Today, Hitoshi Sakimoto announced that he will be collaborating with Four Bars Intertainment in order to work more on games produced outside of Japan. He's not a household name like Mario composer Koji Kondo, but the veteran game music composer has worked on many notable titles, including Ogre Battle, Final Fantasy Tactics, Radiant Silvergun, Vagrant Story, and Final Fantasy XII. Sakimoto will continue as president for the music production company Basiscape and compose music for Japanese anime and video games.

"I've been wanting to explore international opportunities for quite a while now, and Im happy that we were able to create this business collaboration," said Sakimoto. "I'm hoping that from this, I'll be able to bring a new creativity to match these games, which can require a different approach, compared to Japanese based titles."

"For many years, our composers have praised the music of Hitoshi Sakimoto," says Bob Rice, CEO of Four Bars Intertainment. "We are all so very proud to now represent Hitoshi Sakimoto to the game companies in the United States, Europe and Canada."