Kenji Hiramatsu

Kenji Hiramatsu is a Japanese sound programmer and composer of video game and anime music.

Biography
Hiramatsu was born on the 11th of February in Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan. He grew up playing video games and experimenting with electronic music, and enjoyed transcribing scores from magazines into electronic format on a personal computer as a child. He got into music seriously when he formed a band during high school. Before composing for Xenoblade he performed as a keyboardist for several artists. He has also worked on writing music for commercials and anime.

CHiCO has described Hiramatsu as a "die-hard Nintendo fan" and a "hardcore gamer". He approaches soundtrack-writing from both an auditory perspective and from finding and adapting his pieces to subtle details in a game's story, based upon his experience with video games.

In ACE+
For the music of Xenoblade Chronicles, Hiramatsu worked closely with the duo ACE during the composition process, forming a trio known as ACE+. All tracks composed by any of the three are credited in the game's track listing under the name 'ACE+'.

Relevance to the Xeno series
Hiramatsu has composed music for the numbered Xenoblade games; many of his compositions are among the most popular tracks in the series. He primarily composes battle music and energetic, driving cutscene music, although he has also composed area music and several of the more subdued pieces in some games.

Xenoblade Chronicles

 * Composer
 * Engage the Enemy
 * Hostile Gazes
 * Enemies Closing In
 * Visions of the Future
 * You Will Know Our Names
 * Mechanical Rhythm
 * Agniratha, Mechonis Capital
 * Agniratha, Mechonis Capital (Night)
 * Irregular Bound
 * The End Lies Ahead
 * Contributing composer
 * The Monado Awakens
 * Crisis
 * Urgency
 * Riki the Legendary Heropon
 * Riki's Kindness
 * The Battle is Upon Us
 * Thoughts Enshrined
 * The God-Slaying Sword
 * Majesty
 * Once We Part Ways
 * Gaur Plain (Night)
 * An Obstacle in Our Path
 * Valak Mountain (Night)
 * Zanza's World
 * An Obstacle in Our Path
 * Valak Mountain (Night)
 * Zanza's World
 * Zanza's World

Xenoblade Chronicles 2

 * Composer
 * Bana's Theme
 * A Portent Crawling Over
 * The Awakening
 * Crossing Swords
 * Battle!!
 * Omens of Life
 * Awakened DNA
 * A Brewing Storm
 * Monster Surprised You
 * Friendship
 * The Towering Yggdrasil
 * Garfont Mercenaries/Night
 * Kingdom of Uraya/Night
 * Fonsa Myma/Night
 * Counterattack
 * You Will Recall Our Names
 * Mor Ardain - Roaming the Wastes -
 * Mor Ardain/Night
 * Song of Giga Rosa
 * Jump Towards the Morning Sun
 * Loneliness
 * Still, Move Forward!
 * After Despair and Hope
 * Quest Order
 * Blade Obtained
 * Rare Blade Obtained
 * Battle Result
 * Salvage Result
 * Battle!! (Piano Arrange)
 * Counterattack (Piano Arrange)
 * Recording coordinator
 * Musician: Piano, Melodion, Electric Guitar
 * Photographer (Xenoblade2 Original Soundtrack)
 * Counterattack (Piano Arrange)
 * Recording coordinator
 * Musician: Piano, Melodion, Electric Guitar
 * Photographer (Xenoblade2 Original Soundtrack)

Torna ~ The Golden Country

 * Composer
 * Battle!!/Torna
 * Musician: Piano, Percussion

Xenoblade Chronicles 3

 * Composer
 * The Weight of Life
 * Keves Battle