Michiru Yamane
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| Michiru Yamane | |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
September 23, 1963 Kagawa Prefecture, Japan[1] |
| Genres | Soundtrack, Instrumental, Classical |
| Occupations | Composer, Musician |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 1987–present |
Michiru Yamane (山根 ミチル Yamane Michiru, born 1963) is a Japanese video game composer and musician. She is known primarily for her work on the Castlevania series and other Konami games, including Suikoden. Her debut project was Nemesis 3. She left Konami in 2008 and became an independent music composer.
Concerts
Michiru Yamane performed her music from the Castlevania series live on cembalo and - as a surprise act - on pipe organ at the Symphonic Game Music Concert series in Leipzig, Germany in 2006 and 2007.[2]
She performed her music at "Castlevania - The Concert" in Stockholm, Sweden. February 19, 2010. When she first entered the stage she got an instant standing ovation from the audience.[3]
Discography
- 1987
- Nemesis 3: The Eve of Destruction (with Motoaki Furukawa, Kazuhiko Uehara, Yukie Morimoto, and Masahiro Ikariko)
- 1988
- King's Valley II (with Kazuhiko Uehara, Masahiro Ikariko, Kinuyo Yamashita, and Motoaki Furukawa)[4]
- 1989
- Ganbare Goemon 2
- Motocross Maniacs (with Tsuyoshi Sekito)
- Space Manbow (with Tsuyoshi Sekito and Yuji Takenouchi)
- 1990
- Ganbare Goemon Gaiden: Kieta Ogon Kiseru (with Tsutomu Ogura, Harumi Ueko, and Satoko Minami)
- Nemesis (with Shinya Sakamoto, Yuji Takenouchi, and Tomoya Tomita)
- SD Snatcher (with Masahiro Ikariko, Mutsuhiko Izumi, Motoaki Furukawa, Yuji Takenouchi, Harumi Ueko, Yuko Kurahashi, Tomoya Tomita, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Kazuhiko Uehara)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan
- Lightning Fighters (with Kenichi Matsubara)
- 1991
- Detana!! TwinBee (with Hidenori Maezawa and Masae Nakashima)
- Vendetta
- 1992
- Astérix (with Mutsuhiko Izumi, Junya Nakano, Mariko Egawa, and Akiko Hashimoto)
- Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
- 1993
- Pop'n TwinBee (with Kazuhiko Uehara, Masahiro Ikariko, Tomoya Tomita, Nobuyuki Akena, Masae Nakashima, Saiko Miki, Harumi Ueko, and Yukie Morimoto)
- Rocket Knight Adventures (with Masanori Oouchi, Aki Hata, and Masanori Adachi)[5]
- 1994
- Castlevania: Bloodlines
- Contra: Hard Corps (with Akira Souji, Akira Yamaoka, and Hirofumi Taniguchi)
- Sparkster (with Kazuhiko Uehara, Masahiro Ikariko, Minako Matsuhira, and Akira Yamaoka)
- Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2 (with Akira Yamaoka)
- 1996
- Ganbare Goemon: Uchū Kaizoku Akogingu (with Akira Yamaoka, Takayuki Fujii, Motoaki Furukawa, Tappi Iwase, Latino, Hiroshi Tamawari, and Shoichiro Hirata)
- 1997
- 1999
- Gungage (with Sota Fujimori)
- 2000
- Elder Gate (with Sota Fujimori and Hidenori Onishi)
- 2001
- Pro Evolution Soccer (with Norikazu Miura)
- 2002
- DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution (with Atsushi Sato, Sota Fujimori, and Masafumi Sekiguchi)
- Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance ("boss rush" mode track and Vampire Killer 2002 remix only)
- Suikoden III (with Takashi Yoshida and Masahiko Kimura)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2 (with Sota Fujimori)
- Dance Dance Revolution MAX 2 ("Forever Sunshine", with vocalist Chel Y.)
- 2003
- Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (with Takashi Yoshida and Soshiro Hokkai)
- Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
- 2004
- Suikoden IV (with Masahiko Kimura and Norikazu Miura)
- Rumble Roses ("The Thorn of Justice")
- 2005
- The Sword of Etheria
- Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (with Masahiko Kimura)
- Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
- 2006
- Elebits (with Naoyuki Sato)
- Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (with Yuzo Koshiro)
- 2007
- beatmania IIDX 14: Gold ("Kamiro Una Mendesu")
- pop'n music 15 Adventure ("Akumajo Dracula Medley ~Hybrid Version~)
- 2008
- Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (with Yasuhiro Ichihashi)
- Otomedius G (with many others)
- Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero (with Naoyuki Sato)
- 2010
- Mushihimesama Bug Panic (with Mica Nozawa, Daisuke Matsumoto, and Takeshi Miyamoto)
- 2011
- Otomedius Excellent (with many others)
- 2012
- Skullgirls (with Vincent Diamante, Blaine McGurty, and Brenton Kossak)
References
- ↑ Michiru Yamane's Profile at Castlevania: The Concert Retrieved on 10 December 2009.
- ↑ Symphonic Game Music Concerts, The Concert Programs
- ↑ Castlevania: The Concert's Profile at Last.fm Retrieved on 10 December 2009.
- ↑ http://www.gamemusic.net/interview.php?id=482
- ↑ VGMuseum: Rocket Knight Adventures credits. Retrieved on 26 October 2008.
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