Yūzō Koshiro

Yūzō Koshiro () is a famous type-setter Japan board of musics of Video games.

Biography

Born with Hino, Tokyo (Japan) the December 12th 1967 of a father artist and a mother professor of Piano, it follows as of its three years a formation of piano and also then of Violon and Violoncelle. As of the 8 years age, it takes courses of piano with the mother of a friend of the famous type-setter Joe Hisaishi, who will remain for him source of admiration.

In 1985, whereas it at the base would have wished to be a programmer, it answers an advertisement and is engaged by Falcom, as type-setter. It starts by composing the music of the version PC-88 of Ys . Assisted by Kawashima, Hitoshi Ariga, Mieko Ishikawa and Hideya Nagata, it carries out the soundtracks of Xanadu Scenario II , Dragon Slayer IV , Sorcerian , Ys II and Romancia .

It leaves then Falcom and assembles in 1990 (with his/her mother) its own company of video game, Ancient Corp., for which it will compose in particular the musics of the Legend of Thor on MegaDrive.

Although already famous type-setter (it is one of only whose name is regularly on the page of presentation of the plays on which it works, right under the title), it obtains the dedication in 1999 with the original soundtrack of Shenmue on Dreamcast, realized in collaboration with other type-setters.

He is also very known for his compositions of style Techno on the trilogy Streets off Rage on MegaDrive, which belong to the musics most appreciated in the world of the video game, without off forgetting its work on The Revenge Shinobi , also on MegaDrive.

Its most recent compositions include mainly the original soundtracks of the plays of arcade Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune , of style Trance.

Yūzō Koshiro also composed the topic of the new television channel Nolife.

Video games

Xanadu Scenario II (PC-88, PC-98)
Ys (PC-88, PC-98)
Ys II (PC-88, PC-98)
Romancia (PC-88)
Legacy off the Wizard / Dragon Slayer IV (Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom)
Sorcerian (PC-88, PC-98)
Algarna (Sharp X1)
Bosconian (Sharp X68000)
The Design (PC-88)
Misty Blue (PC-88)
Ace Down (Arcade)
The Stickman is Back (Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis) - new
The Revenge off Shinobi / The Super Shinobi (Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis)
Thrice (Slice) (Sharp X68000)
Streets off Rage / Bare Knuckle (Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis)
Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega Range GEAR, Sega Master System)
ActRaiser (Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom)
ActRaiser 2 (Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom)
Super Adventure Island (Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom)
Streets off Rage 2 / Bare Knuckle II (Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis) - with Motohiro Kawashima
Slap Fight (Sega Mega Drive) - Japan only
Miracle Casino Paradise (Super Famicom) - Japan only
Shinobi / The GG Shinobi (Sega Range GEAR)
Shinobi II - The Silent Fury / The GG Shinobi II (Sega Range GEAR)
Batman Returns (Sega Range GEAR, Sega Master System)
Streets off Rage 3 / Bare Knuckle III (Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis) - with Motohiro Kawashima
the Legend of Thor / The Story off Thor / Beyond Oasis (Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis)
Eye off the Beholder (Sega Mega CD/Sega CD)
Zork I (Sega Saturn/Sony PlayStation)
The Story off Thor 2 / The Legend off Oasis (Sega Saturn)
Vatlva (Sega Saturn)
Culdcept (Sega Saturn) - with Takeshi Yanagawa
Shenmue (Sega Dreamcast) - with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Takeshi Yanagawa, Osamu Murata and Ryuji Iuchi
Wangan Midnight (Arcade, Sony PlayStation 2)
Because Battler Joe (Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
Maximum Wangan Midnight Tune (Arcade)
Amazing Island (Nintendo GameCube)
Maximum Wangan Midnight Tune 2 (Arcade)
Namco × Capcom (Sony PlayStation 2)
Dance hall Training course max (EURO)/ Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 (the USA)/ Dance Dance Revolution STR! KE (JAP) (Sony PlayStation 2) - for the song " You Gotta Move It", sung by Julie Rugaard
Castlevania - Portrait off Ruin / Akumajō Dracula - Gallery off Labyrinth (Nintendo DS) - with Michiru Yamane
Etrian Odyssey (Nintendo DS)
Maximum Wangan Midnight Tune 3 (Arcade)
Lost Regnum (Portable Sony PlayStation)
Super Bros Smash. Brawl (Nintendo Wii) - with several other type-setters

Yuzo Koshiro also took part in other projects such as Merregnon Soundtrack - Volume 2 , Ten Plants , Street Fighter Tribute Album (for a remix of the training course of Mr. Bison), FM Sound Module Maniax , as well as arrangements for the original soundtrack of Pink Sweets .

Discography

The Design (December 21st, 1989, Esparto Records, 25A2-8)
The Super Shinobi & Works (December 25th, 1989, Alpha Records, 25A2-53)
ActRaiser OST (January 25th, 1991, Esparto Records, ALCA-105)
Misty Blue (April 21st, 1991, Esparto Records, ALCA-123)
Bare Knuckle (Streets off Rage) OST (September 21st, 1991, Esparto Records, ALCA-181)
ActRaiser Symphonic Continuation (September 21st, 1991, Alpha Records, ALCA-182, with Japan Shinsei Symphony Orchestrated)
Super Adventure Island (January 21st, 1992, Alfa Records, ALCA-242)
Yuzo Koshiro Early Collection (July 21st, 1992, Esparto Records, ALCA-328)
Bare Knuckle II (Streets off Rage 2) OST (January 21st, 1993, Esparto Records, ALCA-443, with Motohiro Kawashima)
Bare Knuckle III (Streets off Rage 3) OST (August 24th, 1994, Esparto Records, ALCA-5006, with Motohiro Kawashima)
Yuzo Koshiro Early Collection 2nd (August 1st, 1998, Ancient, PRD-688)
Culdcept OST (January 21st, 1998, First Spalls, FSCA-10028, with Takeshi Yanagawa)
Streets off Rage 2 OST (February 1st, 2000, Mars Colony Music, MCM-10106-2, with Motohiro Kawashima, republication)
Legend 80 ' S " The Soundtrack" Design; (August 21st, 2002, Scitron, SCDC-00199, remasterized with new pieces)
Wangan Midnight OST (September 4th, 2002, Scitron, SCDC-00188)
Maximum Wangan Midnight Tune 2 OST (April 6th, 2005, King Records, KICA-1361/1362)
Capture Chronicle Series " Profit Ground & Down" Ace; (March 24th, 2006, Scitron, SDDV-00031/32)
Maximum Wangan Midnight Tune 3 OST (September 27th, 2007, Marvelous Entertainment, MJCD-20102)

Contributions in:

All Over Xanadu (July 5th, 1987, Apollo Music Industrial Corp., BY30-5170)
Romancia Sound Fantasy (November 21st, 1987, Apollo Music Industrial Corp., BY30-5176)
Perfect Collection Ys (August 5th, 1990, King Records, KICA-1012/1013)
Perfect Collection Ys 2 (September 5th, 1990, King Records, KICA-1014/1015)
Perfect Collection Sorcerian vol. 2 (September 21st, 1991, King Records, KICA-1037/1038)
Perfect Collection Sorcerian vol. 3 (November 21st, 1991, King Records, KICA-1039/1040)
Great Wall (August 16th, 1993, Troubadour Records, TTRC-0002)
Perfect Collection Ys IV - The Dawn off Ys Volume 1 (February 23rd, 1994, King Records, KICA-1139)
Little Princess Puppet Princess off Marl' S Kingdom 2 OST (March 8th, 2000, Toshiba EMI/Future Land, TYCY-10031)
Shenmue Chapter 1 - Yokosuka OST (March 23rd, 2000, Future Land, TYCY-10034/10035)
Street Fighter Tribute Album (December 17th, 2003, Suleputer, CPCA-1083)
Merregnon Soundtrack - Volume 2 (May 19th, 2004, Totentanz (Soulfood Music), EARLY 23009)
Merregnon Soundtrack - Volume 2 (January 19th, 2005, Dex Entertainment, DECX-0018, republication)
Namco X Capcom OST (August 23rd, 2005, Suleputer, CPCA-10118)
Dance Dance Revolution Festival & Strike Original Soundtrack (February 15th, 2006, Toshiba EMI, TOCP-64291/64292)

Bonds

Official site of Ancient Corp. (Japanese)

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