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Hiroyuki Nakayama

Hiroyuki Nakayama (中山 博之, Nakayama Hiroyuki?) is a pianist, arranger, orchestrator, and performer who has contributed in novel arrangements for new releases of songs from the Final Fantasy series. He is also known as Chopin Nakayama (中山ショパン, Nakayama Shopan?) and pia-com2go (ピアコン2号, piakon nigō?, lit. pia-com no. 2).

He graduated from the department of composition of Tokyo University of the Arts. He also teaches video game music arrangement at a university.

Nakayama is best known for the Piano Opera Final Fantasy I-IX album series and for contributing to the orchestra arrangements for the Distant Worlds concerts. His first project was an orchestral arrangement of "Zephyr Memories - Legend of the Eternal Wind", the opening theme for the DS version of Final Fantasy III.

Outside of the series, he is also known for his work in the Kingdom Hearts series, playing the piano and creating arrangements, such as the Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts and Piano Collections Kingdom Hearts Field & Battle albums. He also worked on the music of Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey.

Works in the series[]

Album Role
Final Fantasy III Original Soundtrack (DS Version) Orchestrator
Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy Orchestrator
Piano Opera Final Fantasy I/II/III Arranger, performer
Piano Opera Final Fantasy IV/V/VI Arranger, performer
Final Fantasy Orchestral Album Orchestrator
Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy The Celebration Orchestra arranger
Piano Opera Final Fantasy VII/VIII/IX Arranger, performer
Distant Worlds III: more music from Final Fantasy Orchestra arranger
Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy The Journey of 100 Orchestra arranger
Final Fantasy XV: Original Soundtrack Arranger, performer
Piano Collections: Final Fantasy XV Performer
Distant Worlds IV: more music from FINAL FANTASY Orchestra arranger
Final Fantasy XV Original Soundtrack Volume 2 Performer
Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy Jiritsu Orchestrator
Distant Worlds V: more music from Final Fantasy Orchestra arranger
Final Fantasy Series 35th Anniversary Orchestral Compilation Vinyl Orchestrator, arranger
Final Fantasy 35th Anniversary Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy Coral Live CD Orchestrator, chorus arranger

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