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.
He has continued since then to compose and orchestrate works for several game, anime, and television series, as well as a few pieces for original albums.
[2] Matsuo began his career arranging Sugiyama's pieces for Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai in 1991.
[2] Imagine is an independent music composition and sound effect group for video games, consisting of nine employees.