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This is Hiroshi Kawaguchi. He performed at the EXTRA Hyper Game Music Event with [H.] this year. He is the Section Manager of the Sound Section of AM R&D Dept. #3, according to his business card.
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Is the business card recent and does it actually say Kawaguchi on it? Basically, is this finally definitive proof he's going by Kawaguchi instead of Miyauchi?
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he's credited by that name on Game Over (well, at least the scans -- not on the entry though... *edit*)
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1991: Miyauchi (SYNERGY MCMXCI 1991)
1993: Miyauchi (Great wall, Virtua Racing & Out Runners) 1994: Kawaguchi (Game Over, Daytona USA) 2003: Miyauchi (Back in the S.S.T. Band!! ~The Very Best~) These are all the times his family name is explicitly credited in the scans we have. Everything else is "Hiro" or nothing. |
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The business card is recent as of EXTRA 2008. It's written "Kawaguchi" in romaji.
川口 博史(Hiroshi Kawaguchi) Let me know if you need me to scan it. |
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I believe you and am currently in the process of hooking everything together, but if you're willing to scan the card, I'd love to see it just for my own edification.
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Shouldn't the bulk of his works be credited to his old name, though? Since this is the one he did pretty much all of his composing under, and it being the name people in general associate him with.
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Is this @kawahiro1004 the Twitter account of the Sega composer? I think at least Takenobu Mitsuyoshi should follow Hiro if it's really him.
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I've just found his real Twitter account: @clublego_hiro, as confirmed by S.S.T. Band Back-up Team.
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Just out of curiosity, does anyone know for sure if Hiro did the music for Metal Fangs on the Mega Drive? It really sounds like his work -- the drum samples and instruments are straight out of Rent A Hero -- and the game credits "H.M" with sound. The strange thing is that Sega isn't even so much as mentioned anywhere in the game, and it was published by a third-party (Victor).
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I don't think it's been confirmed anywhere else, but I don't see why not, especially if it uses the same samples as a game known to be Hiro's.
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Quote:
Unfortunately the game itself is nowhere near as interesting as the circumstances around it. :P |
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Did Hiro leave Sega?
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Have you seen something that says or makes you think he left? I haven't heard anything about him leaving, and he's still calling himself a Sega sound creator in his Twitter bio.
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Last year, he composed for Protect Me Knight 2. Composer don't often compose for a game that is not made by the company they are employed for (I don't believe Wave Master had any involvement with that game), unless they use an alias (just like what Hideki Naganuma did for Air Gear)
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Ah, gotcha. I don't know what the circumstances were for him getting involved with that game.
I checked Hiro's JP Wikipedia article and it says he was still with Sega in April 2015 (specifically, he and Takenobu Mitsuyoshi went to the sound section of the new Sega Interactive subsidiary), and that postdates PMK2's release. |
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Yea, Hiro is still with Sega, but he gets a lot more freedom than somebody like Senoue or Ohtani to do other projects, probably due to his elder status?
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Hiro has been posting pictures of his old work material from the 80s. He found them when he was moving.
https://twitter.com/Hiro_H10th/statu...82667180118016 https://twitter.com/Hiro_H10th/statu...84427968122880 https://twitter.com/Hiro_H10th/statu...04269833625600 Interesting look at the VGM creation process back in the 80s. |
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The works list from Hiro's old Hitmaker Sound Page, for anyone who feels like discussing it here. As an aside, it debunks the Metal Fangs theory. Also, they're not quite in exact chronological order, just loosely.
Copied over:
My rough translation:
Product clarifications I can give for those who need it: Alex Kidd = Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars Sonic Arcade = SEGASONIC THE HEDGEHOG Dragon Ball = Dragon Ball Z V.R.V.S Vermilion = Sword of Vermillion Dinamit Dux = Dynamite Dux Speed Basket = Speed Basketball STC = Sega TouringCar Championship Titan = SEGA Titan Video SoundFactory = I'm guessing it's this. Part2 = Crackin'DJ Part2 DOC USA = Derby Owners Club USA version (I assume Derby Owners Club World Edition) Last edited by Nicolaas Hamman; Dec 20, 2020 at 01:47 AM. Reason: More explanations |
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Also debunks Ninja Burai Densetsu, a Sega game also credited to a "Hiro".
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