Hiroyuki Kawada Interview: Namco Sounds of the Contemporary
Hiroyuki Kawada is Namco’s longest-serving musical innovator. During his three decades at the company, he balanced work on classic properties (e.g. Galaga, […]
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Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U -A Smashing Soundtrack-
Album Title: Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U -A Smashing Soundtrack- Record Label: Nintendo of America Catalog No.: 83690A (JP Edition); […]
Harmony of Heroes: Final Smash
Album Title: Harmony of Heroes: Final Smash Record Label: Harmony of Heroes Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: December 25, 2014 Purchase: Download […]
Harmony of Heroes
Album Title: Harmony of Heroes Record Label: Harmony of Heroes Catalog No.: N/A Release Date: October 4, 2014 Purchase: Download at Official […]
Jun Senoue Profile
Brought up on MTV, this popular songwriter and guitarist injected a rock spirit into Sega with his energetic Sonic scores and Crush 40 productions
Hirokazu Tanaka Profile
One of the first video game composers, this Nintendo legend offered technical and musical innovations on Arcades, NES, and Game Boy
Asuka Hayazaki (née Ohta) Profile
Led many of Nintendo’s biggest recent soundtracks, including Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit Plus, Super Mario 3D Land, and Pikmin 3
Michiko Naruke Profile
Best known for creating the spaghetti western scores for the Wild Arms series, this artist has returned to the industry after a long break
Hajime Wakai Profile
Experienced Nintendo composer behind the orchestral scores for Star Fox 64, Skyward Sword, and the Pikmin series
Motoi Sakuraba Profile
The progressive rock composer behind Tales, Star Ocean, Golden Sun, Mario Sports, and Dark Souls is unmatched for his prolificness
Toru Minegishi Profile
This Nintendo artist’s career has been dominated by the Zelda series, including as lead composer on Twilight Princess and Spirit Tracks
Kenji Ito Profile
Prolific composer and songwrtier known for working on RPG franchises such as SaGa, Mana, Culdcept, and Puzzles & Dragons
Noriyuki Iwadare Profile
Became Sega’s answer to Nobuo Uematsu with his works on Saturn RPG franchises such as Grandia, Langrisser, and Lunar
Yasunori Mitsuda Profile
Won the hearts of millions of gamers with his beautiful scores for RPGs such as the Chrono, Xeno, and Inazuma Eleven franchises
Koji Hayama Profile
Fiercely independent composer best known for his light-hearted and extravagant compositions for the Cho Aniki series
Takahiro Nishi Interview: Sound Director at Game Arts
Takahiro Nishi is the sound producer at Game Arts. During his time at the company, he has directed the sound for the […]
Press Start 2007 -Symphony of Games-: Yokohama, September 2007
With Press Start 2006 having been a huge success, Famitsu held another concert on September 17, 2007, with the aim of taking it up […]