Koji Kondo

Koji Kondo (Japanese近藤 浩 治, Kondō Koji; born August 13, 1961 in Nagoya ) is a Japanese composer. He is known for his work on many video games company Nintendo. Kondō derives from the existing composers, sound artists and programmers Sound - group of Nintendo's development department Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development.

Biography

Kondō began as a 5- year-old to use his home electric organ for first musical experiments. After graduating from high school he studied at the School of Art Osaka in Kanan. He studied more the arts and employed for a long time with the painting, like writing and process of remixing of music. He only learned the cello and the piano and no other instruments. The early 1980s, while he was at university, Nintendo also sought among the students there employees. Kondō took advantage of the opportunity and applied.

Works

Kondo's first project was the arcade game of golf.

In the early days of the console era were the ways to realize large arrangements, does not exist and so Kondō had to be limited to the stubborn computer programming. Over the years the consoles have always been better equipped, the performance of the sound chips increased proportionally with the visual processing chips. Kondō the music could always be more realistic and in greater abundance, so he started from a simple Super Mario Bros., with simple structures, over complicated samples in Super Mario Bros. 3, then with stereo on the SNES, complex and realistic on the N64, finally, on the Nintendo GameCube with samples in CD quality, and on the Wii for Super Mario Galaxy with orchestral recordings.

He listened to a lot of jazz and Latin music, however, can be multi- affect.

For the NES, he produced, among others the music for Soccer, Kung Fu, Family BASIC, Nazo no Murasamejō and Ice Hockey.

Kondo's most famous works are the soundtracks to the The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario titles, some subjects hold since the mid- 80s and were repeatedly expanded and revised, despite the age, and are highly appreciated among fans.

Together with Shigeru Miyamoto, he is one of the most famous employee of Nintendo.

He composed the music and helped the composer in the following games:

  • Super Mario Bros. (1985 )
  • Soccer ( 1985)
  • Kung Fu ( 1985)
  • Family BASIC (1985 )
  • Nazo no Murasamejō (1986 )
  • The Legend of Zelda (1986 )
  • Ice Hockey ( 1988)
  • Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1988) ( worked as a helper )
  • Super Mario USA (Super Mario Bros. 2 ) ( 1988)
  • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990 )
  • Super Mario World (1991 )
  • Pilot Wings (1991 )
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past ( 1992)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link 's Awakening ( 1993) ( worked as a helper )
  • Tetris Attack ( 1995)
  • Star Fox (1993 )
  • Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Iceland (1995 )
  • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996 )
  • Super Mario 64 (1996 )
  • Star Fox 64 ( Lylat Wars ) ( Hajime Wakai with ) (1997 )
  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
  • Super Smash Bros. (together with others) (1999)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Majora 's Mask (2000)
  • Mario Tennis (2000)
  • Wave Race: Blue Storm (2001)
  • Super Mario Sunshine ( 2002)
  • Super Smash Bros. Melee (2002)
  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003)
  • The Legend of Zelda - Twilight Princess ( 2006)
  • Super Mario Galaxy ( 2007) ( jointly with others)
  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Super Mario Bros.: Ground Theme) (together with others) (2008)
  • Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010, jointly with others)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (2011)
  • The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (together with others) (2011)
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