 Mitsuda began composing video game music for his own games in high school , and after graduation attended Junior College of Music in Tokyo . As part of his college course , he was granted an intern position at Wolf Team , studying under composer and musician Motoi Sakuraba , and was subsequently given special thanks in the credits of one of their games , Span of Dream , in 1990 . Upon graduation in 1992 , he joined Square as a composer after seeing a magazine advertisement in an office he was visiting with his professor . 
