Noriyuki Iwadare

Noriyuki Iwadare
Noriyuki Iwadare at Japan Expo 2010
Background information
Born	April 28, 1964 (1964-04-28) (age 47) Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Occupations	Composer
Instruments	Piano, guitar
Years active	1990–present

Noriyuki Iwadare (岩垂徳行, Iwadare Noriyuki^?, born on April 28, 1964) is a Japanese video game composer.

Biography

He was born in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. He began to compose video game music after years of being involved with university bands. The first award he won the Best Game Music award, the Mega Drive/Genesis category for Lunar: The Silver Star in 1991. He also won the Best Game Music award in the Sega Saturn Music category for Grandia in 1997 and in the Dreamcast category for Grandia 2 in 2000. Iwadare first composed music for Tokyo Disney Resort, in addition to Japanese dance programs, television programs, and radio programs. He dreams to have orchestral arrangements of his musical works, while he himself has done several times, as with the Gyakuten Meets Orchestra arrangements (orchestral arrangements of the Ace Attorney series music).

He was a special guest at the 11th French Japan Expo that was held on July 2010 in Paris, France.^[1]

Discography

• Tokyo Disneyland
• Wacky Kingdom
• Urusei Yatsura: Dear My Friends
• Ys III
• Grandia Original Soundtracks 1 & 2
• Grandia Vent
• Grandia (Best Of)
• Grandia II: Deus
• Grandia II: Povo
• Grandia II: Melodia
• Grandia Xtreme
• Grandia III
• Grandia Online
• Space Invaders '91
• True Love Story 3
• True Fortune
• Growlanser
• Langrisser Series
• Lunar Series
• Mega Man X7
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
• Radiata Stories
• Gyakuten Saiban Tokubetsu Hōtei 2008
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (arranger of "Yoshi's Island" and "Meta Knight's Revenge")
• Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (Game Boy version)
• Gyakuten Kenji 2
• Otomedius Excellent (arranger Strarf BGM Pack)

References

1. ^ "Japan Expo - Noriyuki IWADARE" (in French). Japan Expo. April 16, 2010. Archived from the original on May 7, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5pXiNipyW. Retrieved May 7, 2010. 

External links

• Noriyuki Iwadare's official English website

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Name	Iwadare, Noriyuki
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Date of birth	April 28, 1964
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