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Masashi Hamauzu

1971 - Today

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Masashi Hamauzu (浜渦 正志, Hamauzu Masashi; born September 20, 1971) is a Japanese composer, pianist, and lyricist. Hamauzu, who was employed at Square Enix from 1996 to 2010, was best known during that time for his work on the Final Fantasy and SaGa video game series. Born into a musical family in Germany, Hamauzu was raised in Japan. He became interested in music while in kindergarten, and took piano lessons from his parents. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Masashi Hamauzu is the 1,417th most popular composer (up from 1,422nd in 2024), the 6,067th most popular biography from Germany (up from 6,120th in 2019) and the 180th most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Masashi Hamauzu ranks 1,417 out of 1,451. Before him are Alla Zahaikevych, John Murphy, Edvin Marton, Steve Roach, Vivian Kubrick, and Meredith Willson. After him are William Alwyn, Michiru Yamane, Judith Weir, Inon Zur, Muslimgauze, and George Benjamin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Masashi Hamauzu ranks 606. Before him are Kira Reed, Melinda Kinnaman, Till Brönner, Jiří Šlégr, André Bergdølmo, and Tom Steels. After him are Beat Zberg, Filippo Simeoni, Luan Krasniqi, Narine Abgaryan, Espen Sandberg, and Agata Kulesza.

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Masashi Hamauzu ranks 180. Before him are Kurt Thomas (1904), Udo Zimmermann (1943), Samuel Adler (1928), Alexander Goehr (1932), Ludger Stühlmeyer (1961), and Gus Kahn (1886).

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