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The World Ends With You, Dissidia Composer Takeharu Ishimoto Leaves Square Enix
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Video game composer Takeharu Ishimoto announced on Twitter on Thursday that he is resigning from Square Enix by the end of the year. Ishimoto stressed that the resignation was an amicable one with the company, and starting next year he will work as a freelance composer.
長年在籍したSQUARE ENIXを年内で退職する事になりました。円満退社です。
— 石元丈晴 (@ishimoto_music) December 28, 2017
来年からはフリーランスで仕事する予定です。
来年1/11発売のDISSIDIA Final Fantasy NTもよろしくお願い申し上げます。
ありがとうございました! #DFF_NT #DFF_A pic.twitter.com/4cinFrykqx
With Square Enix, Ishimoto has composed music for such games as Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, Last Order: Final Fantasy VII, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy Type-0, Final Fantasy Agito, The World Ends with You, and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. He also composed the music for each installment in the Dissidia Final Fantasy fighting game series, including the upcoming Dissidia Final Fantasy NT PlayStation 4 game. He also composed music for the Last Order Final Fantasy VII OVA.
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT will ship in Japan on January 11 and in North America on January 30.
[Via Siliconera]
