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Also a fan of painting, he felt fascinated by the connection between music and visuals.Īfter graduating from high school, Hamauzu majored in classical vocal music at the eminent Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music under the influence of his father. Through a course of self-study, he also fulfilled his aspirations to compose music in subsequent years. He also developed a passion for video game music while playing RPGs and, especially impressed by Koichi Sugiyama’s work, learned to perform the piano scores of the first three Dragon Quest titles. During his high school years, he started to enjoy listening to a wide range of music - spanning pop artists such as Yellow Magic Orchestra to animation icons such as Hiroshi Miyagawa - but initially struggled to appreciate classical music.

While growing up, he received performance lessons from his family - his mother a Japanese piano teacher, his father a German opera singer. Born on Septemin Munich, Germany, he moved to Osaka following the birth of his brother a year later.

Masashi Hamauzu has recently started a career as a freelance composer after gaining widespread acclaim scoring recent Final Fantasy and SaGa scores for Square Enix.

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