Harumi Fujita (#1455)

[CHz]

I don't believe she posted this on her bio or works list on her site (which is down now ;__;), but on her blog and Facebook, Fujita says that she was employed by SNK for a year to start her career.

The only game she lists as a work is Mad Chaser, for which she says she did music and sound effects.

[VRC-7]

Where are you getting Mad Chaser from?

[CHz]

Oh it's Mad Crasher, sorry. Typo on my part.

The association came from Facebook. I guess I'll post her works list from there, since it's no longer available from her site:

1984年　㈱SNKにてデザイン＆音楽制作
Mad Crasher 音楽＆SE

1985年　㈱CAPCOM　音響制作室
アーケード 魔界村（効果音）
アーケード ラッシュ＆クラッシュ（効果音）
アーケード トップシークレット
アーケード 虎への道

ファミコン
魔界島
アーケード 1943改（一部追加曲）
ファミコン ストライダー飛竜
（未発売。海外版は発売 NES Strider ）
ファミコン ウィロー
ファミコン チップとデールの大作戦
ファミコン ロックマン３
（３曲。藤田靖明氏と共同）
ゲームボーイ レッドアリーマー 魔界村外伝　　などなど

のちフリーサウンドクリエイター

スーパーファミコン 迦楼羅王
スーパーファミコン Spawn （海外発売のみ）
アーケード／ネオジオ パルスター
プレイステーション 風雲悟空忍伝
アーケード/セガサターン 羅媚斗
（アーケードはロケテストのみで未発売）
プレイステーション オレっ！トンバ
アーケード／ネオジオ ブレイジングスター
プレイステーション ダークメサイア
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　他

[dissident93]

She also did the soundtrack to Ide Yosuke Meijin no Jissen Mahjong (with Manami Matsumae doing one "classical song").

oh, she did the Tomba! soundtrack all by herself. Nao Hatsutani is credited alongside her, but Harumi told me it was more of an apprenticeship type role, and Nao didn't write anything. (not sure if I've told this board this)

[ntwrk506]

Originally Posted by dissident93

She also did the soundtrack to Ide Yosuke Meijin no Jissen Mahjong (with Manami Matsumae doing one "classical song").

It seems as though Junko Tamiya composed a track as well (and maybe even an additional composer) based on this interview:

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/manami-matsumae/page-2

So my question is, which track do you think Junko Tamiya composed, based on the style of the track?

https://www.zophar.net/music/nintend...jissen-mahjong

Maybe Track 4 sounds the most like Junko Tamiya? Almost sounds like Gun.Smoke?

Track 2 must have been Manami Matsumae's "classical" piece -unless she was referring to Eastern classical music.

dissident, if you're still in touch with Harumi Fujita, could you ask her which tracks were hers from the zophar link? And if she knows which tracks were Junko's, Manami's, and whoever else might have been involved?

[dissident93]

I only ever contacted her once (to clarify the Tomba credits), so I couldn't help with that. I'm also pretty unfamiliar with Tamiya's style, so I don't even think I could speculate as to what she did.

[ntwrk506]

Originally Posted by dissident93

I only ever contacted her once (to clarify the Tomba credits), so I couldn't help with that. I'm also pretty unfamiliar with Tamiya's style, so I don't even think I could speculate as to what she did.

Unfamiliar with Tamiya?? You gotta check her stuff out! She's one of the best of the Capcom composers and actually one of the best composers of any company.

[Blitz Lunar]

Originally Posted by dissident93

I only ever contacted her once (to clarify the Tomba credits)

What was the conclusion there? Was she able to clarify which songs were hers/Hatsutani's respectively? Fun music in that game.

[dissident93]

IIRC, she stated she was there just as "an apprentice". I believe Fujita fully composed the soundtrack, which is helped by the fact Hatsutani was never credited for music in another game (or apparently credited outside of Tomba at all.)

[NaturalChemical]

Per this interview, I think Fujita's credit on Ghosts 'n Goblins should be altered to reflect that she didn't work on the music.