Takeshi Isozaki
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Takeshi Isozaki |
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Date of birth: 1976-02-03[1] (age 49) |
Employment history: Sega Enterprises (1999[1] – )
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Role(s): Composer, musician |
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Takeshi Isozaki (磯崎 剛) is a lesser known former[2] Sega of Japan employee best known for his work on the Crazy Taxi and Yakuza series. He may also have been involved with the Mushiking series while at Family Entertainment.[3]
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Artistry
Influences
Isozaki has described his influences as ever-changing and with no particular genres he likes or dislikes.[1] Many of his favourite albums are due to their songs having very good music videos, including The Perfect Drug by Nine Inch Nails, Travelling Without Moving by Jamiroquai and Jelly Tones by Ken Ishii. He has also listed momoism by Mimori Yusa as an album he listened to frequently during his wandering era before joining Sega.[1]
Production history
- Air Trix (Hikaru; 2001) — Sound Designers
- Crazy Taxi 2 (Dreamcast; 2001) — Sound Supervisor
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (Xbox; 2002) — Sound Supervisor
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (Chihiro; 2003) — Sound Supervisor
- Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller (Windows PC; 2004) — Sound Supervisor
- Sonic Gems Collection (PlayStation 2; 2005) — Sound Creator
- Sonic Gems Collection (GameCube; 2005) — Sound Creator
- Sega Rally 2006 (PlayStation 2; 2006) — Composer
- Let's Go Jungle!: Lost on the Island of Spice (Lindbergh; 2006) — Sound Effects Director/Multitrack Audio for Movie
- Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars (PlayStation Portable; 2007) — Sound Supervisor
- Yakuza: Dead Souls (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Sound Effect Production
- Binary Domain (Xbox 360; 2012) — Sound Designers
- Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS; 2012) — Composers
- Yakuza 5 (PlayStation 3; 2012) — Sound Creation Team
- Puyo Puyo!! Quest Arcade (RingEdge; 2013) — スペシャルサンクス (as 磯崎 剛)
- Initial D Arcade Stage 8 Infinity (RingEdge; 2014) — Sound Creators
- Sengoku Taisen: 1615 Osaka Moyu, Yo wa Yume no Gotoku (RingEdge; 2015) — Music
- Sengoku Taisen (2010)
Song credits
- Main article: Takeshi Isozaki/Song credits.
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Takeshi Isozaki
External links
- Profile on Hitmaker Sound Page (Backup)
- Hitmaker Sound Page column (Backup) Vol.06, Vol.09, Vol.12, Vol.24, Vol.29, Vol.31, Vol.40
- Hito Maker entry #81
- Takeshi Isozaki on VGMdb
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 http://backup.segakore.fr/hitmaker/game/SOUND/SITE/member06.html
- ↑ Isozaki's credit in Yakuza 5 was removed for the Remastered version, as is customary with former employees
- ↑ @StudioRezitativ on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2023-01-27 16:06)