- Hirokazu Tanaka
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Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka (田中 宏和 Tanaka Hirokazu , born December 13, 1957)[1] is a Japanese composer and musician, best known for his scores for various video games produced by Nintendo. He is also the current President of Creatures, Inc.
Contents
Video game soundtracks
- Radar Scope (1979)
- Space Firebird (1980) (sound effects only)
- Pac-Man Fever (1982) (album; sound effects only)
- Urban Champion (1984)
- Balloon Fight (1984)
- Wild Gunman (1984)
- Hogan's Alley (1984)
- Duck Hunt (1985)
- Gyromite (1985)
- Stack-Up (1985)
- Wrecking Crew (1985)
- Gumshoe (1986)
- Kid Icarus (Hikari Shinwa: Palthena no Kagami) (1986)
- Metroid (1986)
- Famicom Wars (1988)
- Tetris (1989)
- Super Mario Land (1989)
- Mother (with Akio Ohmori, Ritsuo Kamimura, and Keiichi Suzuki) (1989)
- Balloon Kid (Balloon Fight GB in Japan) (1990)
- Dr. Mario (1990)
- Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi (with Yuka Tsujiyoko) (1990)
- EarthBound (Mother 2, 1994, with Keiichi Suzuki)
- Snoopy Concert (with Minako Hamano) (1995)
- Game Boy Camera (1998)
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) (with many other composers)
- Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (with Yuka Tsujiyoko) (2008)
Other
- Fire Emblem Gaiden (1992 Supervisor)
- Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo (1994 Special Thanks)
- Fire Emblem Character theme (1990 CD Production)
- Various songs for the Pokémon anime including the songs on the Meowth's Party single.
References
- ^ "Biography". Sporadic Vacuum. Hirokazu Tanaka. Archived from the original on 5 January 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5vVtiV8GO. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
- Brandon, Alexander (25 Sep 2002). "Shooting from the Hip: An Interview with Hip Tanaka". Gamasutra. http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2947/shooting_from_the_hip_an_.php. Retrieved 24 Jul 2010.
External links
Categories:- 1957 births
- Japanese composers
- Living people
- Metroid
- Nintendo people
- Video game composers
- Japanese composer stubs
- Japanese musician stubs
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