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Hirokazu Ando | |
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安藤浩和 | |
Born | Chiba Prefecture, Japan | March 2, 1969
Alma mater | Hirosaki University |
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Years active | 1991–present[1] |
Employer | HAL Laboratory |
Musical career | |
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Hirokazu Ando (安藤浩和, Ando Hirokazu, born March 2, 1969) is a Japanese video game composer who is employed at game company HAL Laboratory. Along with fellow HAL composer Jun Ishikawa, he is best known for composing music for the Kirby series, starting with Kirby's Adventure. He has also composed for other games developed by the company, such as Super Smash Bros. (1999), Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) and the BoxBoy! series.
Biography
[edit]Ando started learning to play the electone aged 3-4 up to his second year in high school. It was this experience that also taught him how to read chords and sheet music.[1] He listened to a wide variety of music as a child, including works by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Claude Debussy. Being immersed in music had allowed to think about sound a considerable amount more than his peers and helped form his sensibilities. Despite his musical background, Ando initially did not set out to be a composer.
He attended Hirosaki University in order to major in physics in the science department. While he was in college, he had purchased an MSX computer that sparked an initial interest in video games. Ando became inspired to be a video game composer after playing Dragon Quest II for the first time and being impressed by its music.[3] He then created his own music playing program and sent it to HAL. Soon after, he was hired to work on sound.
Works
[edit]Video games
[edit]Year | Title | Notes |
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1992 | Arcana | Music with Jun Ishikawa |
1993 | Kirby's Adventure | Music |
1994 | Kirby's Dream Course | Music |
1995 | Kirby's Dream Land 2 | Music with Tadashi Ikegami |
1997 | Kirby's Star Stacker | Music |
1998 | Kirby's Super Star Stacker | Music with Jun Ishikawa |
1999 | Super Smash Bros. | Music |
2000 | Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards | Music with Jun Ishikawa |
2001 | Super Smash Bros. Melee | Music |
2002 | Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land | Music with Jun Ishikawa, Tadashi Ikegami, and Shogo Sakai |
2003 | Kirby Air Ride | Music with Jun Ishikawa, Tadashi Ikegami, and Shogo Sakai |
2006 | Common Sense Training | Music with Jun Ishikawa and Tadashi Ikegami |
Kirby: Squeak Squad | Music with Jun Ishikawa, Tadashi Ikegami, and Shogo Sakai | |
2008 | Kirby Super Star Ultra | Music with Jun Ishikawa |
2009 | Picross 3D | Music with Yasumasa Yamada and Jun Ishikawa |
2010 | Kirby's Epic Yarn | Music with Tomoya Tomita, Jun Ishikawa, and Tadashi Ikegami |
2011 | Kirby's Return to Dream Land | Music with Jun Ishikawa |
2012 | Kirby's Dream Collection | Music with Jun Ishikawa and Shogo Sakai |
2014 | Kirby: Triple Deluxe | Music with Jun Ishikawa |
2015 | BoxBoy! | Music with Jun Ishikawa |
2016 | BoxBoxBoy! | Music with Jun Ishikawa |
Kirby: Planet Robobot | Music with Jun Ishikawa | |
2017 | Bye-Bye BoxBoy! | Music with Jun Ishikawa |
Team Kirby Clash Deluxe | Music with Jun Ishikawa | |
Kirby's Blowout Blast | Music with Jun Ishikawa | |
2018 | Kirby Star Allies | Music with Jun Ishikawa and Yuuta Ogasawara |
2019 | BoxBoy! + BoxGirl! | Music with Jun Ishikawa and Yuuta Ogasawara |
Super Kirby Clash | Music with Kiyoshi Hazemoto, Jun Ishikawa and Tadashi Ikegami | |
2020 | Kirby Fighters 2 | Music with Kiyoshi Hazemoto, Jun Ishikawa and Yuki Shimooka |
2022 | Kirby and the Forgotten Land | Music with various others[a] |
Kirby's Dream Buffet | Music with various others[b] | |
2023 | Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe | Music with various others[c] |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Keyboard Magazine 2017 SUMMER". Ritto Music. 2017. pp. 55, 56, 59.
- ^ Greening, Chris (February 7, 2017). "BoxBoy album features chiptunes from Kirby composers". Video Game Music Online. Archived from the original on April 2, 2023. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ King, Darryn (June 20, 2018). "The Music Of Kirby: Still Tickling Gamers Pink". Forbes. Archived from the original on April 2, 2023. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
Category:Japanese composers Category:1969 births Category:Video game composers