10 Facts About Masaharu Iwata

Masaharu Iwata is a Japanese video game composer.

Masaharu Iwata composed the soundtrack to several games there, beginning with 1987's Bakusou Buggy Ippatsu Yarou.

Masaharu Iwata was one of the founding members of Basiscape, headed by fellow composer and friend Hitoshi Sakimoto.

Once he graduated high school, Masaharu Iwata tried to find work that combined his love of music and video games, and joined Bothtec, which while he was there became part of Quest.

Masaharu Iwata remained at Bothtec for a few years more, and left around a year after the company merged into Quest in 1990.

Masaharu Iwata did not join up with another company, instead becoming a freelance composer like Sakimoto.

Masaharu Iwata collaborated with several other artists during this period in his career, including Toshiaki Sakoda and Masanobu Tsukamoto.

In 2002, Masaharu Iwata became one of the founding members of Basiscape, currently the largest independent video game music production company, along with Sakimoto, who heads the company, and Manabu Namiki.

Masaharu Iwata has composed much of his work since joining the company in collaboration with other Basiscape artists, both as the lead composer and as a member of a large group.

Since becoming part of Basiscape, Masaharu Iwata has gone on to compose for over 50 other titles, including big-name works such as Final Fantasy XII, Odin Sphere, and Soulcalibur IV.