if nobuo eumatsu died...

[the_sandman]

if nobuo eumatsu died...could there be anyone else to fill his shoes??...cuz i have a feeling the songs will get really sucky after eumatsu dies.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Uematsu has been sharing soundtrack duties with other composers since FFX. They're already "filling his shoes." I doubt you'd mind too much if he died if you haven't been able to tell the difference.

[_yeojina_]

Horrible news: Nobou Uetmatsu is retiring from SquareSoft/Enix.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

He formed his own company, Smile Please, in 2004, but he continues to compose for Square. Becoming independent just freed him up to devote himself to additional developers, such as Mistwalker.

[Bolivar]

I think him not being apart of the series is a huge mistake, almost as bad as sakaguchi not being involved.

is it true he only composed 1 song for FFXII?

[RoxasLeonhart]

If he died final fantasty as we know would being dead cause his music
is every thinng to he series..

[Zeromus_X]

Sakaguchi has been gone quite awhile too. Things change.

Anyway, that would be kinda sad, I guess, but he is getting kinda old. The best thing anyone could do is appreciate his music so he can live on forever with it.

[LunarWeaver]

How morbid

Yes, he did only compose one song for XII... and he has been sharing duties for a while now, so it hasn't really been the end of the world since he left. He could always come back and do an entire soundtrack again, you never know.

I think he's a magnificent composer... But there are many, many composers that are just as good in my book. Yuki Kajiura, Yasunori Mitsuda, Yoko Shimomura, Akira Yamaoka... They've all produced game soundtracks I listen to just as much as Uematsu. Square has plenty of people to hire to make yummy tunes for them.

Yoko Kanno needs to quit doing so much anime and do some game soundtracks.

[Mirage]

Uematsu has been sharing soundtrack duties with other composers since FFX. They're already "filling his shoes." I doubt you'd mind too much if he died if you haven't been able to tell the difference.

[Zeromus_X]

I think he's a magnificent composer... But there are many, many composers that are just as good in my book. Yuki Kajiura, Yasunori Mitsuda, Yoko Shimomura, Akira Yamaoka...

You forgot Motoi Sakuraba!

[LunarWeaver]

I think he's a magnificent composer... But there are many, many composers that are just as good in my book. Yuki Kajiura, Yasunori Mitsuda, Yoko Shimomura, Akira Yamaoka...

You forgot Motoi Sakuraba!

Well, I'll give him his Baten Kaitos soundtracks, but other then that and a few gems here and there those other composers and Uematsu eclipse him completely

Sorry But I think he's just kind of eh. Uematsu's song will stick with you, but I still can't hum the Tales of Symphonia battle theme and I've played through that game a total of 7 times.

[Roto13]

Koji Kondo k.

[Rengori]

Eh, Uematsu's good, but it's not like he's the only person who makes good game music.

[Nifleheim7]

Yeah,this is kind of morbid...
I hope the man lives forever and stuff,but change is good.
There are many great japanese composers who can fill his shoes.
And they don't have to be from video games.

[Moon Rabbits]

But there are many, many composers that are just as good in my book. Yuki Kajiura, Yasunori Mitsuda, Yoko Shimomura, Akira Yamaoka...

bolded especially + Joe Hisaishi