Hitoshi Sakimoto

Hitoshi Sakimoto
崎元 仁
Sakimoto in 2004
Born	(1969-02-26) February 26, 1969 (age 55) Tokyo, Japan
Other names	YmoH.S
Occupations	Composer sound producer
Years active	1988–present
Organization	Basiscape
Musical career
Genres	Symphonic electronica
Instrument(s)	Piano electronic organ synthesizer
Musical artist

Hitoshi Sakimoto (崎元 仁, Sakimoto Hitoshi, born February 26, 1969) is a Japanese composer and sound producer. He is best known for scoring the video games Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII, though he has composed soundtracks for over 80 other games. Sakimoto first played music and video games in elementary school and began composing music professionally in 1988. He worked at the video game company Square from 1997 to 2002, leaving in order to found the music and sound production company Basiscape.