Masafumi Takada

Masafumi Takada (高田 雅史, Takada Masafumi^?, born August 2, 1970) is a Japanese video game music composer. His most notable work is the soundtrack composition for the three video games killer7, God Hand and No More Heroes. Takada often partners up with musician and guitar player Jun Fukuda, and has produced five soundtracks for video game producer Goichi Suda.

In 2007, Masafumi Takada was one of 36 composers selected by Masahiro Sakurai to provide music for Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Takada chose to arrange renditions of "Ending (Yoshi's Story)", "Lip's Theme (Panel de Pon), "Marionation Gear", and "Shin Onigashima" for the game.

Starting in 2006, Masafumi Takada has also contributed tracks in Konami's music simulation series beatmania IIDX, with a track appearing in each installment of the series' home console releases since HAPPY SKY. He remixed "QUANTUM TELEPORTATION", for Toshiyuki Kakuta's 電人K　album, which was released on May 29, 2008.

Discography

Albums

• GOD TRACKS! (2006)
• killer7 Original Sound Track (2005)
• Michigan Original Sound Track (2004)
• No More Heroes Original Sound Tracks (2008)
• No More Heroes Sound Tracks: Dark Side (Contributed "ANY MORE" (RX-Ver.S.P.L.)) (2008)
• 電人K (Contributed a remix of "QUANTUM TELEPORTATION" for Toshiyuki Kakuta's album.) (2008)
• Biohazard: The Umbrella Chronicles Original Sound Track (2007)

Video game soundtracks

• Beatmania IIDX (Contributed "IceCube Pf.(RX-Ver.S.P.L.)" for beatmaniaIIDX 12 HAPPY SKY CS,^[1] "WaterCube Pf.(RX-Ver.S.P.L.)" for beatmaniaIIDX 13 DistorteD CS ^[2]"PentaCube Gt.(RX-Ver.S.P.L.)" for beatmaniaIIDX 14 GOLD CS and "ToyCube Pf.(RX-Ver.S.P.L.)" for beatmaniaIIDX 16 EMPRESS CS (2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 respectively)
• The Chikyuu Boueigun (2003)
• Chikyuu Boueigun 2 (2005)
• Chikyuu Boueigun 3 (2006)
• Chōsōjū Mecha MG (2006)
• Contact (With Jun Fukuda) (2006)
• Earth Defense Force 2017 (2006)
• Fatal Frame IV (2008)
• Flower, Sun, and Rain (2001)
• God Hand (With Jun Fukuda) (2006)
• Infinite Space (2009)^[3]
• killer7 (With Jun Fukuda) (2005)
• Michigan (2005)
• No More Heroes (With Jun Fukuda) (2007)
• Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (With Jun Fukuda) (2007)
• Robot Alchemic Drive (2002)
• Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked (2005)
• The Silver Case (1999)
• Space Agency (2010)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Contributed "Ending (Yoshi's Story)", "Marionation Gear", and "Shin Onigashima," among others.)^[4] (2008)
• Zangeki no REGINLEIV (2010)
• Vanquish (2010) Additional Composition

References

1. ^ "http://www.konamistyle.jp/customfactory/bm2dx14_st/disc2.html". http://www.konamistyle.jp/customfactory/bm2dx14_st/disc2.html. 
2. ^ "beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK". http://www.konamistyle.jp/sp/bm2dx15_st/list.html. 
3. ^ Sheffield, Brandon (June 20, 2008). "Q&A: Getting Nude With Nude Maker's Hifumi Kouno". Gamasutra.com. http://gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=19089. Retrieved 2009-04-05. 
4. ^ "First Songs in My Music". http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/music/music22_list.html. 

External links

• Interview at Gamasutra
• Masafumi Takada at Last.fm

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