Hideaki Miyamoto

Hideaki Miyamoto
Place of birth: Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan
Date of birth: 1966-05-29 (age 54)
Company(ies): Sega of Japan
Role(s): Composer
Education: Chiba University

Hideaki Miyamoto (宮本 英明) is a former Sega sound composer employed within its AM2 department who started with Sega System 32 title Burning Rival. Notable roles include being the composer of Virtua Cop 2 and the Sound Director for SpikeOut, for both of which he acted as Hidenori Shoji's superior during the latter's early career.

Following his work on the Xbox version of Shenmue II, Miyamoto left the company and, in May 2004, founded Flarewave inc.. Titles he has been involved in following its inception include Blue Dragon (sound effect production), Vampire Rain and Escapee Go! (as main composer in both instances) and Sine Mora.

Despite having left Sega, Miyamoto has provided sound production assistance for the Yakuza series beginning with its third entry and even created two tracks for its fourth.

Production history

• Burning Rival (System 32;
  1993) — B.G.M. (as 宮本 英明)
• Hard Dunk (System 32;
  1994) — Sound (as 宮本 英明)
• Virtua Striker (Model 2;
  1995) — Sound Creator
• Virtua Striker (Model 2;
  1995) — DF
• Virtua Cop 2 (Model 2;
  1995) — Music Composer
• Virtua Cop 2 (Saturn;
  1996) — Music Composer
• Scud Race (Model 3;
  1996) — Sound
• Virtua Striker 2 (Model 3;
  1997) — Sound Creators
• Spikeout: Digital Battle Online (Model 3;
  1998) — Sound Director
• Charge 'N Blast (Dreamcast;
  2000) — Sound Director
• Spikeout: Final Edition (Model 3;
  1999) — Sound Director
• F355 Challenge (Dreamcast;
  2000) — Sound
• Virtua Fighter 4 (NAOMI 2;
  2001) — Sound Creator
• Shenmue II (Dreamcast;
  2001) — Voice Editors
• Shenmue II (Xbox;
  2002) — Voice Editors
• Shenmue II (Xbox;
  2002) — Voice Recorders
• The King of Route 66 (NAOMI 2;
  2002) — Sound Designer
• Virtua Cop 3 (Chihiro;
  2003) — Sound Team
• Ollie King (Chihiro;
  2003) — Recording Producer

• Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution (2002/2003)
• Virtua Cop: Elite Edition (2002) — AM2 Staff
• Blue Dragon (2006) — Sound Effects (Sound Effects)
• Vampire Rain (2007) — Music
• Vampire Rain: Altered Species (2008) — Music
• Yakuza 3 (2009) — Sound Producer (Flarewave inc.) (Music Production Assistance)
• Escapee Go! (2010) — Sound and Music Composer
• Yakuza 4 (2010) — Sound Producer (Flarewave inc.) (Music Production Assistance/Recording Assistance) (Production Assistance) (Staff)
• Yakuza: Dead Souls (2011) — Sound Effect Production (Flarewave inc.) (Music Production Support/Recording Support) (Production Support) (Staff)
• Sine Mora (2012) — Additional Sound Works (Flarewave Inc.) (Contractors)
• Yakuza 5 (2012) — MA (Flarewave Inc.) (Music Production Support/Recording Support) (Production Support) (Staff)

Song credits

Burning Rival

• Opening Demo — Music & Arrangement
• Player Select — Music & Arrangement
• VS — Music & Arrangement
• Arnold Stage — Music & Arrangement
• Craze Stage — Music & Arrangement
• Jackson Stage — Music & Arrangement
• Santana Stage — Music & Arrangement
• Shingen Stage — Music & Arrangement
• Mr. Chin Stage — Music & Arrangement
• Asuka Stage — Music & Arrangement
• Bill Stage — Music & Arrangement
• Concentration — Music & Arrangement
• Stage End — Music & Arrangement
• Arnold Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Craze Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Jackson Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Santana Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Shingen Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Mr. Chin Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Asuka Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Bill Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Congratulations! — Music & Arrangement
• Staff Roll — Music & Arrangement
• Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement
• Not Use — Music & Arrangement

Virtua Striker

• Advertise — Music & Arrangement
• Continue — Music & Arrangement
• Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Goal Replay — Music & Arrangement
• Goal Rush — Music & Arrangement
• selector — Music & Arrangement

Virtua Cop 2 (Arcade version)

• Go Ahead — Music & Arrangement
• Stage Select — Music & Arrangement
• Break Out — Music & Arrangement
• Big Chase — Music & Arrangement
• Escape — Music & Arrangement
• High Pressure — Music & Arrangement
• Look Out — Music & Arrangement
• Save the Mayor — Music & Arrangement
• The Dance of Death — Music & Arrangement
• Crisis — Music & Arrangement
• Rail Line Shootout — Music & Arrangement
• Trap — Music & Arrangement
• Dead Angle — Music & Arrangement
• Revenge of Fang — Music & Arrangement
• Ending - Intermission — Music & Arrangement
• Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement
• Ending 2 - So Long! (Not Use) — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over 2 (Not Use) — Music & Arrangement

Scud Race

• Advertise — Music & Arrangement
• Stage Select — Music & Arrangement
• Flight in the Dark — Music & Arrangement
• Ancient Voice — Music & Arrangement
• Ending — Music & Arrangement

Virtua Cop 2 (Saturn Version)

• Go Ahead — Music & Arrangement
• Stage Select — Music & Arrangement
• Break Out — Music & Arrangement
• Big Chase — Music & Arrangement
• Escape — Music & Arrangement
• High Pressure — Music & Arrangement
• Look Out — Music & Arrangement
• Save the Mayor — Music & Arrangement
• The Dance of Death — Music & Arrangement
• Crisis — Music & Arrangement
• Rail Line Shootout — Music & Arrangement
• Trap — Music & Arrangement
• Dead Angle — Music & Arrangement
• Revenge of Fang — Music & Arrangement
• Ending - Intermission — Music & Arrangement
• Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Virtua Striker 2

• vs1adv1c2long - Virtua Striker Ending BGM — Music & Arrangement
• vs1c1goalrush - Virtua Striker Goal Rush BGM — Music & Arrangement
• vs1c1kachinuki - Virtua Striker Select BGM — Music & Arrangement
• vs1com01 - Virtua Striker Continue BGM — Music & Arrangement
• vs1com02 - Virtua Striker Advertisement BGM — Music & Arrangement
• vs1slow - Virtua Striker Goal Replay BGM — Music & Arrangement
• vs2miya3short - Unused Tune — Music & Arrangement
• vs2miya7 - Unused Tune — Music & Arrangement
• vs2miya7int - Final Match Goal Rush (vs2miya7) BGM — Music & Arrangement

Virtua Fighter 4

• Blue Impact — Music & Arrangement
• Dojo ~A Ring of Strategy~ — Music & Arrangement
• The Great Wall — Music & Arrangement

Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution

• rain — Music & Arrangement

Yakuza 4

• JeweL — Music & Arrangement
• Shine — Music & Arrangement

External links

• Flarewave.co.jp
• Hideaki Miyamoto on Soundcloud