Talk:Koji Kondo

Super Mario Sunshine
There are some inconsistencies both on Kondo's page and Shinobu Tanaka's page, the two credited composers of Super Mario Sunshine. According to Tanaka's page, she is the "credited" as the composer for "Polluted Packun" and "Manta". She supposedly arranged a piece called "Fake Mario" as well. However, on Kondo's page, he is credited as the composer for "Mini Boss Gatekeeper", "Mini Boss Manta", and "Shadow Mario". Based on the fact that these pieces attributed to battles against the Polluted Piranha, Phantamanta, and Shadow Mario respectively, I'm inclined to believe that these are the same pieces listed under different names on each composer's page. With this in mind, I have a few questions: Nintendo101 (talk) 16:02, 12 January 2019 (EST)
 * 1) So what's the story here? Who composed which?
 * 2) Where did these claims even come from? No official soundtrack for Sunshine has ever been released. We only definitively know the credits for a few songs that have reappeared on compilation albums over the years.
 * 3) With question #2 in mind, how do we know the names of all of these tracks? Is there some sort of official track list for Sunshine unavailable to the public? Where else would the names of the tracks come from? Why are they different between the two composers (i.e. "Mini Boss Manta" for Kondo, "Manta" for Tanaka)?


 * I think I read somewhere Kondo only did the Delfino Plaza theme and its arrangements (Bianco Hills, Ricco Harbour, Sirena Beach and the credits theme), while Tanaka did the rest. From what I gathered at VGMdb, Kondo seems to have composed the ones I mentioned plus the SMB acapella theme, while Tanaka did "Deep Sea of Mare" (the underwater bonus area theme), "Sky & Sea" (the sky-based bonus area theme), the "event" theme, Pinna Park, Mecha-Bowser, Noki Bay, Sirena Beach, and Pianta Village. Honestly, I think we should only be listing song credits if the game credits say so or there are other sources confirming them, so ones that don't have a source should be removed. As for naming, in-game song titles or official soundtrack titles are used if available, otherwise can be used instead.  21:23, 14 January 2019 (EST)