(1966-10-26) October 26, 1966 (age 57) Tokyo, Japan
Genres
Symphonic
electronica
jazz
Occupation(s)
Composer
musician
Instrument(s)
Piano
electronic organ
synthesizer
Years active
1987–present
Musical artist
Masaharu Iwata (岩田 匡治, Iwata Masaharu, born October 26, 1966) is a Japanese video game composer. In high school his musical projects included composing on a synthesizer and playing in a cover band.[1] After graduating from high school he joined Bothtec as a composer. He composed the soundtrack to several games there, beginning with 1987's Bakusou Buggy Ippatsu Yarou.[2] After Bothtec was merged into Quest Corporation, he left to become a freelance composer.
Some of his notable projects include Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Final Fantasy XII. He was one of the founding members of Basiscape, headed by fellow composer and friend Hitoshi Sakimoto. His compositions for Ogre Battle and Final Fantasy Tactics have been cited as among the most well-recognized in the tactical RPG genre.[3]
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MasaharuIwata (岩田 匡治, IwataMasaharu, born October 26, 1966) is a Japanese video game composer. In high school his musical projects included composing...
NMK, Raizing and Cave. In October 2002, Namiki, Hitoshi Sakimoto, and MasaharuIwata founded Basiscape. The trio had worked for NMK for sound production...
a professional gaming composer came in 1988, when he and his friend MasaharuIwata, whom he has worked with on numerous later titles, scored the shooter...
team due to the hardware. The music was co-composed by Hayato Matsuo, MasaharuIwata and Hitoshi Sakimoto, all returning from previous entries in the series...
Hiroshi Minagawa and Akihiko Yoshida, and composers Hitoshi Sakimoto and MasaharuIwata. The game received critical acclaim from gaming magazines and websites...
and arranged most of the game's soundtrack, with Hayato Matsuo and MasaharuIwata creating seven and two tracks respectively. Nobuo Uematsu, following...
designed by Akihiko Yoshida. The music, composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto and MasaharuIwata, used the narrative as inspiration and remains fondly remembered by...
Advance), along with other composers at his company Basiscape, including MasaharuIwata, Yoshimi Kudo, Noriyuki Kamikura, Azusa Chiba, Kimihiro Abe, and Mitsuhiro...
Now Red, Blue, Rain, and Ponga have to stop him. Hitoshi Sakimoto and MasaharuIwata were two of the composers for the game. The score for Treasure Hunter...
cataclysm. The score for Children of Mana was composed by Kenji Ito, MasaharuIwata, and Takayuki Aihara. Ito had previously composed the music for the...
founder Hitoshi Sakimoto, and included MasaharuIwata, Mitsuhiro Kaneda, Kimihiro Abe and Manabu Namiki. Sakimoto and Iwata created the majority of the soundtrack...
themselves invincible, or give themselves extra lives at any time. Iwata, Masaharu. "MasaharuIwata on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 8 December 2012. "Hardcore...
Tactics, with a music staff composed of Norikaku Miura, Yoshino Aoki, MasaharuIwata, and Kaori Komuro. The game features the opening and ending theme songs...
businessman Inoue Masaharu (井上 正春, 1805–1847), Japanese daimyō MasaharuIwata (岩田 匡治, born 1966), Japanese video game composer Masaharu Kondo (born 1956)...
March of the Black Queen, which he worked on with Hitoshi Sakimoto and MasaharuIwata. Since then, he has worked on over 30 other video games, both as a composer...
Hitoshi Sakimoto and MasaharuIwata (under the alias "Rezon"), with Sakimoto being requested by Iwata to work on the project. Iwata said that it was a joy...
Kaneda, and secondary composers Yoshimi Kudo, Noriyuki Kamikura and MasaharuIwata. The game was described by Kaneda as an odd RPG to work on. A rock music...
imprint. The game's soundtrack was composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto and MasaharuIwata. Reception Upon the game's release in 1993, MegaTech said that "the...
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