Hayato Matsuo

Hayato Matsuo (松尾 早人, Matsuo Hayato; born August 13, 1965) is a Japanese music composer and orchestrator who primarily does work in video games and anime. He has worked on games such as Front Mission 3, Final Fantasy XII, the Shenmue series, Magic Knight Rayearth, and Hellsing Ultimate. He graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts in 1991 and began working with composer Koichi Sugiyama as an assistant. His first score was Master of Monsters (1991).