Hayato Matsuo name name image_size landscape alt caption background name language name alias birth date birth place origin death date death place genre occupation instrument years active label associated acts website name module module2 module3 Hayato Matsuo(松尾早人Matsuo Hayato, born August 13, 1965 in Kashiwa, Japan) is a Japanese video game and anime composer, arranger and orchestrator. He has worked on titles such as Front Mission 3, Final Fantasy XII, the Shenmue series, and Magic Knight Rayearth. Inspired by his mother, a piano teacher, he graduated from the music composition department of Tokyo University of the Arts. While in college, he composed for the band G-Clef, and occasionally stood in for members. Upon graduating, he went to work