Kōji Kondō

...the same name as its musician . The Video Games Live concert featured the theme performed by Koji Kondo. In an article about Koji Kondo, Wired.com editor Chris Kohler described the theme as one of the most famous in the world, and that it...

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...released in December 2001; her fellow composers were Totaka, Toru Minegishi, and Kenta Nagata. In 2002, Tanaka assisted Koji Kondo in creating the music for the 2002 title Super Mario Sunshine. Some pieces from the game were...

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...since 1984. He is best known for scoring numerous titles in the ''Mario '' and ''The Legend of Zelda'' series. Born in Nagoya, Japan, Koji Kondo began taking lessons in the electronic organ from the age of five. He improved his skills in the...

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Published: 1:00PM BST 03 Sep 2009 Iconic: The music for the Halo series is the benchmark for video game scores Super Mario Galaxy: Koji Kondo's bubbly, catchy theme has reflected the tone of the portly plumber's adventures perfectly

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...to create sci-fi sounds. The song was approved by Yoshiaki Koizumi, the game's designer, but when he presented it to Koji Kondo, he told him that his song was no good. Three months later, Yokota presented three different styles of...

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...the Osaka College of Music in Osaka, Japan, majoring in Composition . During her time as a student, she began studying the music of Koji Kondo, and started composing music for video games, feeling that composing video game music would be...

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...he's definitely not the first person you should think of when you think of NES music. The first person anyone should think of is Koji Kondo, Nintendo's original maestro. Then there is a certain Mr. Follin and I could go on but I won't…

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...came out there was a second CD that came with it. It has a jazz quartet that had redone a bunch of Mario songs re-written by Koji Kondo and they are amazing. Smashing Live is another great CD, I cant get enough of the fully orchestrated...

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...industry has brought to light some truly amazing composers that might not have gotten that big break otherwise. Icons like Koji Kondo and Nobuo Uematsu have left an indelible mark on popular culture and are still going strong today.

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...utilizing Latin instruments with electronics to create a sort tropical-space feel. But despite Yokota's confidence in the concept, Koji Kondo, original Mario series composer and musical advisor for Super Mario Galaxy, struck it down rather...

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