Ryō Nagamatsu
Ryō Nagamatsu ( Japanese 永 松 亮 , Nagamatsu Ryō ; born October 25, 1982 ) is a Japanese composer of video game music . He currently works for the Japanese video game manufacturer Nintendo .
Act
Ryō Nagamatsu was born in 1982 and was interested in video game music as a child. He originally wanted to be a composer for film music.
Nagamatsu was employed by the Japanese video game company Nintendo in 2006 immediately after completing his studies . He was assigned to the Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development department; he first composed pieces for the 2006 published Wii Play . In the next few years he was (partly) responsible for the soundtracks of very successful games such as Mario Kart Wii and Wii Sports Resort . In 2009 he composed the pieces for New Super Mario Bros. Wii with Shiho Fujii ; then he worked with Kōji Kondō and Mahito Yokota on the soundtrack for Super Mario Galaxy 2 , for which Nagamatsu also wrote orchestral pieces. Next, Nagamatsu made the Nintendo Land soundtrack . He then made his debut as the sole composer of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds in 2013 as a composer for the The Legend of Zelda series.
Works
- Wii Play ( Wii , 2006) - composer (with Shinobu Tanaka)
- Big Brain Academy : Wii Degree (Wii, 2007) - composer
- Mario Kart Wii (Wii, 2008) - composer (with Asuka Ōta)
- Wii Sports Resort (Wii, 2009) - composer
- New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii, 2009) - composer (with Shiho Fujii)
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii, 2010) - composer (with Kōji Kondō and Mahito Yokota)
- Nintendo Land ( Wii U , 2012) - composer
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds ( Nintendo 3DS , 2013) - composer
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / for Wii U ( Nintendo 3DS and Wii U , 2014) - Composer (with others)
- Mario Kart 8 ( Wii U , 2014) - composer (with Shiho Fujii, Atsuko Asahi, Yasuaki Iwata)
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening ( Nintendo Switch , 2019) - composer
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-Super-Mario-All-Stars/Vol-1-Super-Mario-History-Soundtrack-CD/2-Listening-Over -and-Over / 2-Listening-Over-and-Over-219867.html
- ↑ Find out how the music for The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening was created - the composer Ryo Nagamatsu will answer your questions! Accessed October 7, 2019 (German).
Web links
- Biography at squareenixmusic.com (English)
- Nagamatsu at VGMdb.net (English)
- Ryō Nagamatsu in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Nagamatsu at MobyGames (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Nagamatsu, ryo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 永 松 亮 (Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese composer of video game music |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1982 |