Masaru Setsumaru (#1483)

[Zhane Masaki]

Alias: M.Sets

[kyubihanyou]

Something I've figured out recently.

1. Masaru was responsible for Sonic Jam's music along with Kenichi Tokoi. Note the credit title "Compose & Arrange."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SERdCIuiouo at 1:13

2. Among these tracks are a rearrangement of Sonic 3's Data Select Screen in Gallery, and the use of the same instruments and [almost the same] melody as Data Select Screen for Sonic World.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ocIpDz9zTM - Gallery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQiSqjjr3Ig - Sonic World

3. Kenichi Tokoi was not credited in Sonic 3, as Sonic Jam was one of his first games with Sega.

http://www.mobygames.com/developer/s...loperId,52518/

Therefore, Masaru Setsumaru composed Sonic 3's Data Select Screen.


Mini unofficial breakdown for Sonic Jam
Masaru Setsumaru: Opening, Sonic World, Gallery, Mission Start, Mission Finish 1, Mission Finish 2, Credits [Higher audio quality among all these] [Movies and extras]
Kenichi Tokoi: Game Select, Digital Manual, Time Attack, Best Lap, Result 1 [TA], Result 2 [TA] [Lower audio quality and shared instruments (i.e. Sax, which is also his distnguishing instrument in Sonic Adventure)] [Menus]



Be sure to check out my other Sonic 3 & Knuckes observations here:
http://vgmdb.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2067

[kyubihanyou]

From Sonic & Knuckles Collection for the PC:
http://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_%26...onsole_version

Sound Coordinator: Masaru Setsumaru
Sound Arrangers: Shigeaki Irie (USP), Masaaki Nishizawa (USP), Goro Takahashi (USP)

So I guess Setsumaru was the one who created those nine replacement compositons.

[Secret Squirrel]

Where do the birthdate and city come from? Google search on 瀬津丸勝 and 1971 reveals nothing.

[dissident93]

Originally Posted by Secret Squirrel

Where do the birthdate and city come from? Google search on 瀬津丸勝 and 1971 reveals nothing.

His birthday from his Facebook profile is August 7 as his birthday.
And his YouTube account says his age is 40.
But this is wrong anyway, his birthday being August 7, 1971 would make him 39. I
August 7, 1970 is his real birthday. Sorry for my lame math skills. :P

His FB profile also lists Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa, Japan as his hometown.

[Secret Squirrel]

Just a quick note: edits such as these require the posting of a source, particularly if it's not easilly found.

Facebook pages are a bit more tricky to use, because if his profile is not public, he may not want this information revealed in online biographies. Do you have a link for his page?

[dissident93]

Wow, I never responded to this? I finally checked and yea, his birthday isn't shown publicly. Does this warrant a removal?

Also, this has an alleged picture of him. I wonder what's the source?

ALSO, I believe to have found his Twitter handle, oyz7963. It's the same as his email listed on his FB page.

[CHz]

I try to only add personal info from Facebook that's publicly viewable to people who aren't logged in, but that's me personally and I don't think we've ever formalized anything about that. (Likewise, I don't even link Facebook accounts if they're completely private from people who aren't logged in.)

oyz7963 is a pretty unusual username so that Twitter account is probably his, but the bio is pretty generic and doesn't outright identify him as Setsumaru. I do see he's friends with Hideaki Kobayashi, Hideki Naganuma, Keiichi Sugiyama, and a few other non-Sega VGM folks.

[dissident93]

It's his twitter, he confirmed it.

[HarukameiKasumo]

I don't know what the source is, but here is another page with the picture of the same guy called the same name.

http://www.pinballnews.com/shows/tokyo2007-1/

Note: It's the last photo.

[dissident93]

! I've seen another pic of that same guy credited as Masaru. I'll send him the pic to see if it's really him.

EDIT: It's him.

[dissident93]

I just noticed this, but where is the edit field for the a composer's aliases? Setsu should have Oyz as his, and I added this to the variation field because I could not find the correct field to put it in.

[Nisto]

Originally Posted by dissident93

I just noticed this, but where is the edit field for the a composer's aliases? Setsu should have Oyz as his, and I added this to the variation field because I could not find the correct field to put it in.

You have to have an album where he's credited under that name and link it to the artist entry.

[dissident93]

ohhh, I see. well I don't think he was ever credited on any OST as Oyz.