Kenji Ito (伊藤賢治 Itō Kenji) is a video game music composer. He is best known… Read Full Bio ↴Kenji Ito (伊藤賢治 Itō Kenji) is a video game music composer. He is best known for his work on the SaGa series. In 2001 he left Square Enix to become a freelance artist, but has since continued to collaborate with the company.
Born 5 July 1968 in Tokyo, Ito became interested in music at the early age of 4. By the time he began composing at the age of 10, he had learned to play alto saxophone, clarinet, and piano. During March 1990, Ito was recruited by Square.
His first project was a co-effort between himself and Nobuo Uematsu for the Game Boy title, Final Fantasy Legend II (SaGa 2). Shortly after in 1991, he composed the complete soundtrack for Final Fantasy Adventure (Seiken Densetsu), another Game Boy title. Beginning in 1992, Ito would have the Super Nintendo's 8 channel sound chip to rely on as he began composing music for the SaGa trilogy. This includes all of the music for Romancing SaGa 1, 2, and 3, as well as SaGa Frontier (a PlayStation title).
1997 marks the beginning of several smaller contributions to video game music made by Ito. Two tracks were contributed to Tobal No. 1, as well as the opening and closing themes of Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon. An original vocal track along with some arrangements of Nobuo Uematsu's older works were made by Ito in 1999 for Chocobo Racing. He left Square in 2001 to become a freelance composer. Shortly after, he composed his magnum opus for the dreamcast title, Culdcept II, along with various other works for Dark Chronicle Premium Arrange and Shadow Hearts II.
In 2002, Ito announced that he'd received work from Square again, updating his compositions for Final Fantasy Adventure for its remake on the Game Boy Advance, Sword of Mana. Ito's recent works with Square Enix include the latest SaGa title, Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song-, and Hanjuku Hero 4 ~The 7 Heroes~., as well as upcoming Seiken Densetsu DS: Children of Mana and Seiken Densetsu 4.
Born 5 July 1968 in Tokyo, Ito became interested in music at the early age of 4. By the time he began composing at the age of 10, he had learned to play alto saxophone, clarinet, and piano. During March 1990, Ito was recruited by Square.
His first project was a co-effort between himself and Nobuo Uematsu for the Game Boy title, Final Fantasy Legend II (SaGa 2). Shortly after in 1991, he composed the complete soundtrack for Final Fantasy Adventure (Seiken Densetsu), another Game Boy title. Beginning in 1992, Ito would have the Super Nintendo's 8 channel sound chip to rely on as he began composing music for the SaGa trilogy. This includes all of the music for Romancing SaGa 1, 2, and 3, as well as SaGa Frontier (a PlayStation title).
1997 marks the beginning of several smaller contributions to video game music made by Ito. Two tracks were contributed to Tobal No. 1, as well as the opening and closing themes of Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon. An original vocal track along with some arrangements of Nobuo Uematsu's older works were made by Ito in 1999 for Chocobo Racing. He left Square in 2001 to become a freelance composer. Shortly after, he composed his magnum opus for the dreamcast title, Culdcept II, along with various other works for Dark Chronicle Premium Arrange and Shadow Hearts II.
In 2002, Ito announced that he'd received work from Square again, updating his compositions for Final Fantasy Adventure for its remake on the Game Boy Advance, Sword of Mana. Ito's recent works with Square Enix include the latest SaGa title, Romancing SaGa -Minstrel Song-, and Hanjuku Hero 4 ~The 7 Heroes~., as well as upcoming Seiken Densetsu DS: Children of Mana and Seiken Densetsu 4.
A Boy's Dream
伊藤賢治 Lyrics
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Overture Rise 空には太陽が Force あなたには強さが 似合う Days 涙は夢をみて Stage 未来を描(えが)いては…
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Mr Kitrid
This is like all of my childhood nostalgia condensed into one piece of music. I cried my eyes out ;.;.
zero
I feel so shitty yet so good while listening to this.
Can it be? Is this nostalgia I'm feeling?
Uriel Septim
always gives me tears when I listen to this for the last four months.
Capt Pothas
Nostalgic for a song I never knew
Fishofgold6
So you've never heard it before and still feel nostalgic over it? This piece definitely has that power. 🤗
Fractal
man hopefully sword of mana gets a switch remake and this gentle track gets a remaster
Fractal
@Fishofgold6 you ive been waiting for a dual hearts and ape escape pumped and primed port to ps5 or pc…
Fishofgold6
Omg, I would love that, plus Golden Sun being remade on the Switch (but I know that is very unlikely).
On another note, a different game altogether, 'Age of Mythology' is being remade as 'Age of Mythology: Retold'. The first version of AoM was released in 2002! It's a real-time strategy game.
Tokyo Club Productions
Nostalgia here too fellas. I played this so long ago, hated the ending, but I enjoyed the game
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Fishofgold6
@Rpodnee Looking back on it, I, too, faced some unclarity regarding the story. It was never explained what a Mavole is or what Mana Power is, and I believe it was not made clear who Julius was in relation to Vandole. Cibba the sage at least once referred to Julius as Vandole, so was Julius a resurrected Vandole? Or a reincarnation of him? Or influenced by the spirit of Vandole? It was never explained, as far as I remember. Also left mostly unexplored was the background of Lord Granz, where his life had begun, how he had come to be who he was, and the boundaries and age of his 'Granz Realm'.