Shmup music composers.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:02 am

I just need as many composers listed as you can. List game(s)/company affiliation if you can, just so I know it's worth putting down.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:10 am

Miki Higashino - Gradius Mistress

Michiru Yamane - Holy Queen of Donburi Island

Chris Hulsbeck - Renowned Japanese composer for the well known Japanese arcade game Apidya II [/irony]

Hitoshi Sakimoto - like shooting plasma lasers inside a church

Go Satoh - Raiden II Game Over - 'nuff said.

Tamayo Kawamoto - psychedelic Zun sound!

[edit] Also:

Rob Hubbard - Delta, Sanxion (C64)

David Whittaker - Io (C64), Menace (C64 & Amiga), Blood Money, Sidewinder, Xenon, Xenon II (Amiga)

Joris De Man - Invader (GBA), Velocity (PSP Minis)

Post by **Icarus** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:17 am

Good topic. I'd love to know the music composers for all the Raizing games, myself (Manabu Namiki couldn't have done all of the soundtracks for Raizing...)

Anyway...

Manabu Namiki - Cave / Raizing

Yasuhisa Watanabe (Yack) - G.Rev

Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR) - Taito (worked on G.Darius, IIRC)

Tsukumo Hyakutaro - Technosoft

Plenty of info at Game Music Revolution

EDIT: A couple more from my collection:

Kenichiro Fukui - Square (Worked on Einhander)

Kukeiha Club - Konami (A group called Nazo2 Project performed the XEXEX Perfect Selection tracks)

Shinji Hosoe (part of Super Sweep) - Cave / G.Rev (Usually does remixes of original tracks for OST collections)

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:25 am

Icarus wrote: Plenty of info at Game Music Revolution

Boo to companies that can't be bothered to credit individual composers. "_____ Sound Team."

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:45 am

Souji Taro - axelay
Tatsuya Watanabe - air buster
Yoshitatsu Sakai - batsugun
Atsuhiro Motoyama - battle bakraid
Daisuke Nagata, Kou Hayashi - Chaos Field
Yoshihiro Ohno - cotton
Ken-ichi Hirata - cotton 2
Ryuichi Yabuki, Nanpei Misawa - dangun feveron
Michael Maezawa, Michiru Yamane, Ken² Nakajima - detana twinbee
ddie You / Andrew Person Lin - dodonpachi
Ryuichi Yabuki - donpachi
Tsukasa Tawada - edf
Hiroi Kusuga - esp rade

Yes, a-z. TBC

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:46 am

Don't forget about:

Hitoshi Sawa-- Harmful Park (Think)

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:13 am

Imami Pon
BA.M (don't know who these two are, but they composed the music for GG Aleste II, Compile. Awesome soundtrack, please share if you have any details on them)
Alfh Lyra (Varth, Capcom)
Norihiro Furukawa (Gridseeker: Project Stormhammer, Taito)
Kazuko "Karu" Umino (Gekirindan, Taito)

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:44 am

Last Resort- Toshio Shimizm & Tatenorio Yamate
1941- Hifumi
Raiden Fighters series- G. Satoh (Akira "Go" Satoh)
Gradius III- Miki Higashino & Mutsuhiko Izumi
Life Force/Salamander- Miki Higashino
Gradius IV- Motoaki Furukawa (no relation AFAIK to Norihiro Furukawa)

Post by **nZero** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:45 am

Keita Hoshi - Hudson Soft (Super Star Soldier, Soldier Blade, Aldynes)
Ichiro Shimakura - Hudson Soft (Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth)
Tomomi Otani - Techno Soft (Thunder Force 2~3, Herzog Zwei)
Toshiharu Yamanishi - Techno Soft (Thunder Force 3~4)
Noboru "Nobo" Yamane - Winky Soft (Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie)
Masaki Izutani - Psikyo (Strikers 1945 II)
Masanori Yuge - Toaplan (Truxton)
Tatsuya Uemura - Toaplan (Twin Cobra, Zero Wing)

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 2:17 am

Here's my list so far: http://www.last.fm/group/Shmups/forum/27058/_/71636/1

I'll add the last few posts to it now.

Dragon God · Post by **Dragon God** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 2:35 am

Daisuke Asakura (Daiva)
Koji Hayama (Cho Aniki Series)
Taku Iwasaki (Ai Cho Aniki)
Motoi Sakuraba (Sol-Deace, Granada)
Naun (Dangerous Seed)
Masashi Yano (Tobi D+vine)
Ayako Saso (Galaxian 3 : Attack of Zolgear)
Satoshi Miyashita (Lords of Thunder Duo)
Yukinori Kikuchi (Storm of Progear)
Kenichi Koyano (Great Mahou Daisakusen)
Hiroaki "Maro" Yoshida (Vapor Trail)
Masahiko "Mar." Takaki (Night Striker)
Hiroshi Miyauchi (After Burner)
Koichi Namiki (Galaxy Force)
T's Music (Super Darius II)

I think that's enough for now

Edit forgot one obvious.

Hiroshi Iuchi (Ikaruga)

EXMaster · Post by **EXMaster** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 4:02 am

Few more off the top of my head....

Miyamo Shant - (Compile) Zanac, The Guardian Legend, Govelius
Katsumi Takana - (Compile) Zanac Neo (partially), Robo Aleste, Super Aleste (partially)
Yasuhito Saito - (Data West) Rayxanber 1-3
Takeshi Yoshida - (Technosoft) Thunder Force IV (partially)

Big audioscrobbler fan so I probablly be joining your group.

gunbird18 · Post by **gunbird18** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:11 am

Ryuichi Yabuki, Nanpei Misawa - dangun feveron

Ahh, now I know the composers of the greatest shmup OST evar!

kemical · Post by **kemical** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:07 am

Nebulasray - Masahiro Fukuzawa (Charly) & Takayuki Ishikawa

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:24 am

I can't believe no one's commented on the Vodkatron inclusion. That one's for you, twitchdoctor!

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:51 am

Michiru Yamane - Pop'n Twinbee, Twinbee Yahho-!, Salamander 2

Ayako Saso & Shinji Hosoe - Xevious 3D/G

Yuzo Koshiro - Slap Fight MD

Noriyuki Iwadare - Gynoug, Gleylancer, Kotetsu Teikoku / Steel Empire

Western composers on Japanese shmups:

Martin Galway: Slap Fight (C64), Terra Cresta (C64)

Tim Follin: Sky Shark (NES)

David Whittaker: R-Type II (GB)

Jeroen Tel (Maniacs of Noise): Gaplus (C64)

Barry Leitch: Gemini Wings (C64 & Amiga), Silkworm (C64 & Amiga)

incognoscente · Post by **incognoscente** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:45 am

Icarus wrote:Good topic. I'd love to know the music composers for all the Raizing games, myself (Manabu Namiki couldn't have done all of the soundtracks for Raizing...)

Mahou Daisakusen/Sorcer Striker - Atsuhiro Motoyama
Shippu Mahou Daisakusen - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata
Battle Garegga - Manabu Namiki
Soukyugurentai - Hitoshi Sakimoto
Armed Police Batrider - Manabu Namiki, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata, Kenichi Koyano
Battle Bakraid - Atsuhiro Motoyama
Dimahoo - Atsuhiro Motoyama, Manabu Namiki, Kenichi Koyano

Rob wrote:Hiroi Kusuga - esp rade

Odd, I have Masahiro Kusunoki for this (arcade version staff list).

Toaplan:

Tatsuya Uemura - Tiger Heli, Sky/Flying Shark (Stages 2-4), Kyukyoku Tiger/Twin Cobra (stages 2, 4, 7, 9), Hell Fire, Zero Wing (Stages 1,3,5,7, high score, and continue themes), Out Zone, Dogyuun.

M(asahiro*) Yuge - Slap Fight, Sky/Flying Shark (all except Stages 2-4), Kyukyoku Tiger (stages 1,3,5,6,8,10, landing, and high score music), Tatsujin/Truxton, Fire Shark/Same!Same!Same!, Zero Wing (Stage 4), Tatsujin Ou/Truxton 2, GrindStormer/V-V.

Toshiaki Tomizawa - Zero Wing (Stages 2, 6, 8, and game over music), Vimana, FixEight.

太田理 I've seen translated as Osamu Ohta, don't know for certain - Rally Bike, Wardner, Snow Bros, Daisenpu/Twin Hawk

Yoshitatsu Sakai (the 3rd) - Batsugun. Later did the Air Gallet soundtrack at Gazelle.

*Roman character spelling from Kyukyoku Tiger 2 OST liner notes.

SteevTee · Post by **SteevTee** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 12:00 pm

Turrican wrote:Chris Hulsbeck - Renowned Japanese composer for the well known Japanese arcade game Apidya II [/irony]

I bought the Tunnel B1 OST and Turrican OST just yesterday [/coincidence]

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 1:49 pm

incognoscente wrote:Mahou Daisakusen/Sorcer Striker - Atsuhiro Motoyama
Shippu Mahou Daisakusen - Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata
Battle Garegga - Manabu Namiki
Soukyugurentai - Hitoshi Sakimoto
Armed Police Batrider - Manabu Namiki, Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata, Kenichi Koyano
Battle Bakraid - Atsuhiro Motoyama
Dimahoo - Atsuhiro Motoyama, Manabu Namiki, Kenichi Koyano

Hmmm... I was absolutely certain that Namiki was involved in both Souky (listen to stage 1 BGM, typical Manabu Namiki stuff) and Dimahoo. Are you sure he wasn't?

incognoscente · Post by **incognoscente** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 3:34 pm

Soukyugurentai: Namiki is credited for sound effects, Sakimoto for music. It's possible Namiki did a song or collaborated on one, even if he didn't take credit.
Dimahoo: please read second name :)

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 3:57 pm

incognoscente wrote:Dimahoo: please read second name

Must've mixed it up with Dragongod's post (Great Mahou Daisakusen).

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 8:59 pm

Pleeease put the composer first, game second (for ease of input on the master list).

SteevTee wrote: I bought the Tunnel B1 OST and Turrican OST just yesterday [/coincidence]

Was it D1 or is that a different game? I remember that was one of the first PS games I played.

Neo Rasa · Post by **Neo Rasa** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:06 pm

Dragon God wrote: Motoi Sakuraba (Sol-Deace, Granada)

GREAT composer, probably one of my favorites ever, of any kind.

Did he do all of Wolf Team's games? Or just Sol-Deace/Feace and El Viento?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:08 pm

That's one of the composers I had already listed myself. He's done soundtracks for much bigger productions, like Tri-Ace RPGs, but Sol-Deace is clearly his crown jewel.

Neo Rasa · Post by **Neo Rasa** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:21 pm

Yeah I have a lot of his RPG soundtracks. Wish I could have gone to the live concert he did a year and a half ago.

SteevTee · Post by **SteevTee** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:11 pm

Rob wrote:Was it D1 or is that a different game? I remember that was one of the first PS games I played.

I have no idea what 'D1' is, but Tunnel B1 was a sort of FPS where you controled this hovertank/spaceship thing zooming down, well, tunnels. Very much WipEout style graphics. The first PS1 game I played, and I loved it. You can pick it up dirt cheap nowadays too.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:48 pm

Yeah, that's the game. Cool game, I might actually buy it if it's that cheap.

Klatrymadon · Post by **Klatrymadon** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 11:55 pm

Souji Taro - axelay

I'm a bit of a Taro devotee. His work on Castlevania IV (oh em gee, teh non-shmup!) is absolutely incredible.

Eight One · Post by **Eight One** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 12:46 am

Turrican wrote:Ayako Saso & Shinji Hosoe - Xevious 3D/G

Super Sweep also were the main folks behind the Ibara OST.

I think they also made the DDPDOJ/ESPGaluda arrange album as well.

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 1:28 am

nZero wrote:Keita Hoshi - Hudson Soft (Super Star Soldier, Soldier Blade, Aldynes)
Tatsuya Uemura - Toaplan (Twin Cobra, Zero Wing)

Personal favorites of mine.

Oh yeah: Souji Taro - Axelay, him too.