- Yoshitaka Hirota
born
1 September ,1971 inKyoto ,Japan is aJapan ese video game musiccomposer andBass Guitar ist. His most notable works include the soundtracks to theShadow Hearts series of video games (Shadow Hearts, and ) for theSony Playstation 2 . Hirota's Shadow Hearts music is notable for its fusion of cultural music with Hirota's personal Industrial style.Hirota was previously a sound effects programmer having worked on various
Squaresoft titles. His first work as a video game composer was for theNintendo 64 game .Frequent collaborators
Hirota has a friendship from childhood with fellow composer
Yasunori Mitsuda who he has worked with on , Biohazard 2 Drama Albums,Shadow Hearts and .Kyoko Kishikawa has worked with Hirota on
Shadow Hearts , (although not ) andRogue Galaxy Premium Arrange, providing eerie femalescat vocals for a number of his tracks. Also, Hirota frequently performs bass guitar with Kishikawa's banddarumaya . [http://www.rpgfan.com/features/darumaya-interview/index.html]Ryo Fukuda has been the sound manipulator for Hirota on the Shadow Hearts games as well as composing and arranging a few tracks for all three games. He also co-composed with Hirota on Sonic Shuffle.
Kenji Ito worked with Hirota on the soundtrack of . Hirota has performed bass guitar for Ito's live performance ofCuldcept music during the Extra Live Concert [http://www.squareenixmusic.com/concerts/extra.shtml] and for Ito's vocal song forLux-Pain [http://www.squareenixmusic.com/albums/l/luxpain.shtml] , "Seinaru Itami wo Daite" sung byYoko Takahashi .Instruments
Although Hirota is primarily a bass guitarist, he is capable of playing a variety of other instruments [http://deepincoma.ffdream.com/?cat=yoshitaka_hirota&rub=instruments] :-
-
Biwa
- Syami
- Alter Ego Figaro
- Saw Wo
- Son
-Khene
- Old Drum
- Madaru
-Gong
-Suzu
-Karimba ound designer credits
*
Final Fantasy VI (1994 )
*Live A Live (1994 )
*Chrono Trigger (1995 )
*Seiken Densetsu 3 (1995 )
* (1996 )
*Bahamut Lagoon (1996 )
*Super Mario RPG (1996 )
*Final Fantasy VII (1997 )
*Front Mission 2 (1997 )
*Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon (1997 )
*Parasite Eve (1998 )
*Racing Lagoon (1999 )
*Chrono Cross (1999 )
*Final Fantasy VIII (1999 )
*Koudelka (1999 )Video game music composer credits
* (
1999 ) withYasunori Mitsuda
*Faselei! (1999 )
* (2000 )
* (2000 )
*Sonic Shuffle (2000 ) with Hidenobu Otsuki, Ryo Fukuda, Takeo Suzuki and Kazumi Mitome.
*Shadow Hearts (2001 ) withYasunori Mitsuda ,Masaharu Iwata and Ryo Fukuda
* (2004 ) withYasunori Mitsuda ,Kenji Ito , Ryo Fukuda and Tomoko Kobayashi
* (2005 ) with Tomoko Imoto, Ryo Fukuda and Hirotomi Imoto
* (2007 )
*Hana Saku DS Gardening Life (2007 )
*DK Jungle Climber (2007 ) (Composer of 5 tracks)
*Yoga Tipness (2007 )
* (Nintendo DS) (2008 ) Composer of 25 Tracks
*D.Gray-Man Sousya no Shigaku (Playstation 2) (2008 )Other works
* Talk While Asleep (
1995 ) Co-remixer with Fumiya Tanaka
* We are not alone ~Mou Hitori Ja Nai~ (1998 ) Co-composer with Kazumi Mitome
*Biohazard 2 Drama Album: Chiisana Toubousha Sherry (1999 ) Co-Composer withYasunori Mitsuda
*Biohazard 2 Drama Album: Ikiteita Onna Spy Ada (1999 ) Co-Composer withYasunori Mitsuda
*Street Fighter Zero 3 Drama Album (1999 ) Co-Composer withYasunori Mitsuda
* near death experience, SHADOW HEARTS Arrangetracks (2005 ) Arranger of 5 Tracks
*Angelic Vale Arrange Tracks (2005 ) Arranger of 2 Tracks
*Tsuki no Uta (2005 ) (Debut Single ofSaki Imozuki ) Arranger of all tracks
*Yoruoto Hyouhon (2005 ) (Debut Album ofNoriko Mitose ) Composer and arranger of 1 Track
*Rogue Galaxy Premium Arrange (2006 ) Arranger of 1 Track
*Kinema in the Hole (Rekka Katakiri Album) (2007 ) Composer and arranger of all tracks
*Cotton (2007 ) (Noriko Mitose Album) Arranger of 1 Track
*Hareyaka naru Sora no Yukue (2007 ) (Rekka Katakiri Album) Composer and arranger of 1 Track
*Struldbruggs ~Majin Kaikou~ (2007 ) Co-Composer
*Istoria ~Musa~ (Akiko Shikata album) (2007 ) Composer and Arranger of 1 Track
*Umineko no Naku Koro ni (Akiko Shikata Single) (2008 ) Arranger of 1 TrackReferences
External links
* [http://www.twintail-studio.com/ Twin Tail Studio] (Official Website)
* [http://www.squareenixmusic.com/composers/hirota/ Comprehensive Yoshitaka Hirota Profile at Square Enix Music Online]
* [http://www.squareenixmusic.com/composers/hirota/nov05interview.shtml Interview at Square Enix Music Online]
* [http://www.gogamemusic.com/interviews_yoshitaka_hirota_sh2.shtml Interview at Go! Game! Music!]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060514154854/http://rocketbaby.net/interviews_yoshitaka_hirota_sh.html Archived Interview at RocketBaby]
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