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is a Japanese former video game composer. She is best known for her work on the ''Front Mission'' series, ''The Bouncer'', and ''Final Fantasy X-2''. Matsueda collaborated with fellow composer Takahito Eguchi on several games. Composing music at an early age, she began studying the piano and electronic organ when she was three years old. She graduated from the Tokyo Conservatoire Shobi, where she met Eguchi. She joined Square (now Square Enix) in 1994, where she created music for nine games. Her last credited work was ''Final Fantasy X-2''s piano arrangement album, ''Final Fantasy X-2 Piano Collection'' from 2004, after which she decided to leave the company alongside Eguchi. She composed mostly jazz music for the scores she worked on. ==Biography== Born in Tochigi, Japan, Noriko Matsueda began creating music at an early age. She received a scholarship in music at the age of three and went on to study the piano and electronic organ. Matsueda took various composition and performance courses at the Tokyo Conservatoire Shobi, where she also met long-term collaborator Takahito Eguchi. She joined Square in 1994, where her first assignment was to score the 1995 title ''Front Mission'' alongside Yoko Shimomura.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Front Mission Release Information )〕 She subsequently contributed the track "Boss Battle 1" to ''Chrono Trigger'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chrono Trigger Release Information )〕 arranged by Nobuo Uematsu.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version )〕 Matsueda's first solo work was ''Bahamut Lagoon'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bahamut Lagoon Release Information )〕 which also represented her first collaboration with Eguchi, who arranged and orchestrated "Theme of Bahamut Lagoon ~ Opening" for the bonus disc of its original soundtrack.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bahamut Lagoon Original Soundtrack )〕 In 1996, she created the composition "Tower Block" for the multi-composer game ''Tobal No. 1''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tobal No. 1 Release Information )〕 The following year, she created the soundtrack to ''Front Mission 2''.〔 In 1999, Matsueda and Eguchi made their first major collaboration by scoring the role-playing racing game ''Racing Lagoon'', with synthesizer programmer Ryo Yamazaki providing three tracks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Racing Lagoon Original Soundtrack )〕 Matsueda was responsible for all the music except the battle, opening, and ending themes.〔 They collaborated again on the soundtrack to the PlayStation 2 title ''The Bouncer'' in 2000,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Bouncer Release Information )〕 whereas the two took a more equal share of the music. A large amount of the compositions produced was not used in the game and there were also many post-production demands. Afterward, Matsueda created 25 pieces of background music for Square's PlayOnline viewer used for ''Final Fantasy XI'' and ''Tetra Master''.〔 She reunited with Eguchi to create the soundtrack to ''Final Fantasy X-2'' in 2003,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Final Fantasy X-2 Release Information )〕 with Matsueda contributing most of the setting themes. Having replaced ''Final Fantasy''s regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu to create a work entirely different from the predecessor ''Final Fantasy X'', their score has become one of the most criticized soundtracks in the series. However, despite the negative response and a low budget, it was commercially successful.〔 The following year, she worked on ''Final Fantasy X-2''s international version ''Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission'' and provided three arrangements to the ''Final Fantasy X-2 Piano Collection'' album. The Piano Collections album was her last credited work, and she has since left Square Enix along with Eguchi.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Artists & Composers )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Noriko Matsueda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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