Kōji Kondō
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Kōji Kondō ( Japanese 近藤 浩 治 , Kondō Kōji ; born August 13, 1961 in Nagoya ) is a Japanese composer . He is known for his work on many video games company Nintendo . Kondō headed the sound group consisting of composers, sound artists and programmers of Nintendo's development department Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development , since September 2015 Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development .
biography
At the age of 5, Kondō began using his electric home organ for his first musical experiments. After graduating from high school, he studied at the Osaka Art School in Kanan . He studied more the arts and spent a long time painting, as well as writing and remixing pieces of music. He learned the cello and the piano and no other instruments. In the early 1980s, while he was at the university, Nintendo was also looking for staff among the students there. Kondō took this opportunity and applied.
Works
Kondo's first project was the arcade game golf. In the beginning of the console age, the possibilities of realizing large arrangements were not available and so Kondō had to limit himself to the stubborn programming of computers. Over the years the consoles have been equipped with better and better equipment, the performance of the sound chips has increased proportionally with that of the visual processing chips. Kondō was able to make the music more and more realistic and in greater abundance, so he began with the simple Super Mario Bros. , with simple structures, through more complex samples in Super Mario Bros. 3 , then with stereo on the SNES , more complex and realistic on the N64 , finally on the Nintendo GameCube with samples in CD quality and on the Wii for Super Mario Galaxy with orchestral recordings.
He listens to a lot of jazz and Latin music himself, but can be influenced in many ways. For the NES he produced music for soccer , kung fu , family BASIC , Nazo no Murasamejō and ice hockey . Kondō's most famous works are the soundtracks for The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario titles, some themes have been around since the mid-80s and have been expanded and revised again and again, despite their age, and are highly valued by fans. Together with Shigeru Miyamoto, he is one of the most famous employees at Nintendo.
He composed the music or helped the composer with the following games:
| year | title | role | Employee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Punch out !! | Composition / sound effects | |
| 1984 | golf | Composition / sound effects | |
| Family BASIC | Sound programming | ||
| Devil World | Composition / sound effects | Akito Nakatsuka | |
| 1985 | Soccer | Composition / sound effects | |
| Arm wrestling | Composition / sound effects | ||
| Kung fu | Sound effects | ||
| Super mario bros. | Composition / sound effects | ||
| 1986 | The Legend of Zelda | Composition / sound effects | |
| Nazo no Murasamejō | Composition / sound effects | ||
| Super Mario Bros .: The Lost Levels | Composition / sound effects | ||
| volleyball | Composition / sound effects | ||
| 1987 | Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic | Composition / sound effects | |
| Shin Onigashima | composition | ||
| 1988 | Super Mario Bros. 2 | Composition / sound effects | |
| Super Mario Bros. 3 | Composition / sound effects | ||
| 1990 | Super Mario World | Composition / arrangement | |
| Pilot wings | Sound programming / composition
("Helicopter Theme") |
Soyo Oka | |
| 1991 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | Composition / arrangement | |
| 1993 | Star Fox | Sound effects | |
| Super Mario All-Stars | Sound supervisor | ||
| 1995 | Yoshi's Island | Composition / arrangement | |
| 1996 | Super mario 64 | Composition / arrangement | |
| 1997 | Star Fox 64 | Composition / arrangement | Hajime Wakai |
| 1998 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | Composition / arrangement | |
| Mario party | Sound support | Taro Bando and Yoji Inagaki | |
| 1999 | Mario Golf | supervisor | Kenji Miki, Shigeru Miyamoto , Takashi Tezuka , Haruki Kodera, and Toru Takamatsu |
| Mario Party 2 | Sound support | ||
| 2000 | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | Composition / arrangement | Toru Minegishi |
| Mario tennis | supervisor | Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka | |
| Mario Party 3 | Sound support | ||
| 2001 | Mobile golf | supervisor | Kenji Miki, Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, and Kenji Yamamoto |
| Mario Kart Super Circuit | supervisor | Hiroyuki Kimura , Tadashi Sugiyama, Hideki Konno , and Takashi Tezuka | |
| 2002 | Super Mario Sunshine | Composition / arrangement | Shinobu Tanaka |
| Mario Party 4 | Sound support | ||
| The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past & Four Swords | Sound support | ||
| The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker | Composition / arrangement | Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, and Toru Minegishi | |
| 2003 | Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour | Sound support | |
| Mario Party 5 | Sound support | ||
| Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga | Sound support | ||
| Donkey Konga | Sound support | Toru Minegishi | |
| 2004 | The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures | composition | Asuka Ohta |
| Mario vs. Donkey Kong | Consultant | Tadashi Sugiyama and Shinya Takahashi | |
| Mario Power Tennis | Sound support | ||
| The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap | Sound advisor | ||
| Mario Party 6 | Sound support | ||
| Yoshi's Universal Gravitation | Sound support | ||
| 2005 | Mario Party Advance | Sound support | |
| Mario Superstar Baseball | Sound support | Taro bando | |
| Mario Tennis: Power Tour | Sound support | ||
| Mario Party 7 | Sound support | ||
| Mario & Luigi: Together through time | Sound support | ||
| 2006 | New Super Mario Bros. | Sound director | |
| Mario Hoops 3-on-3 | Sound supervisor | Taro bando | |
| Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis | Sound supervisor | ||
| The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | Sound supervisor | ||
| Wii Sports | Sound advisor | ||
| Wii Play | Sound advisor | ||
| 2007 | Mario Party 8 | Sound support | |
| Donkey Kong Jungle Climber | Sound supervisor | ||
| Super Mario Galaxy | composition | Mahito Yokota | |
| Mario and Sonic at the Olympics | Sound supervisor | Taro bando | |
| Mario Party DS | Sound support | Keita Hoshi, Shohei Bando, and Shiho Yonemoto | |
| 2008 | Super Smash Bros. Brawl | arrangement | Various others |
| Wii Music | Sound support | Yoji Inagaki | |
| Mario Super Sluggers | Sound support | Taro Bando, Akito Nakatsuka, and Tomokazu Abe | |
| 2009 | Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story | Sound support | |
| Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! | Music supervisor | ||
| Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | Sound supervisor | Taro bando | |
| New Super Mario Bros. Wii | Sound advisor | ||
| The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks | Sound supervisor | ||
| 2010 | Super Mario Galaxy 2 | composition | Mahito Yokota and Ryo Nagamatsu |
| Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini Land Mayhem! | Music supervisor | ||
| Mario Sports Mix | Sound supervisor | ||
| 2011 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D | Music supervisor | |
| Star Fox 64 3D | Composition (reused) | Hajime Wakai and Satomi Terui | |
| The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition | Sound supervisor | Yoji Inagaki | |
| Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games | Sound supervisor | Taro bando | |
| The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | composition
("Prologue") |
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| Fortune Street | Sound supervisor | ||
| 2012 | Mario Party 9 | Sound supervisor | |
| Mario Tennis Open | Sound supervisor | ||
| New Super Mario Bros. 2 | Sound advisor | Yoji Inagaki | |
| New Super Mario Bros. U | Sound advisor | ||
| Paper Mario: Sticker Star | Sound advisor | ||
| 2013 | Luigi's Mansion 2 | Sound supervisor | Kazumi Totaka and Yoji Inagaki |
| Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move | Music supervisor | ||
| New Super Luigi U | Sound supervisor | ||
| Mario & Luigi: Dream Team | Sound supervisor | ||
| The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD | Composition (reused) | Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, and Toru Minegishi | |
| Wii Party U | Music supervisor | ||
| Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games | Sound supervisor | ||
| Super Mario 3D World | composition | Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi, and Yasuaki Iwata | |
| Mario Party: Island Tour | Sound supervisor | ||
| 2014 | Mario Golf: World Tour | Sound supervisor | |
| Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U | Supervisor / arrangement | Various others | |
| 2015 | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D | Sound supervisor | Yoji Inagaki |
| Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars | Music supervisor | ||
| Mario Party 10 | Sound supervisor | ||
| Super Mario Maker | Composition / arrangement | Naoto Kubo and Asuka Hayazaki | |
| Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash | Music supervisor | Mahito Yokota | |
| Mini Mario & Friends: Amiibo Challenge | Music supervisor | Various others | |
| Star Fox Zero | Sound supervisor | Hajime Wakai | |
| Star Fox Guard | Sound supervisor | Hajime Wakai | |
| Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games | Sound supervisor | Ryoji Yoshitomi | |
| Mario Party: Star Rush | Sound supervisor | Ryoji Yoshitomi and Taro Bando | |
| Paper Mario: Color Splash | Sound supervisor | ||
| The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD | Sound supervisor | ||
| Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros. | Sound supervisor | ||
| 2017 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | music | Various others |
| Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle | Sound supervisor | ||
| Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions | Sound supervisor | ||
| Super Mario Odyssey | composition | Shiho Fujii and Naoto Kubo | |
| Mario Party: The Top 100 | Sound supervisor | Ryoji Yoshitomi and Taro Bando | |
| 2019 | Mario Maker 2 | Sound director |
Web links
- Kōji Kondō at MobyGames (English)
- Kōji Kondō on MusicBrainz (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Video Games Daily | Nintendo Interview: Koji Kondo, May 2007 . Archive.videogamesdaily.com. May 10, 2007. Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Retrieved on August 17, 2013.
- ^ Iwata Asks . Iwataasks.nintendo.com. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
- ↑ Soyo Oka Interview: The Comeback of Super Mario Kart's Composer . Video Game Music Online. March 28, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2015.
- ↑ Jose Otero: A Music Trivia Tour with Nintendo's Koji Kondo . IGN. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kondō, Kōji |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 近藤 浩 治 (Japanese); Kondo, koji |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nagoya |