Final Fantasy Composer Nobuo Uematsu Joins Kenji Ito to Work on Penny Blood

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Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu is now confirmed to be working on the development team for Kickstarter project Penny Blood. Penny Blood, along with its partner project Armed Fantasia, launched its Kickstarter campaign nearly one month ago. The campaign is now coming to a close, with over 15,000 backers pledging over $2.1 million to make Penny Blood a reality. Uematsu's involvement is now being confirmed in celebration of the Kickstarter's success.

Penny Blood is a gothic horror JRPG from Shadow Hearts writer and Shadow Hearts: Covenant director Matsuzo Machida. It's set in the 1920s and will have players traveling across the USA, Europe, and Asia as nations struggle to recover from the first World War. In the wake of the conflict, unnatural turmoil is growing. A private detective named Matthew Farrell starts the game by investigating a situation in a mental hospital full of strange creatures in New York. The game takes off from there.

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Oddly enough, two composers had already been announced for Penny Blood, Shadow Heart's Yoshitaka Hirota and Capcom's Akari Kaida. It seems that Penny Blood will feature the talents of many composers, each of which will focus on different regional music. Uematsu, for instance, is going to be focusing on «authentic Irish music» planned for American locations in Penny Blood. It isn't actually clear if Uematsu will compose any music himself, as it's said he's currently only assisting with «research and insight.»

Another composer has also been announced for Penny Blood alongside Uematsu. It's Kenji Ito, composer for the SaGa franchise, who has also worked with Uematsu on multiple Final Fantasy projects.