Kenichiro Fukui

is a Japanese video game music composer, arranger and performer. Before working at Square Enix, he was part of Konami. He is an arranger and a keyboardist in the band The Black Mages, formed in 2003. Additionally, Fukui arranged Angela Aki's "Kiss Me Good-bye" from "Final Fantasy XII". In October of 2007 he left Square-Enix to become a lecturer, although he still works with The Black Mages. [http://www.squareenixmusic.com/composers/fukui/]

Works

* Sunset Riders (1991): sound effects
* Lethal Enforcers (1992): composer
* G.I. Joe (1992): composer
* Violent Storm (1993): composer
* Einhänder (1997): composer
* All Star Pro-Wrestling (2000): composer
* All Star Pro-Wrestling II (2001): drums
* All Star Pro-Wrestling III (2003): composer
* Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song- (2005): organ
* Hanjuku Hero 4 (2005): arranger
* Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (2005): composer, arranger, performer
* (2005): composer (with Hidenori Iwasaki)
* Final Fantasy XII (2006): arranger
* Project Sylpheed (2006): music director & composer
* Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings (2007): composer (with Hitoshi Sakimoto)
* Final Fantasy IV (remake) (2007): arranger

Discography

* Einhänder Original Soundtrack (1997)
* Allstar Pro-Wrestling II Original Soundtrack (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.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]

Trivia

* In the game Project Sylpheed Fukui's track "Interstellar Cruise Missile" features a bridge-portion which is the same as the main melody from "Impatience", a track featured in the game Einhänder.

References