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Minako Hamano is a Nintendo composer mostly known for her work on the Metroid franchise, in which she has often collaborated with Kenji Yamamoto.
History[]
She joined the company's R&D1 department in 1991, with her debut games being The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and Super Metroid; some of her most iconic compositions for those titles include the "Ballad of the Wind Fish" and Ridley's theme. After working on some more projects, she was the lead composer of Metroid Fusion, which was characterized by a more suspenseful approach to the music.
Later on, Hamano moved to the Nintendo SPD sound group. Throughout her career, Hamano has composed for series like Metroid, Brain Age, Wario, and Donkey Kong, although nowadays, she is mostly involved as a sound coordinator for games developed externally.
Game Works[]
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) - Sound Composer
- Super Metroid (1994) - Music Composer
- Snoopy Concert (1995) - Sound Staff
- Galactic Pinball (1995) - Sound Assistant
- Game Boy Camera (1998) - Sound Composer
- Pokémon Puzzle Challenge (2000) - Music Composition
- Mobile Golf (2001) - BGM Programming
- Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001) - Sound
- Metroid Fusion (2002) - Music Composition
- Nintendo Puzzle Collection (2003) - Voice (Panel de Pon)
- Wario World (2003) - Music
- Metroid: Zero Mission (2004) - Music Composition
- Daigasso! Band Brothers (2004) - Sound
- Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (2005) - Music Composition
- Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (2005) - Music
- Tetris DS (2006) - Sound
- Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007) - Music
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) - Music Arrangement
- Jam with the Band (2008) - Music
- Wario Land: Shake It! (2008) - Music [note: credited only in the instruction booklet]
- Brain Age Express: Math/Arts & Letters/Sudoku (2008) - Music Composition
- Mono ya Okane no Shikumi DS (2009) - Music
- Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010) - Music
- Wii Play: Motion (2011) - Sound Coordination
- Brain Age: Concentration Training (2012) - Music
- Miiverse (2012) - Sound Composition
- Mii Force/Flower Town/Warrior's Way/Monster Manor (2013) - Sound Coordination
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014) - Music/Voice Recording
- Battleground Z (2015) - Sound Coordination
- Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (2015) - Sound Supervisor
- Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE (2015) - Sound Support
- Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016) - Music Supervisor
- Slot Car Rivals/Market Crashers/Ninja Launcher/Feed Mii/Mii Trek (2016) - Sound Coordination
- Hey! Pikmin (2017) - Sound Progress Management
- Metroid: Samus Returns (2017) - Original Metroid Music, Sound Coordination
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Switch) (2018) - Music Support
- Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido (2018) - Sound Support
- Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (2019)
- Metroid Dread (2021) - Sound Coordination
Special Thanks[]
- Mario & Wario (1993)
- Teleroboxer (1995)
- Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo (Super Famicom) (1998)
- Metroid Prime (2002) (Japanese Version)
- Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004)
- Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword (2011)
- Tokyo Crash Mobs (2012)
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U (2014) - Supervisor (Original Games)
- Mario Party 10 (2015)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) - Original Game Supervisor
Song Credits[]
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening[]
- Shipwreck -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Title (Opening Version) -- Arrangement (w/Kozue Ishikawa)[1]
- Enter Name -- Arrangement[1]
- Waking Up at Tarin's House -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- First Search -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Owl -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Sword Get Fanfare -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Ballad of the Wind Fish (Marin Version) -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Cave -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Dungeon 1: Tail Cave -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Passage -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Boss Battle -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Boss Battle Victory: Heart Get -- Composition (w/Kazumi Totaka), Arrangement (w/Kazumi Totaka)[1]
- Instrument of the Sirens Fanfare -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Dungeon 2: Bottle Grotto -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Dungeon: Kanalet Castle -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Dungeon 3: Key Cavern -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Dream Shrine: Entrance -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Dream Shrine: Sleep -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Dream Shrine -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Marin on the Beach -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Ballad of the Wind Fish (Shore Version) -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Ballad of the Wind Fish (Ocarina Practice Version) -- Composition (w/Kazumi Totaka), Arrangement (w/Kazumi Totaka)[1]
- Dungeon 4: Angler's Tunnel -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Dungeon 5: Catfish's Maw -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Prelude to Defeat -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Southern Face Shrine -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Dungeon 6: Face Shrine -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Dungeon 7: Eagle's Tower -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Boss Battle (Eagle's Tower Version) -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Dungeon 8: Turtle Rock -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Ballad of the Wind Fish (Instrumental Version) -- Composition (w/Kazumi Totaka), Arrangement (w/Kazumi Totaka)[1]
- Wind Fish's Egg -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Shadows Battle Omen -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Shadows Appear/Battle -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Koholint Island Disappears -- Composition (w/Kazumi Totaka), Arrangement (w/Kazumi Totaka)[1]
- Ending/Staff Roll -- Composition (w/Kozue Ishikawa), Arrangement (w/Kozue Ishikawa)[1]
- Game Over -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
Super Metroid[]
- Opening (Destroyed Science Academy Research Station) -- Composition & Arrangement[2]
- Wrecked Ship -- Composition & Arrangement[2]
- Maridia - Rocky Underground Water Area -- Composition & Arrangement[2]
- Maridia - Quicksand Underground Water Area -- Composition & Arrangement[2]
- Mini Boss Confrontation Theme (Spore Spawn, Botwoon) -- Composition & Arrangement[2]
- Big Boss Confrontation Theme (Ridley, Draygon) -- Composition & Arrangement[2]
- Big Boss Confrontation Theme (Kraid, Crocomire, Phantoon) -- Composition & Arrangement[2]
- Tourian -- Composition & Arrangement[2]
- Mother Brain -- Composition & Arrangement[2]
- Escape -- Composition & Arrangement[2]
- Ending -- Composition (w/Kenji Yamamoto), Arrangement[2]
Mario Kart: Super Circuit[]
- Bowser Castle Course -- Composition & Arrangement[3]
Metroid Fusion[]
- Sector 1: (SRX) SR388 Simulation Area -- Composition & Arrangement[4]
Wario World[]
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day![]
Minako Hamano was the sole composer for this title
Super Smash Bros. Brawl[]
- Sector 1 (Metroid Fusion) -- Composition & Arrangement
Wario Land: Shake It![]
- Main Menu[5] -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
- Stonecarving City (Ruins) -- Composition & Arrangement[7]
- Glittertown -- Composition[6][7]
Interviews[]
- Super Metroid Staff Interview (translated by Metroid Database)
- N.O.M.: Metroid Fusion (translated by Metroid Database)
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 https://vgmdb.net/album/96462
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 https://vgmdb.net/album/883
- ↑ https://vgmdb.net/album/2426
- ↑ https://vgmdb.net/album/68952
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 unofficial song name
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://www.heypoorplayer.com/2017/03/17/tomoya-tomita-interview/
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 https://gamingreinvented.com/interview/lets-interview-kirbys-epic-yarn-composer-tomoya-tomita/