Minako Hamano

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Minako Hamano
Minako Hamano

Minako Hamano (濱野 美奈子) is a Japanese video game composer who is currently working for Nintendo. Hamano is the longest employed among female composers currently employed at Nintendo.[citation needed] She often contributes music to several games of the Super Mario and Metroid franchises in collaboration with other composers, such as Kenji Yamamoto and Masaru Tajima. She also composed for the Brain Age series, including Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!, which introduces a "Virus Buster" minigame based on Dr. Mario that features arrangements of that game's level themes, "Fever" and "Chill".

Works[edit]

As composer[edit]

Other[edit]

Song credits[edit]

Mario Kart: Super Circuit[edit]

  • Bowser Castle — Composition/arrangement[2]

Wario World[edit]

  • Greenhorn Ruins — Composition/arrangement[3]

Wario Land: Shake It![edit]

  • Main Menu — Composition/arrangement[4]
  • Stonecarving City (Ruins) — Composition/arrangement[4]
  • Glittertown — Composition[3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 2008. Wario Land: Shake It! instruction manual (PDF). Nintendo of America (American English). Archived December 21, 2008, 10:20:51 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  2. ^ Nintendo Sound Selection vol.2 Koopa <Loud Music> | CN-P018. VGMdb (English). Retrieved July 5, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "How much influence did you take from past Wario games? I recall that Glittertown had a remix of Greenhorn Ruins from Wario World. It's not a remix—it's literally the same track. I just replaced the instruments and overlaid myself playing guitar. [...] Minako Hamano-san is also listed as a music credit. Did you two collaborate together? We didn't actually collaborate. Right when I began the project, Nintendo sent me three pieces used in previous Wario titles (one of which was Greenhorn Ruins) and said, "Here—use these." I imagine Hamano-san composed those." – Anthony Palone, Tomoya Tomita (March 17, 2017). An Interview with Game Composer Tomoya Tomita. Translated by Masked Man. Hey Poor Player (English). Retrieved October 14, 2024. (Archived February 12, 2025 via Wayback Machine.)
  4. ^ a b c CM30 (October 24, 2017). Let’s Interview: Kirby’s Epic Yarn Composer Tomoya Tomita!. Gaming Reinvented (English). Retrieved July 5, 2024.