Shōji Meguro

Shōji Meguro
Born	June 4, 1971 (1971-06-04) (age 40) Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Rock
Occupations	Composer, video game director
Instruments	Keyboard, electronic organ, guitar, trombone
Years active	1995–present

Shōji Meguro (目黒 将司, Meguro Shōji^?, born June 4, 1971) is a Japanese video game composer and director who joined Atlus in 1996 and has composed music for many of their games, mainly those in the Megami Tensei series.

Biography

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Shōji Meguro majored in hydrodynamics at the College of Industrial Technology at Nihon University.^[1]

Musical style and influences

Although his works feature a signature rock style, Meguro experiments with different musical genres, such as orchestral, electronica, jazz, rap, RnB and hip hop from soundtrack to soundtrack. Meguro cites T-Square, Casiopea, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as musical influences.^[2]

Discography

• Revelations: Persona (1996) – with Hidehito Aoki, Kenichi Tsuchiya, and Misaki Okibe
• Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (1997) – with Tsukasa Masuko and Toshiko Tasaki
• Maken X (1999) – with Takahiro Ogata
• Maken Shao: Demon Sword (2001) – with Takahiro Ogata
• Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (2003) – with Kenichi Tsuchiya and Toshiko Tasaki
• Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniax (2004) – with Kenichi Tsuchiya and Toshiko Tasaki
• Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga (2004) – with Kenichi Tsuchiya
• Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 (2005)
• Trauma Center: Under the Knife (2005) – with Kenichi Tsuchiya and Kenichi Kikkava
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army (2006)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 (2006) – with Yosuke Uda, Yumi Kawamura, and Lotus Juice.
• Trauma Center: Second Opinion (2006) – with Kenichi Tsuchiya and Shingo Yasumoto
• Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine (2006) – with Tsukasa Masuko and Kenichi Yoshikawa
• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES (2007) – with Kenichi Tsuchiya, with Yosuke Uda, Yumi Kawamura, and Lotus Juice.
• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (2008) – with Atsushi Kitajoh, Ryota Kozuka and Shihoko Hirata.
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon (2008)
• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona (2009) – with Kenichi Tsuchiya and Ryota Kozuka
• Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (2009)
• Persona 3 Portable (2009)
• Catherine (2011)
• Persona 2: Innocent Sin (2011)
• Persona 4 The Animation (2011)

References

1. ^ Chris; PQTN. "Shoji Meguro :: Biography". Square Enix Music Online. http://www.squareenixmusic.com/composers/meguro/biography.shtml. Retrieved 2009-10-27. 
2. ^ "Shoji Meguro". Square Enix Music Online. http://www.squareenixmusic.com/composers/meguro/index.shtml. Retrieved 2009-10-27. 

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Name	Meguro, Shoji
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Date of birth	1971-06-04
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