Tsuyoshi Sekito

is a Japanese video game music composer, arranger and performer. He joined Square in 1995. Before working at Square, he worked for Konami and worked on several games created by Hideo Kojima. After joining Square, he did not score any games until 1998. "Brave Fencer Musashi" was his first assignment for Square. In 2001, his first assignment for the Final Fantasy series was to rescore "Final Fantasy II" for the Wonderswan Color. He later rescored the "Final Fantasy II" soundtrack for the PlayStation as "Final Fantasy Origins". His wonderful guitar playing allowed him to become guitarist and arranger in the band The Black Mages, formed in 2003. He is also a member of another band called The Star Onions and also plays the guitar in that band. He is also studying violin. He became more and more versatile as a musician since he joined Square.

Works

* "Space Manbow" (1989): composer
* "SD Snatcher" (1990): composer
* "" (1990): composer
* "" (1991): composer
* "" (1991): composer
* "" (1993): composer
* "" (1994): composer
* "Soccer Super Stars" (1995): composer
* "Brave Fencer Musashi" (1998): composer
* "Chocobo's Dungeon 2" (1999): composer
* "Chrono Trigger" (PlayStation remake)" (1999): arranger
* "Parasite Eve 2" (1999): guitar (forbidden power)
* "All Star Pro-Wrestling" (2000): composer
* "Final Fantasy X" (2001): guitar (jecht's theme)
* "All Star Pro-Wrestling II" (2001): composer
* "Final Fantasy Origins" (2003): composer, arranger" (Final Fantasy II)
* "All Star Pro-Wrestling III" (2003): composer
* "Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song-" (2005): arranger, performer
* "Front Mission Online" (2005): arranger
* "Hanjuku Hero 4" (2005): composer, arranger
* "Final Fantasy VII Advent Children" (2005): composer, arranger, performer - With Nobuo Uematsu, Kenichiro Fukui, and Keiji Kawamori
* "Final Fantasy III" DS (2006): arranger - With Keiji Kawamori, Kenichiro Fukui, and Yasuhiro Yamanaka
* "Dawn of Mana" (2006): composer - With Kenji Ito and Masayoshi Soken
* "The Last Remnant" (2008): composer

Discography

* "Brave Fencer "Musashiden" Original Soundtrack" (1998)
* "Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon 2 Original Soundtrack" (1999)
* "Chrono Trigger Original Soundtrack" (1999)
* "All Star Pro-Wrestling II Original Soundtrack" (2001)
* "" (2001)
* "The Black Mages" (2003)
* "The Black Mages II The Skies Above" (2005)
* "Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- Original Soundtrack" (2005)
* "" (2008)

External links

* [http://www.squareenixmusic.com/composers/sekito/ Comprehensive Tsuyoshi Sekito Profile at Square Enix Music Online]
* [http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/page/uematsu/tbm2/index.html The Black Mages official Japanese website]
* [http://www.square-enix.co.jp/music/sem/ Square Enix Music]
* [http://squaremusic.ffworld.com/?comp=sekito French fansite about Tsuyoshi Sekito]
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* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,88766/ Tsuyoshi Sekito at MobyGames]