Ryu Umemoto
| Ryu Umemoto | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Instruments |
Sound chip Synthesizer |
| Years active | 1992–2011 |
| Website | http://ryu-umemoto.com |
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.
He was born on February 18, 1974, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was a descendent of the 16th-century daimyo Takeda Shingen. He was also a practitioner of Zen Buddhism, which had a strong influence on his melodic music, much of which had spiritual undertones. The first video game he ever played was Taito's Elevator Action (1983).
He never had any formal education in music, but was entirely self-taught, and had often experimented with synthesizers since he was young. His musical influences included electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra and video game composer Yuzo Koshiro. During high school, Umemoto began doing freelance projects for personal computer game soundtracks. His first assignment was for the company FamilySoft, after sending them some demo works.
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