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Hirokazu Tanaka
Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka (田中 宏和, Tanaka Hirokazu, born December 13, 1957), sometimes credited as Chip Tanaka, is a Japanese musician, composer, and sound designer best known for his scores in various video games produced by Nintendo, including Metroid, Kid Icarus, Super Mario Land, Tetris, Mother, Dr. Mario, and EarthBound.
Besides writing music, Tanaka is also known for his role in designing and coding the Famicom and Game Boy audio hardware, along with co-designing the NES Zapper, Game Boy Camera, and Game Boy Printer.
Biography
Early life
Born to a schoolteacher mother who had Tanaka undergo piano lessons, Tanaka recounted that he first began paying serious attention to music while in elementary school, and attempted to form a band during that time. His first band was formed in middle school, a Beatles and Elton John cover group which sometimes performed gigs at his school. He has held a longstanding obsession with reggae music. In his teens, he was also in a reggae band, which was known variously by the names the Shampoos or Roots Rockers. For the music event "Reggae Sunsplash" held in Osaka, the Shampoos were an opening act for Sly and Robbie on more than one occasion. Tanaka did meet the duo during those times. On The Shampoos, Tanaka described it as an obscure local band which did gigs in Tokyo about once or twice a year, and that it was "never a formal thing".
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Tanaka, Hirokazu Filmography
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2010, role: composer
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2008, role: composer
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2007, role: composer
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2005, role: composer
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2003, role: composer
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1999, role: composer
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1998, role: composer
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1998, role: composer
田中宏和
ALBUMS
- Pokémon Channel released: 2003
- Earthbound released: 1995
- Hikari Shinwa: Palutena no Kagami / Metroid Original Soundtrack Orchestra Version released: 1987
Pokémon Channel
Released 2003- Main Theme
- Television Delivery
- Home
- Report Channel
- News Channel (intro)
- News Channel
- Shopping Channel
- Fitness Channel
- Quiz Channel 1
- Quiz Channel 2
- Weather Channel
- Art Channel
- Egg Channel
- Fortune Channel
- Relaxation Channel
- Ranking Channel
- Interlude 1
- Interlude 2
- Pichu Bros. (intro)
- Side by Side - Pichu & Pichu (English)
- Side by Side - Pichu & Pichu (Japanese)
- Meowth's Party (English)
- Meowth's Party (Japanese)
- Delivery
- Binder
- Pause Menu
- Outdoors
- Bus Ride
- Viridian Forest
- Camp Starlight
- Stargazing
- Mt. Snowfall
- Ruins of Truth
- Cobalt Coast
Earthbound
Released 1995- Burp
- The Evil Giygas Attacks! (Part 1)
- The Evil Giygas Attacks! (Part 2)
- Title Screen
- Opening Credits
- Choose a File
- Your Name, Please
- Now, Let's Go!
- One Fateful Night…
- Unidentified Falling Object
- Rude Awakening
- Alien Invasion
- Someone's Knocking at the Door
- Pokey's at the Door
- Whoa!
- Pokey
- A Good Buddy
- Buzz Buzz's Prophecy
- Otherworldly Foe
- Pokey's House
- Sunrise & Onett Theme
- What a Great Picture!
- Home Sweet Home
- A Good Night's Rest
- Friendly Neighbors
- Buy Somethin' Will Ya!
- Enjoy Your Stay
- Bed and Breakfast
- Hospital
- Oncoming Foe
- Ambush!
- Battle Against a Weak Opponent
- Battle Against a Weird Opponent
- Battle Against a Mobile Opponent
- You Win!
- That Was Easy!
- You Gained a Level!
- Onett's Arcade
- Franky
- Battle Against an Unsettling Opponent
- Dangerous Caves
- Sanctuary Guardian's Challenge
- Oncoming Boss
- Sanctuary Guardian
- A Bad Dream
- You Defeated the Boss!
- Welcome to Your Sanctuary
- Your Sanctuary ~ Giant Step
- Your Sanctuary ~ Lilliput Steps
- Your Sanctuary ~ Milky Well
- Your Sanctuary ~ Rainy Circle
- Your Sanctuary ~ Magnet Hill
- Your Sanctuary ~ Pink Cloud
- Your Sanctuary ~ Lumine Hall
- Your Sanctuary ~ Fire Spring
- A Flash of Memory
- Boy Meets Girl (Twoson)
- Apple Kid's Theme
- Ness' Bike
- Paula's Theme
- Peaceful Rest Valley
- Happy-Happy is Blue
- You've Got a New Friend!
- Dead-End Chaos Theatre
- Runaway Five ~ The Daily Show
- Runaway Five's Final Performance
- Runaway Five Left the Building!
- Runaway Five on the Move!
- Threed, Zombie Central
- Heartless Hotel
- Bad Morning to You
- Whoops!
- In Winters, There is a Genius
- Snowman (Snow Wood Boarding House)
- Winters White
- Winters' Wake Up Call
- Tessie Has Been Sighted!
- Tessie!
- Caverns of Winters
- Dr. Andonuts' Lab
- The Sky Runner
- Going Down!
- Rough Landing
- Escargo Express at Your Service!
- Zombie Paper
- Saturn Valley Caverns
- Hi Hi Hi
- Belch's Factory
- Battle Against Belch
- You've Come Far, Ness
- Threed, Free at Last
- Get on the Bus
- Super Dry Dance
- The Metropolis of Fourside
- Topolla Theatre, Home to the One & Only Venus
- Venus Live!
- Save the Miners!
- Boris' Cocktail
- Moonside Swing
- The Monkeys' Maze
- Runaway Five to the Rescue!
- Summers, Eternal Tourist Trap
- In Dalaam, There is a Warrior
- The Floating Kingdom of Dalaam
- Mu Training
- Pink Cloud Shrine
- Sailing to Scaraba
- The Voyage Continues
- Kraken of the Sea
- Bazaar
- Morning in the Desert
- The Unforgiving Desert
- Pyramid
- Inside the Dungeon
- Megaton Walk
- The Submarine
- The Deep Darkness
- The Tendas' Cave
- Battle Against a Machine
- The Lost Underworld
- Lava Springs
- Sound Stone ~ Giant Step
- Sound Stone ~ Lilliput Steps
- Sound Stone ~ Milky Well
- Sound Stone ~ Rainy Circle
- Sound Stone ~ Magnet Hill
- Sound Stone ~ Pink Cloud
- Sound Stone ~ Lumine Hall
- Sound Stone ~ Fire Spring
- Sound Stone ~ No Sounds
- Eight Melodies
- Entering Magicant…
- Welcome Home
- The Jolly Flying Man
- Deeper into Ness' Subconscious
- Sea of Eden
- The Power
- Ness Awakens from the Nightmare
- The Cliff that Time Forgot
- The Place
- Giygas' Lair
- Pokey Means Business!
- Giygas' Intro
- Giygas Stirs
- Giygas' Intimidation
- Prayer for Safety
- Giygas is Wounded!
- Giygas is Fatally Wounded!
- Giygas Disintegrates
- The Heroes Return
- Because I Love You
- Good Friends/Bad Friends
- Smiles and Tears
- Your Name, Please (Noiseless)
- The Power (Alternate)
- Hidden Track
- Onett's Trumpet Player
- Key Item Fanfare
- Spooky…
- Spell Learned
- Evil Mani Mani Statue
- Buzz Buzz's Demise
- Mechanical Tinkering
- Phone
- Spacetoneer
- Phase Distorter Failed
- Teleportation
- Teleportation End
- The Stonehenge Base Shuts Down
- OK'Ssuka?
たなかひろかず
ALBUMS
- 元気!! いっぱい!! ポケモンソング集 2005年ポケモン音楽・運動会用編 released:
元気!! いっぱい!! ポケモンソング集 2005年ポケモン音楽・運動会用編
- Advance Adventure
- Polka o Dolka
- Full of Summer!!
- Challenger!!
- GLORY DAY ~that Shining Day~ (POWER-MIX version)
- Tournament Entrance & Exit Marches (Ruby-Sapphire Touka City)
- Tournament Entrance & Exit Marches (Ruby-Sapphire Contest)
- Tournament Entrance & Exit Marches (Pokémon Gym)
- Tournament Entrance & Exit Marches (Triumph Over the Gym Leader)
- Opening & Closing Ceremonies - Tournament Entrance & Exit Marches (Ruby & Sapphire - Title)
- Opening & Closing Ceremonies - Tournament Entrance & Exit Marches (Gold & Silver - Title)
- Opening & Closing Ceremonies - Tournament Entrance & Exit Marches (Gold & Silver - Insect Collecting Convention)
- Opening & Closing Ceremonies - Tournament Entrance & Exit Marches (Red & Green - Ending)
- Opening & Closing Ceremonies - Tournament Entrance & Exit Marches (Red & Green - Title demo & Title)
- Game Entrance & Exit Marches (Red & Green - The Road From Masara to Tokiwa)
- In-Game (Red & Green - Bicycle)
- In-Game (Red & Green - The Road From Cion Town to Sekichiku)
- In-Game (No.1)
- In-Game (No.2)
- In-Game (Ruby & Sapphire - Wild Pokémon Battle)
- In-Game (Gold & Silver - Wild Pokémon Battle)
- In-Game (Gold & Silver - Speedboat Aqua)
- In-Game (No.3)
- In-Game (No.4)
- In-Battle (OP Theme ~ Advance Adventure ~ INST. VER)
- In-Game (Red & Green - Battle! Wild Pokémon)
- Game - In-Game (Gold & Silver - Surfing)
- Game - In-Game (Gold & Silver - Route 29)
- Game - In-Game (Gold & Silver - Bicycle)
- Game - In-Game (Red & Green - Surfing)
- Fanfare (Red & Green - Pokémon Capture Fanfare)
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