One and done video game composers

munchiaz · Jan 4, 2019

So while at work today, I got the star fox (SNES) song space armada stuck in my head, so of course i looked it up to listen to. decided to look up the composer and was shocked to read that he only really composed for one game. Hajime Hirasawa http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Hajime_Hirasawa

IMO the OST for star fox is one of the best on SNES. Imagine what else he could have done for video game music. Are there any other great video game OSTs that had one and done composers?

Dr Shroom · Jan 4, 2019

munchiaz said:
So while at work today, I got the star fox (SNES) song space armada stuck in my head, so of course i looked it up to listen to. decided to look up the composer and was shocked to read that he only really composed for one game. Hajime Hirasawa http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Hajime_Hirasawa

There are three games he composed for listed on that site?

fake · Jan 4, 2019

munchiaz · Jan 4, 2019

Dr Shroom said:
There are three games he composed for listed on that site?

technically yes. Although only one song for super scope 6, and hell no one knows about Time Twist: Rekishi no Katasumi de.

ShootTheCore · Jan 4, 2019

Taro Kudo composed all of the music for Axelay and Super Castlevania IV. After that, he only composed a Castlevania track or two for Circle of the Moon and Castlevania Chronicles before moving on to production and design.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro_Kudo

theMot · Jan 5, 2019

I don’t give a shit about vidya game music. I mean I want to listen to something decent while I play but I never take notice of the people who make them.

Heinz · Jan 5, 2019

theMot said:
I don’t give a shit about vidya game music. I mean I want to listen to something decent while I play but I never take notice of the people who make them.

Yeah fuck those guys!

oliverclaude · Jan 5, 2019

Kenji Yokoyama & Shunichi Hanawa composed the music for Shinrei Jusatsushi Taroumaru on the Saturn. Before and after that it's mostly forgettable.

Setherial · Jan 14, 2019

munchiaz said:
So while at work today, I got the star fox (SNES) song space armada stuck in my head, so of course i looked it up to listen to. decided to look up the composer and was shocked to read that he only really composed for one game. Hajime Hirasawa http://nintendo.wikia.com/wiki/Hajime_Hirasawa

IMO the OST for star fox is one of the best on SNES. Imagine what else he could have done for video game music. Are there any other great video game OSTs that had one and done composers?

Dr Shroom said:
There are three games he composed for listed on that site?

Dr Shroom · Jan 14, 2019

munchiaz said:
technically yes. Although only one song for super scope 6, and hell no one knows about Time Twist: Rekishi no Katasumi de.

it's still three games.

Viewpoint · Jan 14, 2019

Should have been one and done video game devs. Phil Fish is the only loser who comes to mind.

Dr Shroom · Jan 14, 2019

Just because mean people scared him off the internetz

fake · Jan 14, 2019

roker · Jan 14, 2019

Not one and done, but one of my favorite soundtracks for the NES was for Bionic Commando composed mainly by one woman named Junko Tamiya. The only songs that weren't hers were from the arcade version. Although she contributed to other games, this one was mainly done by her. Eventually she left Capcom before the 16 bit console generation kicked in and never did games again.

https://capcom.fandom.com/wiki/Junko_Tamiya

edit: She also contributed heavily to Strider Arcade, another legendary score.

neojedi · Jan 14, 2019

I checked that Junko Tamiya link and saw "Project Light" and followed up on it because I was curious. That led to a painful browsing session and dozens of failed searches. Vaporware CD I guess, or else 5+ years in development hell.

Gog · Jan 16, 2019

roker said:
Not one and done, but one of my favorite soundtracks for the NES was for Bionic Commando composed mainly by one woman named Junko Tamiya.

Yes Bionic Commando! One of my favourite NES games, and I agree it has a fantastic soundtrack. I can even remember my 8 year old self making some terrible lyrics to sing to the music from level 5.

Expanding the scope of the subject to ‘video game composers with a disappointingly brief career’, I’m going to say Soyo Oka. Stopped making game music in the SNES era. Love her soundtracks to Super Mario Kart, Pilotwings and Sim City. Especially Sim City. Spent so many hours listening to the Metropolis theme. Never managed to get to Megalopolis though. Had to wait till YouTube to listen to that.

oldschool · Jan 18, 2019

Viewpoint said:
Should have been one and done video game devs. Phil Fish is the only loser who comes to mind.

I'd still suck his dick to play Fez 2. :keke:

Dr Shroom · Jan 18, 2019

Gog said:
Yes Bionic Commando! One of my favourite NES games, and I agree it has a fantastic soundtrack. I can even remember my 8 year old self making some terrible lyrics to sing to the music from level 5.

Expanding the scope of the subject to ‘video game composers with a disappointingly brief career’, I’m going to say Soyo Oka. Stopped making game music in the SNES era. Love her soundtracks to Super Mario Kart, Pilotwings and Sim City. Especially Sim City. Spent so many hours listening to the Metropolis theme. Never managed to get to Megalopolis though. Had to wait till YouTube to listen to that.

She also did the soundtrack for the NES version of Sim City and it's almost all different from the SNES one (except the metropolis sounds very similar)

LoneSage · Jan 18, 2019

Speaking of SNES Sim City, there was a fantastic slowed down version of the title screen theme on youtube some years ago. Don't think it's up now.

Setherial · Jan 18, 2019

LoneSage said:
Speaking of SNES Sim City, there was a fantastic slowed down version of the title screen theme on youtube some years ago. Don't think it's up now.

What was the name of the title?

LoneSage · Jan 18, 2019

SNES Sim City title screen slowed down

Yeah it got pulled off some years ago. My bad for bringing your hopes up. I saved it on my laptop though. Too bad I can't share it with you.

Setherial · Jan 18, 2019

LoneSage said:
SNES Sim City title screen slowed down

Yeah it got pulled off some years ago. My bad for bringing your hopes up. I saved it on my laptop though. Too bad I can't share it with you.

How come? Just upload it using wetransfer or something.

LoneSage · Jan 18, 2019

Turns out I just saved the normal version. Oh well. Gone to the wind, Seth.

Dr Shroom · Jan 18, 2019

LoneSage said:
Speaking of SNES Sim City, there was a fantastic slowed down version of the title screen theme on youtube some years ago. Don't think it's up now.

Youtube lets you slow down videos in 0.25% steps.

Gog · Jan 18, 2019

Dr Shroom said:
She also did the soundtrack for the NES version of Sim City and it's almost all different from the SNES one (except the metropolis sounds very similar)

Yeah, that was the best thing about the appearance of the NES Sim City ROM. It was great to hear some ‘new’ music from her.

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