Ryu Umemoto
Ryu Umemoto | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | MIZINCO |
| Born | 18 February 1974 |
| Origin | Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | 16 August 2011 (aged 37) |
| Genres | Video game Chiptune Electronic |
| Occupation(s) | Composer Arranger Sound director |
| Instrument(s) | Sound chip Synthesizer |
| Years active | 1992–2011 |
| Website | ryu-umemoto.com (archived) |
Ryu Umemoto (梅本 竜, Umemoto Ryū, February 18, 1974 – August 16, 2011) was a Japanese video game music composer, born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He is known for composing soundtracks to various visual novel and shoot 'em up video games since the 1990s, for several companies including FamilySoft, C's Ware, ELF Corporation, D4 Enterprise, and CAVE. He is considered to be one of the greatest FM-synth chiptune composers, and has often been compared to Yuzo Koshiro.