Nice memorial article for Ryu Umemoto here:
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/178187/memorial_composer_ryu_umemoto.php
He was the composer for the old C's Ware games - Desire, Eve Burst Error, Yu-No, and later worked at Cave on shoot-em-up soundtracks, including composing the music to Akai Katana, which I bought recently but haven't played yet.
He died last year at the age of 37, from a bout of sudden illness.
