Shinji Hosoe
Shinji Hosoe | |
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| Also known as | MEGATEN SamplingMasters MEGA |
| Born | February 28, 1967 Gero, Japan |
| Genres | Rave, techno, hardcore techno, trance, electro, electropop, jazz fusion |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician, producer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, synthesizer |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Labels | Troubadour Records (1992–2000) Super Sweep Records (2000–present) |
Shinji Hosoe (細江慎治, Hosoe Shinji, born February 28, 1967), also known as MEGATEN and SamplingMasters MEGA,[1] is a Japanese video game composer and musician most famous for scoring Ridge Racer, Keyboardmania 3rd mix and many early 1990s Namco arcade games.[2] He also created the in-game music for Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse. He was assisted by Yuki Kajiura on the project, though he did not return as a composer for Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra. He also runs the VGM company Super Sweep Records, along with long-time collaborator Ayako Saso. He was also a member of "Oriental Magnetic Yellow" (OMY), a music band parodying electronic music group Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO), producing parody cover versions of their music.[3]
Discography
- Dragon Spirit (1987)
- Final Lap (1987)
- Quester (1987)
- Assault (1988) - with Kazuo Noguchi
- Metal Hawk (1988) - with Kazuo Noguchi
- Ordyne (1988)
- Dirtfox (1989)
- Final Lap 2 (1990)
- Pistol-Shogun - Pistol Daimyo no Bouken (1990) - with Seiichi Sakurai and Yoshie Takayanagi
- Dragon Saber (1990)
- Galaxian³: Project Dragoon (1990) - with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
- Starblade (1991)
- Fighter & Attacker (1992) - with Takayuki Aihara
- Cyber Sled (1993)
- Ridge Racer (1993) - with Ayako Saso and Nobuyoshi Sano
- Ridge Racer 2 (1994) - with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Takayuki Aihara
- Galaxian³: Project Dragoon (Theater 6 version) (1994) - with Ayako Saso
- Attack Of The Zolgear (1994) - with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Hiroto Sasaki
- Tekken (1995) - music arrangements for the PlayStation port, with Namco Sound Team, original score by Yoshie Arakawa and Yoshie Takayanagi.
- Rave Racer (1995) - with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Takayuki Aihara
- Cyber Cycles (1995) - with Ayako Saso, Yuri Misumi, Nobuyoshi Sano and Takayuki Aihara
- Xevious 3D/G (1995) - with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Hiroto Sasaki
- Street Fighter EX (1996) - with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
- Bushido Blade (1997) – with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
- Fighting Layer (1998) sound effects only, music composed by Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
- Street Fighter EX2 (1998) - with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
- Tetris: The Grand Master (1998) - with Ayako Saso
- iS: internal section (1999) - with Ayako Saso
- Custom Robo (1999) - with Ayako Saso and Yasuhisa Watanabe
- Custom Robo V2 (2000) - with Ayako Saso, Yasuhisa Watanabe and Yousuke Yasui
- Street Fighter EX3 (2000) - with Ayako Saso, Takayuki Aihara and Yasuhisa Watanabe
- Technictix (2001) – with Ayako Saso, Takayuki Aihara, Yasuhisa Watanabe, Yousuke Yasui and Hiroto Saitoh
- Driving Emotion Type-S (2001) – with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
- Technic Beat (2002) – with Ayako Saso, Hiroto Saitoh, Yousuke Yasui, Nakayama Raiden and Takayuki Aihara
- Custom Robo GX (2002) - with Ayako Saso and Yasuhisa Watanabe
- Perfect Prince (2002) - with Hitoshi Sakimoto and Ayako Saso
- The Naruto: Clash of Ninja series
- Megaman Network Transmission (2003) - with Ayako Saso and Yousuke Yasui
- Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse (2004) – with Yuki Kajiura
- Mushihime-sama (2004) – with Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata, and Manabu Namiki
- Ibara (2005)
- Under Defeat (2005)
- Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles (2005) – with Ayako Saso, Yousuke Yasui, Masashi Yano, Norihiro Furukara and Takayuki Aihara
- Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner (2006) – with Kenji Itō, Yasunori Mitsuda, Hitoshi Sakimoto, and Yōko Shimomura
- Super Dragon Ball Z (2006)
- Folklore (2007) – with Kenji Kawai, Ayako Saso and Hiroto Saitoh
- DJMax Portable Black Square (2008) - with various composers
- Let's Tap (2008) - with various composers
- Impetuth (2008) - with Shoichiro Sakamoto
- Tekken 6 (2009) - with various composers
- 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (2009)
- Fate/Extra (2010) - Original Sound Track
- DJMax Portable 3 (2010) - with various composers
- Otomedius Excellent (2011) - with various composers
- DJMax Technika 3 (2011) - with various composers
- DJMax Technika Tune (2012) - with various composers
- Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward (2012)
- maimaiPLUS (2013)
- No Game No Life (2014) - with Ayako Saso, Takahiro Eguchi and Fumihisa Tanaka
Other Works
- Oriental Magnetic Yellow (6 albums, 1994–2001) - Tribute band of Yellow Magic Orchestra, with Nobuyoshi Sano, Takayuki Aihara and Hiroto Sasaki
- Manikyua-Dan (1993–1998) - Electro-pop band formed with the vocalist Ikuko Ebata, with Ayako Saso, Hiroto Sasaki and Nobuyoshi Sano
- Sampling Masters (4 albums, 1996–2001) - compilation of techno music, with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Takayuki Airaha
- Nanosweep (17 albums, 2004–present) - mini-albums which contains techno music composed by the staff of Super Sweep and nanosounds
- Hatsune Miku - Mugen no Yami-echo of the past (2009), Vocaloid cover with a video clip featuring Clamp illustrations, original song by haru*nya and composed by Shinji Hosoe.
- MEAT OR DIE - cartoon series - sound design
References
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- ^ "Ridge Racer, 15 años a toda velocidad". Meristation. February 5, 2007. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Greening, Chris (January 2010). "Interview with Shinji Hosoe". Square Enix Music Online. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
- ^ "Oriental Magnetic Yellow". VGMdb.net. Retrieved 2011-06-13.