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'''Takahito Eguchi''' (江口貴勅 ''Eguchi Takahito''; born ], ] in ], ]) is a ]ese ] ].
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Takahito Eguchi
| native_name = 江口 貴勅
| native_name_lang = ja
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|8|28}}
| birth_place =], Japan
| instrument = ], ]
| genre = {{flatlist|
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Composer
* arranger
* music producer
* orchestrator
* keyboardist
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| years_active = 1995–present
| label = Wave Master
| website = http://www.takahito-eguchi.com/


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Eguchi attended Tokyo Conservatoire Shobi, and he has been a first-generation musician. At the age of 6, he was influenced into the music field when he heard his neighbor play the piano, and he would listen to it daily. His father tried to make him to become a sportsman, but later agreed to let him become a musician, first studying piano. Having a great musical background since then, he worked for ] from ] to ], working on several titles with ], whom he first met at the Conservatoire. Takahito Eguchi is now working on ]ese ] series. He currently resides in ]. His musical influences are Igor Stravinsky, Leonard Bernstein, and Miles Davis. In ], Eguchi left Square Enix and became a freelancer after assisting Matsueda in scoring '']''.
{{nihongo|'''Takahito Eguchi'''|江口 貴勅|Eguchi Takahito|born August 28, 1971}} is a Japanese composer, ], and musician. He is best known for collaborating with ] on '']'' and with ] on several '']'' games. Eguchi became interested in music when he was six years old after hearing his neighbor playing the piano. He attended the Tokyo Conservatoire Shobi where he acquainted Matsueda.<ref name="Biography">{{cite web|url=http://www.vgmonline.net/takahitoeguchi|title=Takahito Eguchi Profile|publisher=Video Game Music Online|author=Chris Greening|date=30 December 2012|access-date=2014-09-21}}</ref>

Eguchi worked at ] from 1998 to 2003 and currently works at ]. He created mostly electronic music in the early part of his career but now focuses on orchestral composition and arrangement, along with performing keyboards.

==Biography==
Born in ], Japan, Eguchi became interested in music at the age of six when he heard his neighbor playing the piano. While his father, a judo athlete, initially tried to push him into pursuing sports, he eventually agreed to let him take piano lessons, as long as he agreed to study with his sister.<ref name="Interview">{{cite web|url=http://www.rocketbaby.net/interviews_takahito_eguchi_bouncer_jpn.html |title=Takahito Eguchi interview in Japanese|publisher=RocketBaby|access-date=2010-02-22 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20010830221352/http://www.rocketbaby.net/interviews_takahito_eguchi_bouncer_jpn.html |archive-date = 2001-08-30}}</ref> Eguchi enrolled at the Tokyo Conservatoire Shobi,<ref name="Biography"/> where he met long-term composing partner ]. After graduating from the ], he produced numerous compositions, joined a band as a keyboardist, and worked as a ]er.<ref name="Interview"/> He also gave Matsueda advice on music manipulation during her first game project, '']'', in 1995.<ref name="Biography" /> At her request, he also ] and ] "Theme of Bahamut Lagoon ~ Opening" for the bonus disc of the original soundtrack to '']'' (1996).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/bahamut/index.html|title=Bahamut Lagoon OST|publisher=RPGFan|author1=Kalabakov, Daniel|author2=Dragon God|access-date=2009-10-30|archive-date=2009-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230083828/http://rpgfan.com/soundtracks/bahamut/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Eguchi joined ] (now ]) in 1998; his first job was composing the 1999 title '']'' alongside Matsueda. Although his role was minor compared to Matsueda's, he was responsible for the opening and ending themes, the majority of the battle themes, and the bonus track "Taiman Battle Remix". Eguchi and Matsueda collaborated once again in 2000 on the ] game '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/bouncer/tech_info.html?tag=tabs;summary|title=The Bouncer Tech Info|publisher=]|access-date=2009-10-30}}</ref> He created a lot more music than on previous soundtracks; a large amount of the music produced was not used in the game and there were also many post-production demands.<ref name="Interview"/> He composed the pop ballad "Forevermore", which was arranged and provided lyrics by ] and Sunny Hilden and performed by ] in "Love Is the Gift", the ending theme to the English-language versions of the game. The song was also sold as a single and featured in a promotional album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.squareenixmusic.com/reviews/chris/bouncersingle.shtml|title=The Bouncer: Love is the Gift – Shanice Wilson :: Review by Chris|publisher=Square Enix Music Online|author=Chris|access-date=2009-10-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.squareenixmusic.com/albums/b/bouncerpromo.shtml|title=The Bouncer Promo Album|publisher=Square Enix Music Online|access-date=2009-10-30}}</ref> In 2002, Eguchi arranged the track "Hand in Hand -Reprise-" for ]'s score to '']''.<ref name=hearts>{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/k-hearts/index.html|title=Kingdom Hearts OST|publisher=RPGFan|author1=Rzeminski, Lucy|author2=Maas, Liz|author3=Kalabakov, Daniel|access-date=2009-10-30|archive-date=2010-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112044447/http://www.rpgfan.com/soundtracks/k-hearts/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Eguchi reunited with Matsueda to compose '']'' (2003).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/finalfantasyx2/tech_info.html?tag=tabs;summary|title=Final Fantasy X-2 Tech Info|publisher=]|access-date=2009-10-30}}</ref> Despite mixed reviews by critics and a negative reception from fans, ] was commercially successful.<ref name="Biography"/> He was also the game's orchestrator and the composer of the dual single "]". In 2004, Eguchi and Matsueda composed '']'' and arranged three pieces in the '']'' album, which both received better reviews than the official soundtrack. The Piano Collections album was their final project at while at Square Enix, which they both left afterward.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://na.square-enix.com/music/cm/profile/|title=Artists & Composers|publisher=]|access-date=2010-01-20}}</ref> Eguchi and Matsueda married in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.takahito-eguchi.com/?eid=1200489|title=Report on 2009-and important news|author=Takahito Eguchi|date=1 February 2010|access-date=2021-11-06}}</ref>

Since his departure, he has been involved in several anime projects such as '']'' (2003), '']'' (2007), and '']'' (2005). He has also mixed Shimomura's arrangements for the '']'' album and performed piano on her vocal album ''Murmur''. In 2006, he contributed three compositions and two arrangements to the ] game '']''; he also worked on the 2008 follow-up '']''.<ref name="Biography"/> He has since worked on a number of ] games, such as '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''.

==Musical style and influences==
Eguchi and Matsueda are noted for creating mainly jazzy and ] tracks for the scores they have collaborated on; Eguchi is credited for most of the electronic music.<ref name="Bouncer"/> The soundtrack to ''The Bouncer'', of which Eguchi and Matsueda co-composed a lot of the pieces,<ref name="Biography"/> featured among other genres rock, ], and ].<ref name="Bouncer">{{cite web|url=http://www.squareenixmusic.com/reviews/chris/bouncer2disc.shtml|title=The Bouncer Original Soundtrack (Japan) :: Review by Chris|publisher=Square Enix Music Online|author=Chris|access-date=2009-11-03}}</ref> A professional pianist,<ref name="Biography"/> Eguchi often utilizes the piano in his compositions.<ref name="Bouncer"/> He has stated that most of the time he composes and arranges music is at his home studio, where his friends help out by recording ]; if the quality of these recordings are not adequate, however, Eguchi replaces them at the company's studio. He has said that by the time he is finished creating the music, he is only sleeping three to four hours a week.<ref name="Interview"/>

Since joining ] in 2006, Eguchi has switched over to almost an exclusively orchestral style. On recent projects, he has assisted his fellow co-workers with string and keyboard arrangements, in addition to writing his own material.

He cites ], ], and ] as musical influences.<ref name="Biography" /> When asked about which musicians he would like to collaborate with, he replied, "A musician who has passed away, Miles Davis. There are too many living musicians to talk about. A few are ], ], and Ryuichi Sakamoto."<ref name="Interview"/> His interest in composition came about after being inspired by a variety of jazz, electronic, ], and pop musicians.<ref name="Biography"/>


==Works== ==Works==
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="auto"
* Racing Lagoon (]): composer
|+ Video games
* The Bouncer (]): composer
|-
* Kingdom Hearts (]): arranger (1 track)
! Year
* Final Fantasy X-2 (]): composer
! Title
* D·N·ANGEL (]): composer
! Notes
* Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission (]): composer
! {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
* Fantastic Children (]): arranger
|-
* Trinity Blood (]): composer
! 1999
| '']''
| Music with ]
|<ref name="Biography" />
|-
! 2000
| '']''
| Music with Noriko Matsueda
|<ref name="Biography" />
|-
! 2003
| '']''
| Music with Noriko Matsueda
|<ref name="Biography" />
|-
! 2006
| '']''
| Orchestrations
|<ref name="Biography" />
|-
! 2008
| '']''
| Cutscene music
|<ref name="Biography" />
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2010
| '']''
| Keyboards, arrangements
|<ref name="Biography" />
|-
| '']''
| Keyboards
|<ref name="Biography" />
|-
! 2011
| '']''
| Arrangements with several others
|
|-
! 2012
| '']''
| Music with ] and Naofumi Hataya
|<ref name="Biography"/>
|-
! rowspan="2" | 2013
| '']''
| Cutscene music, orchestrations
|<ref name=world>{{cite web|url= http://www.vgmonline.net/tomoyaohtaniinterview/|publisher=Video Game Music Online|access-date=June 21, 2020|title= Tomoya Ohtani Interview: Sonic Music for a New Generation|date=December 5, 2015|author=Greening, Chris}}</ref>
|-
| '']''
| Music with Tomoya Ohtani and Naofumi Hataya
|
|-
! 2015
| '']''
| Keyboards, arrangements
|
|-
! 2017
| '']''
| Cutscene music, orchestrations
|<ref name=forces>{{cite web|url= https://www.siliconera.com/sonic-forces-fist-bump-performed-hoobastanks-douglas-robb/|publisher=Siliconera|access-date=June 21, 2020|title=Sonic Forces' "Fist Bump" Is Performed By Hoobastank's Douglas Robb|date=July 6, 2017|author=Lada, Jenni}}</ref>
|-
! 2019
| '']''
| Arrangements
|
|-
! 2022
| '']''
| Cutscene music, orchestrations
|
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="auto"
|+ Anime
|-
! Year
! Title
! Notes
! {{abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! 2003
| '']''
| Music with ]
|<ref name="Biography" />
|-
! 2004
| '']''
| Theme song arrangement
|<ref name="Biography" />
|-
! 2005
| '']''
| Theme song arrangement
|<ref name="Biography" />
|-
! 2005
| '']''
| Music
|<ref name="Biography" />
|-
! 2007
| '']''
| Music with Jun Ichikawa
|<ref name="Biography" />
|}


==Discography== ==References==
{{reflist|2}}
* Bahamut Lagoon Original Sound Track (])
* Racing Lagoon Original Soundtrack (])
* The Bouncer Original Soundtrack (])
* Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack (])
* Final Fantasy X Vocal Collection (])
* Final Fantasy X-2 Original Soundtrack (])
* D·N·ANGEL Original Soundtrack I (])
* D·N·ANGEL Original Soundtrack II (])
* Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission Original Soundtrack (])
* Final Fantasy X-2 Piano Collection (])


==External links== ==External links==
* {{Twitter|takachoku}}
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* French fansite about Takahito Eguchi * {{Official website|http://blog.takahito-eguchi.com/|Genkidama - Takahito Eguchi's blog}}
* {{Official website|http://rebirth-music.com/eguchi.html|Rebirth Music}}
* at ]
* {{musicbrainz artist|id=25e6c568-7a0a-4086-9dfa-d2ec0673461a|name=Takahito Eguchi}}


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Japanese musician (born 1971)
Takahito Eguchi江口 貴勅
Born (1971-08-28) August 28, 1971 (age 53)
Nagasaki, Japan
Genres
Occupations
  • Composer
  • arranger
  • music producer
  • orchestrator
  • keyboardist
Instrument(s)Keyboards, satsuma-biwa
Years active1995–present
LabelsWave Master
Websitehttp://www.takahito-eguchi.com/
Musical artist

Takahito Eguchi (江口 貴勅, Eguchi Takahito, born August 28, 1971) is a Japanese composer, orchestrator, and musician. He is best known for collaborating with Noriko Matsueda on Final Fantasy X-2 and with Tomoya Ohtani on several Sonic the Hedgehog games. Eguchi became interested in music when he was six years old after hearing his neighbor playing the piano. He attended the Tokyo Conservatoire Shobi where he acquainted Matsueda.

Eguchi worked at Square Enix from 1998 to 2003 and currently works at Sega. He created mostly electronic music in the early part of his career but now focuses on orchestral composition and arrangement, along with performing keyboards.

Biography

Born in Nagasaki, Japan, Eguchi became interested in music at the age of six when he heard his neighbor playing the piano. While his father, a judo athlete, initially tried to push him into pursuing sports, he eventually agreed to let him take piano lessons, as long as he agreed to study with his sister. Eguchi enrolled at the Tokyo Conservatoire Shobi, where he met long-term composing partner Noriko Matsueda. After graduating from the conservatoire, he produced numerous compositions, joined a band as a keyboardist, and worked as a software designer. He also gave Matsueda advice on music manipulation during her first game project, Front Mission, in 1995. At her request, he also arranged and orchestrated "Theme of Bahamut Lagoon ~ Opening" for the bonus disc of the original soundtrack to Bahamut Lagoon (1996).

Eguchi joined Square (now Square Enix) in 1998; his first job was composing the 1999 title Racing Lagoon alongside Matsueda. Although his role was minor compared to Matsueda's, he was responsible for the opening and ending themes, the majority of the battle themes, and the bonus track "Taiman Battle Remix". Eguchi and Matsueda collaborated once again in 2000 on the PlayStation 2 game The Bouncer. He created a lot more music than on previous soundtracks; a large amount of the music produced was not used in the game and there were also many post-production demands. He composed the pop ballad "Forevermore", which was arranged and provided lyrics by Narada Michael Walden and Sunny Hilden and performed by Shanice in "Love Is the Gift", the ending theme to the English-language versions of the game. The song was also sold as a single and featured in a promotional album. In 2002, Eguchi arranged the track "Hand in Hand -Reprise-" for Yoko Shimomura's score to Kingdom Hearts.

Eguchi reunited with Matsueda to compose Final Fantasy X-2 (2003). Despite mixed reviews by critics and a negative reception from fans, the soundtrack was commercially successful. He was also the game's orchestrator and the composer of the dual single "Real Emotion/1000 no Kotoba". In 2004, Eguchi and Matsueda composed Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission and arranged three pieces in the Final Fantasy X-2 Piano Collection album, which both received better reviews than the official soundtrack. The Piano Collections album was their final project at while at Square Enix, which they both left afterward. Eguchi and Matsueda married in 2009.

Since his departure, he has been involved in several anime projects such as D.N.Angel (2003), Rental Magica (2007), and Trinity Blood (2005). He has also mixed Shimomura's arrangements for the Dark Chronicle Premium Arrange album and performed piano on her vocal album Murmur. In 2006, he contributed three compositions and two arrangements to the Xbox 360 game Sonic the Hedgehog; he also worked on the 2008 follow-up Sonic Unleashed. He has since worked on a number of Sonic Team games, such as Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll, Sonic Colors, Sonic Generations, Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure, Sonic Lost World, Sonic Forces and Sonic Frontiers.

Musical style and influences

Eguchi and Matsueda are noted for creating mainly jazzy and electronic tracks for the scores they have collaborated on; Eguchi is credited for most of the electronic music. The soundtrack to The Bouncer, of which Eguchi and Matsueda co-composed a lot of the pieces, featured among other genres rock, electronica, and jazz fusion. A professional pianist, Eguchi often utilizes the piano in his compositions. He has stated that most of the time he composes and arranges music is at his home studio, where his friends help out by recording acoustic instruments; if the quality of these recordings are not adequate, however, Eguchi replaces them at the company's studio. He has said that by the time he is finished creating the music, he is only sleeping three to four hours a week.

Since joining Sega Digital Studio in 2006, Eguchi has switched over to almost an exclusively orchestral style. On recent projects, he has assisted his fellow co-workers with string and keyboard arrangements, in addition to writing his own material.

He cites Igor Stravinsky, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Miles Davis as musical influences. When asked about which musicians he would like to collaborate with, he replied, "A musician who has passed away, Miles Davis. There are too many living musicians to talk about. A few are Herbie Hancock, Aretha Franklin, and Ryuichi Sakamoto." His interest in composition came about after being inspired by a variety of jazz, electronic, modernist, and pop musicians.

Works

Video games
Year Title Notes Ref.
1999 Racing Lagoon Music with Noriko Matsueda
2000 The Bouncer Music with Noriko Matsueda
2003 Final Fantasy X-2 Music with Noriko Matsueda
2006 Sonic the Hedgehog Orchestrations
2008 Sonic Unleashed Cutscene music
2010 Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll Keyboards, arrangements
Sonic Colors Keyboards
2011 Sonic Generations Arrangements with several others
2012 Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure Music with Tomoya Ohtani and Naofumi Hataya
2013 Sonic Lost World Cutscene music, orchestrations
Rhythm Thief & the Paris Caper Music with Tomoya Ohtani and Naofumi Hataya
2015 Sonic Runners Keyboards, arrangements
2017 Sonic Forces Cutscene music, orchestrations
2019 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Arrangements
2022 Sonic Frontiers Cutscene music, orchestrations
Anime
Year Title Notes Ref.
2003 D.N.Angel Music with Tomoki Hasegawa
2004 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Theme song arrangement
2005 Gundam Evolve Theme song arrangement
2005 Trinity Blood Music
2007 Rental Magica Music with Jun Ichikawa

References

  1. ^ Chris Greening (30 December 2012). "Takahito Eguchi Profile". Video Game Music Online. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  2. ^ "Takahito Eguchi interview in Japanese". RocketBaby. Archived from the original on 2001-08-30. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  3. Kalabakov, Daniel; Dragon God. "Bahamut Lagoon OST". RPGFan. Archived from the original on 2009-12-30. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  4. "The Bouncer Tech Info". GameSpot. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  5. Chris. "The Bouncer: Love is the Gift – Shanice Wilson :: Review by Chris". Square Enix Music Online. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  6. "The Bouncer Promo Album". Square Enix Music Online. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  7. Rzeminski, Lucy; Maas, Liz; Kalabakov, Daniel. "Kingdom Hearts OST". RPGFan. Archived from the original on 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  8. "Final Fantasy X-2 Tech Info". GameSpot. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  9. "Artists & Composers". Square Enix. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  10. Takahito Eguchi (1 February 2010). "Report on 2009-and important news". Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  11. ^ Chris. "The Bouncer Original Soundtrack (Japan) :: Review by Chris". Square Enix Music Online. Retrieved 2009-11-03.
  12. Greening, Chris (December 5, 2015). "Tomoya Ohtani Interview: Sonic Music for a New Generation". Video Game Music Online. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  13. Lada, Jenni (July 6, 2017). "Sonic Forces' "Fist Bump" Is Performed By Hoobastank's Douglas Robb". Siliconera. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

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