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Submitted by Seedhouse 710d ago | news

Square Enix Axes Sound Team

Square Enix Music Online reports: At SEMO, we can exclusively reveal that Square Enix has voted to disband their music team. The company made the decision at the end of 2009 for budget reasons. Their decision lies behind a number of well-publicised departures from the company in recent months. Among those that are affected are the six composers at the team, namely:

Masashi Hamauzu (Final Fantasy XIII, Dirge of Cerberus, SaGa Frontier II)
Junya Nakano (Final Fantasy X, Threads of Fate, Musashi: Samurai Legend)
Tsuyoshi Sekito (The Last Remnant, Dawn of Mana, Founder of The Black Mages)
Naoshi Mizuta (Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy Gaiden, Founder of The Star Onions)
Kumi Tanioka (Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Chocobo Series, Code Age Commanders)
Takeharu Ishimoto (The World Ends With You, Dissidia, Compilation of Final Fantasy VII) (Dev, Dissidia Final Fantasy , Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy Agito XIII, Final Fantasy Crystal Defenders, Final Fantasy II, Final Fantasy IV Online, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy Series - All Formats, Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions, Final Fantasy Versus XIII, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII: Endless Crisis, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy Vocal Collections Vol. 2: Love Will Grow, Final Fantasy VS XIII, Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy XI A Crystalline Prophecy, Final Fantasy XI Ultimate Collection, Final Fantasy XI: A Shantotto Ascension, Final Fantasy XI: War of the Godess, final fantasy XI: wings of godness, Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess, Final Fantasy XII, Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII Versus, Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy XIV Online, Final Fantasy XV, Industry, PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

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