Mutsuhiko Izumi
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Mutsuhiko Izumi is a video game composer for Konami, who has been with the company since 1988. His earliest works include the music for the two arcade Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games.
Nowadays he writes music for the Guitar Freaks and drummania series almost exclusively (he wrote a song with Des-ROW for beatmania IIDX, and he wrote a song in Keyboard Mania), and is the head sound composer of the series.
His debut solo album, "HEAVEN INSIDE", to be released in December, 2006.
The following below is a list of songs he has composed;
[edit] beatmania IIDX
[edit] beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY
- double thrash (co-produced with Des-ROW)
[edit] Guitar Freaks / drummania
[edit] Guitar Freaks
- Chicago Blue
- Cool Joe
- FIRE
- Happy Man
- L.A.RIDER
- LUCKY?STAFF
- SHAKE IT UP
- THE ENDLESS SUMMER
[edit] Guitar Freaks 2ndMIX / 2ndMIX Link Ver.
- ECLIPSE
- Go Go Again (vocals by Fu Fu's)
- Jet World
- King G (vocals by Dennis Gunn)
- MAGIC MUSIC MAGIC (vocals by Melodie Sexton)
- Mr. MACHINE (arrangement of his own song of the same name)
- PRIMAL SOUL
- THE ADVENTURES (arrangement of his own song of the same name)
- WANNA BE YOUR BOY (vocals by Dennis Gunn)
[edit] Guitar Freaks 3rdMIX / drummania 2ndMIX
- A HAND TO HOLD (vocals by Angel O'Brien and Bill Germain)
- DOUBLE ORBIT (arrangement of his own song, "WATER WATER")
- LOUD!
- NANQUEEN
- Way to Go (vocals by Angel O'Brien and Bill Germain)
[edit] Guitar Freaks 4thMIX / drummania 3rdMIX
- Carnival Day (vocals by Paula Terry and Fu Fu's)
- Day dream
- Fly high (vocals by Bill Germain)
- Right on Time (vocals by Robbie Danzie)
[edit] Guitar Freaks 5thMIX / drummania 4thMIX
- MAGICAL JET TOUR (vocals by Shibita Taeko and the AM SOUND STAFF)
- Tiger, too (vocals by Stephen McKnight)
[edit] Guitar Freaks 6thMIX / drummania 5thMIX
- BALALAIKA, CARRIED WITH THE WIND (vocals by Julie Frost)
- MIDNIGHT SUN
- MISS YOU (Japanese version of Right On Time; vocals by Kunitake Miyuki)
- Riff Riff Paradise (melting pot of many other previous songs of his)
- STOP THIS TRAIN (vocals by Thomas Howard Lichtenstein)
[edit] Guitar Freaks 7thMIX / drummania 6thMIX
- Destiny Lovers (vocals by Kunitake Miyuki)
- MODEL DD2 (sequel to Day dream)
- Riff Riff Orbit (yet another melting pot of older songs)
- O-JIYA (vocals by ASMAT and emi)
[edit] Guitar Freaks 8thMIX / drummania 7thMIX plus powered-up ver.
- 美麗的家郷 (vocals by 劉 鋒)
- スタアの恋人 (vocals by Kunitake Miyuki)
- HEAVEN INSIDE (vocals by Stephen McKnight)
- MODEL DD3
- ROOPA (vocals by ASMAT and emi)
[edit] Guitar Freaks 9thMIX / drummania 8thMIX
- 涙のregret (vocals by Kunitake Miyuki)
- CRIES IN THE WILDERNESS
- MODEL DD4 (arrangement of his own song, "HIGHWAY")
- TIERRA BUENA (vocals by Wilma de Oliveira)
- USED TO ROCK'N'ROLL (vocals by Brad Holmes)
[edit] Guitar Freaks 10thMIX / drummania 9thMIX
- 水晶 ～瞳の中の未来～ {vocals by くにたけみゆき(Kunitake Miyuki)}
- Honolulu Loco Boy {vocals by アグネスキムラ(Agnes Kimura)}
- MODEL DD5
- RISE
[edit] Guitar Freaks 11thMIX / drummania 10thMix
- LET ME BELIEVE (arrangement of MAGIC MUSIC MAGIC; vocals by Brenda Faye Vaughn)
- MODEL DD6 (arrangement of his own song, "火の鳥" )
- My Friend (vocals by Kunitake Miyuki)
- SUNRISE STREET
- YARA TUM KAHAN? (vocals by ASMAT and emi and Noa)
[edit] Guitar Freaks V / drummania V
- タラッタダンス (vocals by 森野くま子 and 牧場野牛男)
- 三度笠ポン太は今日も行く (vocals by 荒牧陽子)
- AFTER A HARD DAY (vocals by Brad Holmes)
- Balance (vocals by Kunitake Miyuki)
- Fairy Tales
- NO MORE CRYING (vocals by Brenda Faye Vaughn)
[edit] Guitar Freaks V2 / drummania V2
- 風に吹かれて三度笠ポン太
- Be Proud (vocals by Kunitake Miyuki)
- Burnt (vocals by Brad Holmes)
- Magic Words?
- MODEL DD7
[edit] Guitar Freaks V3 / DrumMania V3
- wish (vocals by mira)
- MODEL FT2
- Rock Star (vocals by Anna Vieste)
[edit] KEYBOARD MANIA
[edit] Keyboard Mania 3rdMIX
- Mr. Moon (vocals by Julie Frost)
