Masaharu Iwata

Japanese composer

Masaharu Iwata (岩田 匡治, Iwata Masaharu; born October 26, 1966) is a Japanese video game composer. In high school his musical projects included composing on a synthesizer and playing in a cover band. After graduating from high school he joined Bothtec as a composer. He composed the soundtrack to several games there, beginning with 1987's Bakusou Buggy Ippatsu Yarou. After Bothtec was merged into Quest Corporation, he left to become a freelance composer.

Some of his notable projects include Ogre Battle, Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Final Fantasy XII. He was one of the founding members of Basiscape, headed by fellow composer and friend Hitoshi Sakimoto. His compositions for Ogre Battle and Final Fantasy Tactics have been cited as among the most well-recognized in the tactical RPG genre.

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Works

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  • A Color of Chaos
  • A Lenient Death
  • A RAY OF HOPE
  • A style of Baroque
  • Alice in
  • Ancient Dream
  • Ancient Wind
  • Atlas
  • Azure Way
  • BAMBOO FOREST
  • BEING RUSHED
  • Back Fire
  • Backborn Story
  • Battle in the Forest of the Witch
  • Battle in the Forest of the Witch ~ Second
  • Battle in the Land of Fire ~ Second
  • Battle in the Land of the Dead
  • Battle in the Land of the Dead ~ Second
  • Battle in the Land of the Devil
  • Battle in the Land of the Devil ~ Second
  • Battle of THE 3 EMPIRE GENERALS
  • Battle on the Snowy Mountain
  • Battle on the Snowy Mountain ~ Second
  • Beginning of the Tale
  • Billow of the Dark
  • Blasphemous Experiment
  • Box of Sentiment
  • Brass of Victory
  • Breath of the Earth
  • Chaotic Island
  • Children of Mana
  • Chivalry And Savagery
  • Civil Water
  • Coma
  • Confusion
  • Courageous
  • Crimson Shroud
  • DIVIDED BY ZERO
  • Decisive
  • Decisive Battle
  • Deliverance
  • Do or Die
  • Earth Activity
  • Emotion and Absence of Mind
  • Fight It Out!
  • Fight or Flight
  • Final Fantasy Tactics
  • Footsteps From Darkness
  • GO! GO! Kids
  • Gizmo Dancing
  • Gizmo March
  • Gracious
  • Great Heat 20320514
  • Guerrilla war
  • Hold Baroque Inside
  • Hopeful Future
  • I AM THE RULER
  • Impregnable Defense
  • Insincerity
  • Into our trespasses
  • Intro of THE 3 EMPIRE GENERALS
  • Iraiza
  • Island Atlas
  • Light Atlas
  • Little
  • Morning Star
  • Multiplex
  • Namu Ami
  • Neverending Cycle
  • Night Attack
  • Odin Sphere
  • Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber
  • One
  • One foot in the grave
  • Overhang
  • Prepare to Take the Field
  • Proto One
  • Proto Two
  • RESTLESS NIGHT
  • Rest in Peace
  • Retreat!
  • Rout
  • Run Past Through the Plain
  • SOCK THE BRAIN
  • SONIC KEENNESS
  • Sanctuary
  • Sinking in Sadness
  • Stepping
  • THE LAUREL
  • Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
  • The Hero's Triumphant Return
  • The One Left Standing at the World's End
  • The Pervert
  • Timelessness
  • Treasure Hunter G
  • Tutorial
  • UNDERDOG
  • Ultema The Perfect Body!
  • Unavoidable Battle
  • Uncle Pumpkin
  • Under The Stars
  • Unit March
  • Unsealed
  • Vague
  • Valkyrie March
  • Viking Spirits
  • おちつきがないわよっ!
  • きみに頼みたいんだ
  • しのびよる鼓動
  • ひゅ〜 ひゅ〜
  • むるろわーん
  • ゆらめく祈りの塔
  • アクマがきたりて うたうたう
  • アタックチーム
  • アルガスとの出会い
  • コオリじゃないのよ!
  • ショップ
  • チュートリアル
  • デバッグじゃないよ。
  • プレイヤーメイク
  • ボス戦メドレー (アレンジ)
  • マジカルチェイス
  • ユニット紹介
  • ラスト戦闘終了
  • レヴィ=センス
  • ワールドマップ
  • 伝説のオウガバトル
  • 光の歌声
  • 凍りついた栄華
  • 凶なる獣
  • 出撃前緊張
  • 奇跡のループ
  • 密漁船とロシア警備艇
  • 小人の合奏
  • 怪しげな雰囲気
  • 恐怖1
  • 恐怖2
  • 更に砂漠も越えて
  • 枢機卿の怒り
  • 死ぬかもしんない
  • 毛皮骨肉商
  • 炎の大地を歩く
  • 男は褌
  • 赤っ恥大三郎が行く!
  • 赤砂の嵐
  • 酒場
  • 降臨
  • 震える大地
  • 静かなる地底湖