Shinji Hosoe

Shinji Hosoe
細江慎治
Shinji Hosoe 細江慎治
Also known as	MEGATEN; SamplingMasters MEGA
Born	February 28, 1967 (age 57); Gero, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Genres	Techno; rave; trance; electro; gabber; jazz fusion; synthpop; video game music;
Occupation(s)	Composer; musician; producer;
Instrument(s)	Piano; synthesizer;
Years active	1987–present
Labels	Troubadour Records; SuperSweep

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, Street Fighter EX and many Namco arcade games between 1987 and 1996.^[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 music production and publishing company SuperSweep, alongside long time collaborator Ayako Saso.

Outside of the video game industry he has a few side projects, most notably Sampling Masters and Oriental Magnetic Yellow (OMY), the latter of which is a parody band of Yellow Magic Orchestra he formed with fellow Namco composers Nobuyoshi Sano, Takayuki Aihara and Hiroto Sasaki.^[3]

Works

Dragon Spirit (1987)
Final Lap (1987)
Quester (1987)
Assault (1988) – with Kazuo Noguchi
Metal Hawk (1988) – with Kazuo Noguchi
Ordyne (1988)
Dirt Fox (1989)
Final Lap 2 (1990)
Pistol Daimyo no Bouken (1990) – with Seiichi Sakurai and Yoshie Takayanagi
Dragon Saber (1990)
Galaxian³: Project Dragoon (1990) – with Ayako Saso
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 and Takayuki Aihara
Attack of the Zolgear (1994) – with Ayako Saso
Cyber Commando (1994) - with Akihiko Ishikawa and Hiroto Sasaki
Tekken (PlayStation version) (1995) – arrangements with various composers, engineering
Rave Racer (1995) – with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Takayuki Aihara
Cyber Cycles (1995) – "wind ride kids"
Speed Racer (1995)
Xevious 3D/G (1996) – with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Hiroto Sasaki
Tekken 2 (PlayStation version) (1996) – arrangements with various composers, engineering
Street Fighter EX (1996) – with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
Bushido Blade (1997) – with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
Fighting Layer (1998) - sound effects
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
Tetris the Absolute 2: The Grand Master (2000) – with Ayako Saso
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 various composers
Driving Emotion Type-S (2001) – with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
Technic Beat (2002) – with various composers
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 Freaks (2004) - with Ayako Saso, Masashi Yano and Keiichi Okabe
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 variouus composers
Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner (2006) – with Kenji Ito, 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)
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (2012) – with various composers
maimaiPLUS (2013)
Tekken Revolution (2013) – with various composers
No Game No Life (2014) – with Ayako Saso, Takahiro Eguchi, and Fumihisa Tanaka
Protect Me Knight 2 (2014) – with Yuzo Koshiro, Hisayoshi Ogura, Motoaki Furukawa, and Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Adrift in a Cobalt Eternity (2016) – with Chris Huelsbeck, Manami Kiyota, and Lucas King
Zero Time Dilemma (2016)
Taboo-Tattoo (2016)
Angels with Scaly Wings (2017) – with various composers
DJMax Respect (2017) – with various composers
Pokémon Quest (2018) – with Teruo Taniguchi, Takahiro Eguchi, and Fumihisa Tanaka
Fighting EX Layer (2018) – with various composers

References

^ "Ridge Racer, 15 años a toda velocidad". Meristation. February 5, 2007. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
^ Greening, Chris (January 2010). "Interview with Shinji Hosoe". Square Enix Music Online. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
^ "RocketBaby's interview with Shinji Hosoe". RocketBaby. 2002.

External links

[1] "Ridge Racer, 15 años a toda velocidad". Meristation. February 5, 2007. Retrieved June 11, 2011.

[2] Greening, Chris (January 2010). "Interview with Shinji Hosoe". Square Enix Music Online. Retrieved June 11, 2011.

[3] "RocketBaby's interview with Shinji Hosoe". RocketBaby. 2002.

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