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I've been collection info from the SNK's staff rolls, that should give us some light about who-did-what. I didn't add them directly to each album because, well, the list is super long, and a bit because the albums explicitly credit Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan. So maybe other people in the sound team worked in each OST, it may be a bit disinformative to credit just the composers.

Games marked with a (*) mean I didn't see the credits myself, just used Mobygames/arcade history/jp sites/etc (may have mistakes and lose the CAPS). Other games I wrote as they were (vgmuseum, youtube/nico or myself). Many staff rolls are ALL IN CAPS, though in the few games that also use lowercase some composers favor CAPS.

Here is what I have so far, I might edit it later (warning: monsterpost ahead)

SNK Credits:

=== ? ===
- Athena
?

- Psycho Soldier
(no credits)
Aran Lee, Kenny (shmuplations)

- Gold Medalist
(no credits, SNK message on loop 2)

- Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road (NES)
STAFF: TAMA, KITA, HAMACH, TUKA, KEIKO

- TNK III (Tank) (arcade)
(high score): HASEGAWA, AKITA YO, TSUJI, SRX NAKAI, TAMA ART, OBA + BON, OKADA, TOMOTAE, PUKU PUKU, HORIKO


=== 1986 ===
- Victory Road / Dogo Soken
[AC] No staff


=== 1987 ===
- Bermuda Triangle
PRODUCER: MR.OBA [OBA apparently composed TANK]
SOUND: KENNY

- World Wars
PRODUCER: MR.OBA
SOUND: KENNY

- Touchdown Fever
?
(Toshikazu Tanaka lists it on his site)
(Yoko Osaka?)

- Guerrilla War (Guevara)
[AC] No staff
[NES] COMPOSER: KENNY, OH CHAN, TARKUN

=== 1988 ===
- Gold Medalist
?

- Fighting Soccer (*)
Sound director : Kenny!
Sound creators : Aran Lee, Tarkun, Oh-Chan!
Soccer mania : Konny!

- Paddle Mania (*)
SOUND PRODUCE: OH! CHAN/KENNY

- Koukuu Kihei Monogatari / Chopper / The Legend of Air Cavalry (*)
SOUND CREATER: KANATA [Tarkun in the album (KaNaTa -> TaNaKa)]

- P.O.W
SOUND: TARKUN, YOKO OSAKA, KENNY
(PROGRAMMER: KONNY)

- Iron Tank / Great Tank [NES]
[US] Music Effect: Masakazu Yuasa, Toshikazu Tanaka, Kazuhiro Nishida
Planning: ... Kohzi Obata [Kouji Obata]
[JP] Music Effect: J, BINCHAN TANAKA, KENNY
Planning: ... Mr OBA

- Gold Medallist
(wata-bon > Yuka Watanabe? (credited with Hiroaki Shimizu in 里見八犬伝)


=== 1989 ===
- Prehistoric Isle (*)
SOUND: YOKO. O, TARKUN

- Street Smart
(PROGRAMMER: KONNY)
SOUND: TARKUN

- SAR (*) ?
MUSIC COMPOSER: HINJAKUN

- Mechanized Attack [AC]
SOUND & MUSIC: TARKUN, KIDON

=== 1990 ===
- Ikari III
MUSIC PRODUCED BY: KIDON, TARKUN

- Crystalis / God Slayer
S.E. AND COMPOSED: YOKO.O
SOUND PROGRAMMED: S.OKADA, K.TANAKA

- Ghost Pilot
SOUND: PAPAYA

- Beast Busters (*)
Sound creators: Tarkun, Papaya

- Cyber-Lip (19910701)
SOUND: TATE NORIO

- Baseball Stars Professional
MUSIC: TARKUN

- Nam-1975
SOUND: YOKO.O

- King of Monsters (*)
Sound creaters: Tarkun, Konny, Ten6 Jaguars

- Quiz Daisousasen (1991)
音楽 (Music): 清水ん (Shimizun), たて のりお (Tate Norio), まっこ (Makko), ひらおっち (Hiraocchi)

- Top Players Golf
(KIDON?)

- - Mahjong Kyo Retsuden
(PAPAYA?)

=== 1991 ===
- The Super Spy
SOUND COMPOSER: PAPAYA
S·E: TARKUN, SHIMIZUM
PRODUCE: KONNY

- Alpha Mission II Last Guardian
SOUND: YOKO, JOJOHA KITAPI, KONNY, TARKUN

- Last Resort
SOUND: TOSHIO SHIMIZM, TATENORIO YAMATE

- Fatal Fury / Garou Densetsu (19911125)
SOUND: KONNY, YOKOCHANG, MURAISAN, TARKUN, TATE&BUNNYBOYS, FINISH HIROSHI, MICHAEL BEARD, GOODAM KAKAREE [composers from the album: KONNY, TARKUN]

- Art of Fighting
SOUND: PACIOREK, PAPAYA, YAMAPY1, JOJOUHA KITAPY, SHIMIZUM [album doesn't list PACIOREK]

- Robo Army
SOUND: YAMAPY-1, KONNY

- Riding Hero (*)
Music: Synthesize Yamada
Sound effects: Jojoha Kitamura

- Burning Fight (19910520)
MUSIC COMPOSE, SOUND EFFECT: YAMAPY 1

- Eight 8 Man
MUSIC COMPOSER: JOJOHA KITAPY, YOKO, MAKIKO

- Super Baseball 2020
SOUND: TARKUN, TATE NORIO, YAMAPI-1, SHIMI-ZM

- Sengoku
SOUND: TATE NORIO, SHIMIZUM

- Mutation Nation
SOUND: PAPAYA
SPECIAL THANKS: ... JOJOHA KITAPY

- Quiz Meitantei Neo & Geo (*)
音楽監督 (Sound creator): 叙情派北ぴー [Jojouha Kitapi]
音楽制作 (Music Creators): 叙情派北ぴー [Jojouha Kitapi], たーくん [Tarkun], たてのりお [Tate Norio], YOKO, 清水ん [Shimizun], 陸王 [Mitsuou?]

- King of Monsters 2 (*)
MUSIC DESIGNERS: TARKUN, SHIMIZUM, JOJOHA-KITAPY, TEAM C2H5OH

- Puzzled / Joy Joy Kid (*)
Music: Synthesize Yamada
Sound Effects: Jojoha Kitamura
- Joy Joy Kid
SOUND: JOJOHA KITAMURA


- Baseball Stars 2
SOUND: PAPAYA, KONNY

- Football Frenzy
SOUND: TINA TERKO, TATE NORIO, JOJOHA KITAPY

- Fatal Fury 2 / Garou Densetsu 2 (19921012)
SOUND: SHIMIZM, YOKO, JOJOUHA KITAPY, YLF.COMMUNICATE, PACIOREK, PAPAYA

- Super Sidekicks (19921214)
SOUND: JoJouha Kitapy, Yoko

=== 1993 ===
- Sengoku 2 / Sengoku Densyo 2 (19930218)
MUSIC: TATE NORIO
SOUND EFFECTS: YOKO

- 3 Count Bout / Fire Suplex (19930325)
MUSIC COMPOSER: GOJIGEN 70 PAI, PAPAYA

- Samurai Shodown / Samurai Spirits (19930707)
MUSIC: TATE NORIO, PAPAYA

- Fatal Fury Special / Garou Densetsu Special (19930916)
SOUND CREATOR: SHIMIZM, YAMAPY 1, JOJOUHA KITAPY


=== 1994 ===
- Art of Fighting 2
MUSIC COMPOSED BY: YAMAPY 1, JOJOUHA KITAPY, MARIKO, YASSUN

- Top Hunter
SOUND: YOKO, JOHOHA KITAPY, SHIBA POOH, AKKY, PAPAYA, SHIMIZM

- The King of Fighters '94
SOUND: PAPAYA, BROS·HIGE, PEARL SIBAKITI, ACKEY

- Samurai Shodown II / Shin Samurai Spirits: Haohmaru Jigoku-hen (19942810)
SOUND: TATE.NORIO, YAMAPY

- Super Sidekicks 2
SOUND: JOJOUHA KITAPY, BROTHER HIGE, AKIBON


=== 1995 ===
- Fatal Fury 3
MUSIC: BROTHER-HIGE (Sound Beach / Terry Bogard)
MUSIC: MACKY (Howard Arena / Andy Bogard)
MUSIC: PAPAYA (National Park / Joe Higashi)
MUSIC: MARIKO (East Side Park / Mai Shiranui)
MUSIC: SHIMIZM (Geese Tower / Geese Howard)
MUSIC: MITSUO (Dream Amusement Park / Sokaku Mochizuki)
MUSIC: PAPAYA (Paopao Cafe 2 - Bob Wilson)
MUSIC: PAPAYA (Port Town / Hon Fu)
MUSIC: MACKY (Pioneer Plaza / Blue Mary)
MUSIC: J.KITAPY (S.Town Air Port / Franco Bash)
MUSIC: SHIMIZM (South Station / Ryuji Yamazaki)
MUSIC: MACKY (Delta Park / Jin)
MUSIC: J.KITAPY, SHIMIZM, MITUO, MACKY
SOUND EFFECT: J.KITAPY, YASSUN

- Savage Reign
SOUND: JOJOUHA KITAPY, MARIKO, YASSUN

- The King of Fighters '95
SOUND-MUSIC: PAPAYA, TATE-NORIO, BROTHER-HIGE, PEARL SIBAKITI, ACKEY
SOUND-EFFECT: YAMAPY-1, MACKY, MITSUO, SHA-V, KYO-CHAN

- Samurai Shodown III ['weird' staff roll, no normal sound credits]
SPECIAL THANKS: TATE_NORIO, MARIKO, MITSUO

- Super Sidekicks 3 The Next Glory
SOUND: ACKEY, PEARL SHIBAKICHI

=== 1996 ===
- Real Bout Fatal Fury
SOUND: SHIMIZM, SHA-V

- Art of Fighting 3
MUSIC COMPOSER: YAMAPY-1, PAPAYA, SHIBAKICHI

- The King of Fighters '96
SOUND: SHA-V, KONNY, PAPAYA, SHIMIZM, YAMAPY-1, TATE-NORIO, BROTHER-HIGE, ACKEY, MIWA

- Samurai Shodown IV
(Sound): YAMAPY-1, KITAPY, MITSUO, SHA-V

- Kizuna Encounter
MUSIC COMPOSER: JOJOUHA KITAPY, TATE NORIO, MITSUO

- Metal Slug
SOUND: HIYA!, JIM

- SNK Football Championship: The Ultimate 11
SOUND-MUSIC: TATE-NORIO, MIKI

- Neo Turf Masters *
MUSIC DIRECTOR: HIYA
S.E. COORDINATOR: JIN JIN
VOICE: YOSHIMI & STEVE


=== 1997 ===
- Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
SOUND: TATE NORIO, KONNY, SHIMIZM, ACKEY, BROTHER HIGE, MARIKO, MACKY, KYO_CHAN, MIWA, IMO

- Samurai Shodown RPG
SOUND PRODUCER: KONNY
SOUND DIRECTOR: BROTHER HIGE
COMPOSE&PROGRAM: [SNK NEW WORLD SOUND PLAYERS] BROTHER HIGE, MACKY, MARIKO, KYO-CHAN, ACKY, YASSUN, SIMIZUM, IMOTO
(ENDING THEME) COMPOSER: SNK NEW WORLD SOUND PLAYERS
(OPENING THEME) COMPOSER: SNK NEW WORLD SOUND PLAYERS
(SONG FOR KOMACHI) COMPOSER&ARRANGER: SNK NEW WORLD SOUND PLAYERS

- The King of Fighters '97
SOUND: SHA-V, SHIMIZM, JOJOUHA-KITAPY, YAMAPY-1, TATE-NORIO, ACKEY, KYO-CHAN, ZOE, MARIMO

- Road's Edge (Round Trip RV) (*)
Music: Imo, Tate Norio

- The Last Blade
SOUND: YASSUN, TATE_NORIO, BROTHER-HIGE, ZOE, OKAN


=== 1998 ===
- Metal Slug 2
SOUND: HIYA!

- Samurai Shodown 64
SOUND: YAMA(BOMB)PY 1, JOJOUHA KITAPY, MITSUO

- Real Bout Fatal Fury 2
SOUND: SHA-V, MIWA, MARIMO, CAPTAOUN BEROOU

- Xtreme Rally (OffBeat Racer!) (*)
Music: Imo, Yamapy-1, Tate Norio

- The King of Fighters '98
SOUND: SHA-V, TATE-NORIO, MARIMO

- Samurai Shodown 64 2 / Asura Zanmaden
SOUND DIRECTION: Mitsuo-1000, YAMA(BOMB)PY-1
SOUND COMPOSE AND SOUND EFFECT: IMO♪, Jojouha Kitapy, Yassun, Asshy

- The Last Blade 2
SOUND: YASSUN^^V, JOJOUHA KITAPY, KYO-CHAN, ZOE

- Neo Geo Cup '98 (19980528)
SOUND: ACKEY, PEARL SHIBAKICHI

- Neo Geo Cup '98 (NGPC) (*)
Sound: Yone

- Samurai Shodown! (NGPC) [Saurus]
BGM&SE: HATAYA, KASE


=== 1999 ===
- Metal Slug X
SOUND: Hiya!, Captain Bero-ou

- Fatal Fury Wild Ambition
SOUND STAFF: BROTHER-HIGE, MIWA, OKAN, CAPTAIN BERO-OU, HORI-HORI, ACKET, IMO, SHIMIZM, TATE-NORIO, YAMAPY-1, JOJOUHA-KITAPY, YASSUN, SHA-V, ZOE, MARIMO

- Buriki One
Music Composers: TATE-NORIO, SHA-V, MITSUO

- The King of Fighters R1 (?)
Sound: Hiya!, Yone, Usako

- The King of Fighters R2
SOUND: HIYA!, MARIMO, ASSHY

- The King of Fighters '99
SOUND: SHA-V, ZOE, MARIMO, USAKO-X, TATE-NORIO, SHIMIZM, HORI-HORI

- SNK vs Capcom Card Fighters
MUSIC COMPOSE, SOUND EFFECTS: HIYA!, MITSUO, MIWA

- Samurai Shodown Warriors Rage (PSX)
SNK Sound Staff: Kyo-chan, Macky, ASSHY, BERO-OU, Mari Mari, Brother-Hige, Yamapy-1, Tate Norio
SOUND (Javan Victec): Kenshiro

- Prehistoric Isle 2 [Yumekobo] (*)
SOUND DESIGNER & MUSIC COMPOSER: M. HATAYA

- Samurai Shodown! 2 (NGPC) [Saurus]
BGM&SE: M.HATAYA

- Dark Arms: Beast Buster (NGPC) [Noise Factory]
SOUND PRODUCED: TOSIKAZU TANAKA

=== 2000 ===
- SNK vs Capcom (NGPC)
SOUND: KITAPY, KIRA, DECO, MIWA, MITSUO

- Metal Slug 3
SOUND: HIYA!, Bero-ou, Hori_Hori, Q_JIROU, Maitaro

- Garou: Mark of The Wolves
SOUND: ACKEY, YASSUN, HORI-HORI, OKAN, Q-JIROU

- The King of Fighters 2000
SOUND: SHA‑V, ZOE, MARIMO, USAKO-X, TATE-NORIO

- Cool Cool Toon
Sound Executive Producer: KONNY
Sound Producer: Brother Hige(いなさん)
Sound Director: 井元 啓富 (imoimo♪)
Sound Co-Director: YamaDub(1号), 米谷 敏洋(よね)
Sound Director - Flitz: 井元 啓富 (4才)
Sound Director - Notty: 米谷 敏洋
Performance Director: KONNY
Composer - Flitz: YamaDub(1号), Brother Hige(いなさん), 北村 芳彦(ムーラ・ヴー先生), TATE-NORIO(2号), 内田 亜紀裕(うっちー), 小林 真貴子(こばちゃん), SHA-V, 井元 啓富(4才), 佐々木 晃子(ねーやん)
Composer - Notty: 米谷 敏洋(よね)
Sound System Program: 米谷 敏洋
Recording Engineer: 中山 譲 (SCITRON&ART INC), 野川 靖友 (SCITRON&ART INC), TATE-NORIO, SHA-V
Recording Studio: タバック, STUDIO GROOVE, STUDIO SOUND SHIP, SNK おきらくスタジオ
Voice Cast: (...)
Flitz Theme
- Ranke Theme (Amp version) 'Irony ~Mekumorinara~'
Lyrics: りあん, Arranger: 佐々木 晃子, Song: りあん
- Ranke Theme (Spica version) 'Marionette'
Lyrics: りあん, Arranger: 佐々木 晃子(1才), Song: りあん
- Iyami Theme - Lovely PANDA Apron
Lyrics: りあん, Arranger: Brother Hige, Song: 池澤 春菜, Chorus: 重住 浩子
- Shooting Star Theme 'Shine Bright'
Lyrics: 新世界楽曲雑技団, Arranger: TATE-NORIO, Song: David K.Lawson
Ending Theme
- 'Welcome! Dance World'
Lyrics: りあん, Arranger: 井筒 稔晴, Song: due

- Last Blade (NGPC)
BGM+SE: PAPAYA

- Fatal Fury First Contact (NGPC)
SOUND: MACKY, KITAPY

- Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure (NGPC)
SOUND CHIEF: HIYA!
SOUND: MAITARO

- The King of FIghters Battle de Paradise (NGPC)
SOUND: MIWA, KYO-CHAN

/////////////////////////////////////

=== 2001 ===
- Nakoruru ADV
Tate Norio, Yamapy?

- King of Fighters 2001
MUSIC & SOUND DESIGNERS: WBM M. HATAYA, WBM KIDON

- SNK vs Capcom 2 Expand Edition
SOUND: YONE, ZOE, Q_JIROU, KYO-CHAN, Y.NAKA


=== 2002 ===
- The King of Fighters 2002
MUSIC & SOUND DESIGNERS: TATE_NORIO, WBM M.HATAYA


=== 2003 ===
- SNK vs. Capcom SVC Chaos
MUSIC & SOUND DESIGNERS: TATE_NORIO, MASAHIKO HATAYA, YASUMASA YAMADA

- The King of Fighters 2003
MUSIC & SOUND DESIGNERS: TATE NORIO, YASUMASA YAMADA, MASAHIKO HATAYA [Yasumasa Yamada: SE only, from the album]


=== 2005 ===
- The King of Fighters XI
Music: SHA-V, USAKO-X, MARIMO

- NeoGeo Battle Coliseum (*) [songs distributed via AW-NET]
Music: Tate Norio, Yasumada Yamada, Masahiko Hataya


=== 2008 ===
- The King of Fighters 98 Ultimate Match
MUSIC&SOUND DESIGNER: ASANAKA"SHA-V"HIDEKI

- SNK VS. CAPCOM Card Fighters DS (*)
Sound Designers: Masashi Sugiyama, Kazuyuki Fujita

=== 2009 ===
- The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match
MUSIC&SOUND: TWOFIVE: YASUFUMI FUKUDA, MAKOTO ASAI, TERUO KONISHI

- The King of Fighters XII
Sound Director: Akio Jinsenji
Sound Designers: Asanaka"SHA-V"Hideki, TATE NORIO, USAKO-X, Tetsuhiro Ogawa


=== 20XX ===
- KOF Sky Stage
SOUND: A2CREATE Co.Ltd [中村栄二郎/Eijirou Nakamura, ex-Moss?]

- The King of Fighters XIII
SOUND DIRECTOR: Akio Jinsenji
SOUND DESIGNERS: Tetsuhiro Ogawa, Iku Mizutani, Toshihiko Hiraguchi, Tomonao Niiya, Makoto Suehiro, Tasuku Mizutani

- NEOGEO HEROES ~Ultimate of Shooting~
(compose/arrange: Youhei Shiokawa)

- The Rhyhm of Fighters
SOUND PRODUCER
Dugia

SOUND DIRECTOR
Hideki"sha-v"Asanaka

COMPOSER
Hideki"sha-v"Asanaka
Takushi Hiyamuta [HIYA!]
Toshikazu Tanaka
zoe



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Other stuff:
- Games with no staff: ASO, Ikari (older games)
- Made by 2nd Parties: ADK (older NG games, World Heroes), Yumekobo (NG, NGPC, Athena PSX, KOF KYO, ports), Sacnoth (NGPC, Koudelka), Visco, Saurus, Metal Slug NGPC (Yasuaki Fujita), SNK Gal Fighters (Paon Co. > Takafumi Wada) others
- Made by Noise Factory: Sengoku 3, MS4, MS5, KoF NW, KoF MI series, etc. All by Toshikazu Tanaka except KoF NW
- PS2-compilations with new arranged tracks: KOF2001, Kizuna Encounter/Savage Reign, AoF1, Garou1, WakuWaku7, etc by ? (Garou: Koji Takata?)
- NGCD titles use tweaked ASTs, but the staff rolls usually (always?) don't credit the arrangers.


Of course the list may contain mistakes. Years are likely to be off since I didn't check throughly.

Seems to me the Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan didn't exist until ~1991 and was over in late 2000 when SNK died, and some composers were rehired later or contracted per game basis.


Now some stats from the above (years they were part of SGZ):
Spoiler:
Kenny (Kazuhiro Nishida): ?~1988 (Konny?)
Aran Lee/亜蘭 里: 1988~1989 (Aran Lee Shige)
J / Masakazu Yuasa: 1988~?
Mr OBA / Kouji Obata

Tarkun (Toshikazu Tanaka, male): 1988-1991
Yoko / Oh Chan! (Yoko Osaka, female): 1988~1994
Kidon (Kikuko Hataya, female): 1989~1990

Papaya (Masahiko Hataya, male): 1990-1997 (part of Saurus during 1997-2000)
Tate_Norio (Yasuo Yamate, male): 1990-2000
Jojouha Kitapy (male, Yoshihiko Kitamura?): 1991-2000
Konny (male): 1991-2000 (Konny seemed to be a sound director/producer, maybe the head of SGZ)
Shimizm (Toshio Shimizu, male): 1991-1999
Yamapy-1 (Yasumasa Yamada, male): 1991-2000
Mitsuo (female): 1991?, 1995-2000
Mariko (female): 1994-1997
Ackey (Akihiro Uchida, male): 1994-2000
Yassun (Yasuhiro Naka, male): 1994-2000
Brother Hige (male): 1994-2000
Pearl Shibakichi (female): 1994-1998
Macky (female): 1995-2000
SHA-V (Hideki Asanaka, male): 1995-2000
Kyo-Chan (Kyoko Naka, female): 1995-1999
MIWA (female): 1996-2000
Marimo (male): 1997-2000
Imo (Hirotomi Imoto, male): 1997-2000
ZOE (male): 1997-2000, pachislot
Asshy (Hideyuki Ashizawa, male): 1998-2000
USAKO-X (female): 1999-2000
OKAN (female): 1997-2000
Yone (Toshihiro Yonetani, male): 1998-1999
KIRA (female, Tomoko Imoto?): 2000
DECO (Tomoko Imoto?): 2000

HIYA! (Takushi Hiyamuta, male): 1996-2000
JIM (JIN JIN?? s.e only??)
Captain Bero-ou (Yoshihiko Wada, male): 1998-2000

Hori_Hori ("Rich" Horiyama, male): 1999-2000
maitaro (female, Maiko Iuchi): 2000
Q_JIROU (male): 2000

Mystery People from Cool Cool Toon:
小林真貴子(こばちゃん) (probably read as "Makiko Kobayashi (Koba-chan)" -> Macky??)
佐々木晃子(ねーやん)(can be uncommonly read as "Mitsuko Sasaki (Neeyan)" -> Mitsuo??)

Others: credited under sound but probably just sound manipulators/designers (and not credited in liner notes) and unlikely to have ever composed: MURAISAN, FINISH HIROSHI, MICHAEL BEARD, GOODAM KAKAREE, PACIOREK (ex Finish Hiroshi has been credited more as a Producer, Planner, etc). Some like Konny also did programming or other roles.


Aaand that's all.

Last edited by Dag; Sep 6, 2022 at 02:21 PM.
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