yamazaki
Vagrant Story (2000) – with Hidenori Iwasaki and Hirosato Noda
All Star Pro-Wrestling (2000)
Final Fantasy X (2001) – with Keiji Kawamori and Ryo Yamazaki
All Star Pro-Wrestling II (2001)
All Star Pro-Wrestling III (2003)
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (2004)
Kingdom Hearts II (2005)
As a Composer:
World Fantastista (2002) - with Masayoshi Soken
Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII (2004)
Last Order: Final Fantasy VII (2005)
Monotone (2007)
The World Ends with You (2007)
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (2007)
Dissidia: Final Fantasy (2008)
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (2010) – with Yoko Shimomura and Tsuyoshi Sekito
Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy (2011)
Final Fantasy Type-0 (2011)
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (2012) – with Yoko Shimomura and Tsuyoshi Sekito
Final Fantasy Agito (2014)
Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (2015)
Rampage Land Rankers (2015)
Dissidia: Final Fantasy Arcade Edition (TBA)
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