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| Koji Kondo
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| Born
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August 13, 1960
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| Occupation at Nintendo
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Music composer
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Koji Kondo (近藤 浩治, born August 13, 1960) is among the most prominent composers of music for Nintendo. As a close friend of Shigeru Miyamoto, most of the games he has composed for are Miyamoto's creations. He is most famous for his works on the Mario and The Legend of Zelda series. The overworld themes of Super Mario Bros. and Super Mario World were his doing, among many other tunes. He sometimes appears at Nintendo Events, like E3, alongside Shigeru Miyamoto. Below is a list of Mario games he has composed for so far:
Games Composed[edit]
- Super Mario Bros., 1985
- Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, 1986
- Super Mario Bros. 2, 1988
- Super Mario Bros. 3, 1988
- Super Mario World, 1990
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, 1995
- Super Mario 64, 1996
- Super Mario Sunshine (with Shinobu Tanaka), 2002
- New Super Mario Bros. (with Asuka Ōta and Hajime Wakai), 2006
- Super Mario Galaxy (with Mahito Yokota), 2007
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 (with Mahito Yokota and Ryo Nagamatsu), 2010
- Super Mario 3D World (with Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi, and Yasuaki Iwata), 2013[1]
- Super Mario Maker (with Naoto Kubo and Asuka Hayazaki), 2015
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (with Shiho Fujii, Atsuko Asahi, Ryo Nagamatsu, Yasuaki Iwata, Asuka Hayazaki, Toru Minegishi and Kazumi Totaka), 2017
One of his most famous tunes is the Super Mario Bros. "Ground Theme", which was in the Billboard ringtone charts for 125 weeks, and was performed in concerts by live orchestras.[2]
Song Credits[edit]
- Ground BGM — Composition & Arrangement
- Underground BGM — Composition & Arrangement
- Underwater BGM — Composition & Arrangement
- Castle BGM — Composition & Arrangement
- Hurry Up! — Composition & Arrangement
- Level Clear — Composition & Arrangement
- World Clear — Composition & Arrangement
- Ending — Composition & Arrangement
- Game Over — Composition & Arrangement
- Game Over (Alternate) — Composition & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]
- Title Theme — Composition & Arrangement
- Peach's Message — Composition & Arrangement
- Opening — Composition & Arrangement
- Super Mario 64 Main Theme — Composition & Arrangement
- Slider — Composition & Arrangement
- Inside the Castle Walls — Composition & Arrangement
- Looping Steps — Composition & Arrangement
- Dire, Dire Docks — Composition & Arrangement
- Lethal Lava Land — Composition & Arrangement
- Snow Mountain — Composition & Arrangement
- Haunted House — Composition & Arrangement
- Merry-Go-Round — Composition & Arrangement
- Cave Dungeon — Composition & Arrangement
- Piranha Plant's Lullaby — Composition & Arrangement
- Powerful Mario — Composition & Arrangement
- Metallic Mario — Composition & Arrangement
- File Select — Composition & Arrangement
- Correct Solution — Composition & Arrangement
- Toad's Message — Composition & Arrangement
- Power Star — Composition & Arrangement
- Race Fanfare — Composition & Arrangement
- Star Catch Fanfare — Composition & Arrangement
- Game Start — Composition & Arrangement
- Course Clear — Composition & Arrangement
- Game Over — Composition & Arrangement
- Stage Boss — Composition & Arrangement
- Koopa's Message — Composition & Arrangement
- Koopa's Road — Composition & Arrangement
- Koopa's Theme — Composition & Arrangement
- Koopa Clear — Composition & Arrangement
- Ultimate Koopa — Composition & Arrangement
- Ultimate Koopa Clear — Composition & Arrangement
- Ending Demo — Composition & Arrangement
- Staff Roll — Composition & Arrangement
- Main Theme / Overworld BGM — Composition & Arrangement
- Fighting BGM 1 / Snow Overworld BGM [Mario & Luigi] — Composition & Arrangement
- Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) — Composition & Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. Medley — Composition & Arrangement
Gallery[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.destructoid.com/super-mario-3d-world-composers-talks-cats-dogs-and-more-264473.phtml
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2010/sep/13/games-gameculture
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