- Kenji Yamamoto (Nintendo musician)
Kenji Yamamoto (山本 健誌 "Yamamoto Kenji") is a
Japan esevideo game music ian working forNintendo . He was born on April 25, 1964. It was also recently explained that he plays a role as a Music Director at Nintendo, overseeing the audio for a variety of Nintendo titles. He is credited with creating the soundtracks of the following games:*"" (with Yoshito Hirano)
*"Excite Truck " (with Masaru Tajima)
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*"Galactic Pinball "
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*"Mario Kart Super Circuit " (sound support)
*"Metroid Fusion " (as sound designer)
*"Metroid Prime "
*"Metroid Prime Hunters " (as sound supervisor)
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*"Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! "
*"Sakura Momoko no Ukiuki Carnival " (sound support)
*"Super Metroid " (with Minako Hamano)Also, Kenji Yamamoto contributed with other video game composers for "
Super Smash Bros. Brawl ". [ [http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/music/music01.html Smash Bros. DOJO!! ] ]In a recent interview with
Music4Games (his first with an English-speaking media outlet), Yamamoto detailed his expeience working on the Metroid Prime trilogy. He described his thoughts on the inclusion of themes fromSuper Metroid as well as his composition process and sources of inspiration. He fully intends to continue working on the Metroid series into the future.Reference(s)
* [http://ng-stg.hp.infoseek.co.jp/gm/name/ya.html] : Credited Works (in Japanese)
* [http://metroid.retrofaction.com/resources/m4staff.php] : Metroid Fusion staff credits
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKwxeCWKHl4&NR] : Castlevania 64 staff credits
* [http://www.music4games.net/Features_Display.aspx?id=174] : Interview withMusic4Games References
External links
* [http://www.music4games.net/Features_Display.aspx?id=174 First English Interview] with
Music4Games
* [http://www.ocremix.org/composer/id/82/kenji-yamamoto/ Composer profile] atOverClocked ReMix
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