Shinji Hosoe
| Shinji Hosoe | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Instruments | 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)
- 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
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
- Persona 3 Portable Voice Mix Arrange – With Nobuyushi Sano. An arrange CD containing remixed instrumental track and dialogue clips from the game.
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.
- ↑ "Oriental Magnetic Yellow". VGMdb.net. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
External links
- Official English website
- Megahan's Hell – Shinji Hosoe's blog (Japanese only)
- Super Sweep Records site (Japanese only)
- Shinji Hosoe at the Internet Movie Database