Yoshitaka Hirota

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Yoshitaka Hirota (弘田 佳孝 Hirota Yoshitaka?, born 1 September 1971) is a Japanese video game music composer and Bass Guitarist. His most notable works include the soundtracks to the Shadow Hearts series of video games (Shadow Hearts, Shadow Hearts II and Shadow Hearts: From The New World) for the Sony Playstation 2. Hirota's Shadow Hearts music is notable for its fusion of cultural music with Hirota's personal Industrial style.

Hirota was previously a sound effects programmer having worked on various Squaresoft titles. His first work as a video game composer was for the Nintendo 64 game Bomberman 64: The Second Attack.

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[edit] Frequent Collaborators

Hirota has a friendship from childhood with fellow composer Yasunori Mitsuda who he has worked with on Bomberman 64: The Second Attack, Biohazard 2 Drama Albums, Shadow Hearts and Shadow Hearts II.

Kyoko Kishikawa has worked with Hirota on Shadow Hearts, Shadow Hearts II (although not Shadow Hearts: From the New World) and Rogue Galaxy Premium Arrange providing eerie female scat vocals for a number of his tracks.

Ryo Fukuda has been the sound manipulator for Hirota on the Shadow Hearts games as well as composing and arranging a few tracks for all three games. He also co-composed with Hirota on Sonic Shuffle.

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[edit] Video Game Music Composer Credits

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