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)