Yūzō Koshiro

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Yūzō Koshiro ( Japanese 古代 祐 三 , Koshiro Yūzō ; born December 12, 1967 in Hino ) is a Japanese composer for video game music. His compositions include music for parts 1 and 2 of the role-playing game series Ys (1987), for The Revenge of Shinobi (1989) and the soundtrack for Shenmue (1999). He was one of the first to sell the soundtracks of their video game compositions, and the music from a video game was recorded with an orchestra for the first time with an orchestral version of ActRaiser that was independent of the game .

In August 2004, a medley for ActRaiser arranged by Koshiro could be heard at the second symphonic game music concert at the opening of the Games Convention in Leipzig . Another piece from ActRaiser was performed at the first chamber music game concert in Leipzig in 2005 . At the fourth game music concert in Leipzig in 2006, music from Revenge of Shinobi was part of the program, for the fifth game music concert he arranged a medley from New Super Mario Bros. Yuzo Koshiro was in Leipzig in 2004 and 2007 and gave his fans autographs. He has also written music for the Merregnon project. As part of the Play! A Video Game Symphony series, a Koshiro-arranged piece about Sonic will be performed at various events around the world.

Works (selection)

Discography (selection)

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

Posts in:

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

Web links

credentials

  1. ^ Leipziger Messe GMBH: Program for the opening of the Games Convention . 2004.
  2. ↑ PLAY !: Yuzo Koshiro is joining PLAY! ( Memento from June 23, 2006 in the Internet Archive ). March 2, 2006.
personal data
SURNAME Koshiro, Yūzō
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 古代 祐 三 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese video game composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Hino