Square Enix is a Japanese
video game developer and publisher formed from the merger on April 1, 2003, of video game developer
Square and publisher
Enix.[1] The company is best known for its
role-playing video game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series, and the action-RPG Kingdom Hearts series. For many of its games, Square Enix has produced albums of music containing songs from those games or arrangements of those songs. In addition to those albums, it has produced several
compilation albums containing music from multiple games or series made by the company. These albums include music directly from the games, as well as arrangements covering a variety of styles, such as
orchestral,
piano,
vocal, and
techno. This list includes albums produced by Square, Enix, or Square Enix which contain music from multiple games in the companies' catalog which are not a part of a single series. The first of these was Personal Computer Music by Enix in 1987. Dozens of albums have been published since, primarily through Square Enix's own
record label.
Several of the albums have sold well, placing on the Japanese
Oricon Albums Chart. Drammatica: The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura reached position 179,[2] as did SQ Chips.[3]SQ Chips 2 reached position 102,[4]Love SQ reached 176,[5]Chill SQ reached 236,[6]Symphonic Fantasies reached 102,[7]More SQ reached 107,[8]Cafe SQ reached 134,[9]Battle SQ reached 72,[10] and Beer SQ reached position 81.[11] The music on the compilation albums was originally composed by numerous composers. Among those well-represented are
Nobuo Uematsu, long-time composer of the Final Fantasy series;
Masashi Hamauzu, composer of various Final Fantasy, Chocobo, and SaGa games;
Yasunori Mitsuda, composer for the
Chrono series and Xenogears;
Kenji Ito, who composed for several SaGa and Mana games, and
Yoko Shimomura, composer for the Kingdom Hearts series.[12]
Square Enix is a Japanese
video game developer and publisher formed from the merger on April 1, 2003, of video game developer
Square and publisher
Enix.[1] The company is best known for its
role-playing video game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series, and the action-RPG Kingdom Hearts series. For many of its games, Square Enix has produced albums of music containing songs from those games or arrangements of those songs. In addition to those albums, it has produced several
compilation albums containing music from multiple games or series made by the company. These albums include music directly from the games, as well as arrangements covering a variety of styles, such as
orchestral,
piano,
vocal, and
techno. This list includes albums produced by Square, Enix, or Square Enix which contain music from multiple games in the companies' catalog which are not a part of a single series. The first of these was Personal Computer Music by Enix in 1987. Dozens of albums have been published since, primarily through Square Enix's own
record label.
Several of the albums have sold well, placing on the Japanese
Oricon Albums Chart. Drammatica: The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura reached position 179,[2] as did SQ Chips.[3]SQ Chips 2 reached position 102,[4]Love SQ reached 176,[5]Chill SQ reached 236,[6]Symphonic Fantasies reached 102,[7]More SQ reached 107,[8]Cafe SQ reached 134,[9]Battle SQ reached 72,[10] and Beer SQ reached position 81.[11] The music on the compilation albums was originally composed by numerous composers. Among those well-represented are
Nobuo Uematsu, long-time composer of the Final Fantasy series;
Masashi Hamauzu, composer of various Final Fantasy, Chocobo, and SaGa games;
Yasunori Mitsuda, composer for the
Chrono series and Xenogears;
Kenji Ito, who composed for several SaGa and Mana games, and
Yoko Shimomura, composer for the Kingdom Hearts series.[12]