Tohru Nakabayashi
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Tohru Nakabayashi |
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Place of birth: Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan[1] |
Date of birth: 1957-12-25 (age 64) |
Employment history: |
Role(s): Composer, Musician |
Education: Chiba Institute of Technology Tsudanuma Campus[2] |
Tohru "Master" Nakabayashi (中林 亨) is a former Sega sound designer who composed for many of the company's arcade games in the 80s, as well as various medal games and prize games. He was also a member of Team Shinobi.
Towards the 90's his role had shifted into sound system development and management for AM2.[3] For many years after he worked under Sega Mechatronics[4]. He currently works for FPS.[2]
Production history
Games
- Doki Doki Penguin Land (SG-1000; 1985)
- Altered Beast (System 16; 1988) — Team Shinobi 1988 Summer (as NAK.)
- Scramble Spirits (System 24; 1988) — Sound Design (as Professor Tohru)
- Hyper Marbles (Mega Drive; 1991) — Music (as T.N)
- Streets of Rage (Mega Drive; 1991) — Sound Assisted[5] (as T.N)
- Virtua Racing (Mega Drive; 1994) — Music Composers (as Thoru Nakabayashi)
- Burning Rival (System 32; 1993) — S.E. & Sound Program (as 中林 亨)
- Victory Goal '96 (Saturn; 1996) — Special thanks to
- Die Hard Arcade (Sega Titan Video; 1996)
- Die Hard Arcade (Saturn; 1997) — Special Thanks
- Scud Race (Model 3; 1996) — Sound (as Toru Nakabayashi)
- Scud Race Plus (Model 3; 1997) — Sound (as Toru Nakabayashi)
- Dynamite Cop (Model 2; 1998) — Special Thanks
- Sega Tetris (Dreamcast; 2000) — Special Thanks to (as Toru Nakabayashi)
Music
- Virtua Fighter 2 Sound Track (CD; 1995) — Executive Producer (as 中林 亨)
- Virtua Striker & Virtua Striker 2 (CD; 1997) — Sound A&R
- Yu Suzuki Produce Power Drift (CD; 1998) — Sound A&R
- Harley-Davidson & L.A. Riders (CD; 1998) — Sound A&R
- Sega Racing Best (CD; 1999) — Sound Producer
- Galaxy Force II & Thunder Blade Original Sound Track (CD; 2007) — Special Thanks
- Golden Axe The Music (CD; 2008) — Commentator
- Girl's Garden (1984)
- Choplifter[3] (Arcade version) (1985)
- Action Fighter (Arcade version) (1986) (as NAK)
- Alien Syndrome (Arcade version) (1987)
- Dunk Shot (1987)
- Time Scanner (1987) (as NKB)
- Thunder Blade (Arcade version) (1987) (as Master)
- Ghostbusters (Master System) (1987)
- Golden Axe (Arcade version) (1989) (as Master)
- CyberBall (1990)
- Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Arcade version) (1990)
- Cyber Dome (1991) (as Master)
- Arabian Fight[3] (1991)
- StarHorse 2 Fourth Ambition (2008) — Sound Director (as Toru Nakabayashi)
Song credits
Doki Doki Penguin Land (SG-1000 Version)
- Title — Music & Arrangement
- Main BGM — Music & Arrangement
- Round Clear — Music & Arrangement
- Game Over — Music & Arrangement
Alien Syndrome (Arcade version)
- Title — Music & Arrangement
- Credit — Music & Arrangement
- Round Start — Music & Arrangement
- Dooms Day (Main BGM) — Music & Arrangement
- Killer Instinct (Boss) — Music & Arrangement
- Ending — Music & Arrangement
- Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
- BGM 2 — Music & Arrangement
- Boss 2 — Music & Arrangement
- Stage Clear — Music & Arrangement
- BGM 3 — Music & Arrangement
- BGM 4 — Music & Arrangement
- Boss 3 — Music & Arrangement
- Ending 2 — Music & Arrangement
- Test BGM — Music & Arrangement
Dunk Shot
- Credit — Music & Arrangement
- Team Select — Music & Arrangement
- Demo — Music & Arrangement
- Winning Song — Music & Arrangement
- Beat Away (Round 1) — Music & Arrangement
- Winning Ceremony (Coffee Break) — Music & Arrangement
- Toast! (Round 2) — Music & Arrangement
- Hide and Seek (Round 3) — Music & Arrangement
- One on One (Round 4) — Music & Arrangement
- The Fight (Round 5) — Music & Arrangement
- Game Over — Music & Arrangement
- Ranking — Music & Arrangement
Time Scanner (Arcade version)
- Credit — Music & Arrangement
- Volcano Stage — Music & Arrangement
- Saqqarah Stage — Music & Arrangement
- Saqqarah Multi Ball — Music & Arrangement
- Monster Stage — Music & Arrangement
- Ruins Stage — Music & Arrangement
- Multi Ball — Music & Arrangement
- Final Stage — Music & Arrangement
- Game Over — Music & Arrangement
- Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
- Not Use — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]
Thunder Blade (Arcade version)
- Coin — Music & Arrangement
- Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
- Extra BGM 1 ~Take Off~ — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]
- Extra BGM 2 ~Primary Attack~ — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]
- Extra BGM 3 ~In Conclusion~ — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]
Altered Beast (Arcade version)
- Credit — Music & Arrangement
- Rise from Your Grave (Round 1, 4) — Music & Arrangement
- Altered Beast (Power Up) — Music & Arrangement
- Gaum-Hammer (Boss Theme) — Music & Arrangement
- Crystal Ball Theme (Round Clear) — Music & Arrangement
- Closed in Upon Me (Round 2, 5) — Music & Arrangement
- I'll Be Back (Round 3) — Music & Arrangement
- Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? (Ending) — Music & Arrangement
- Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
- Game Over — Music & Arrangement
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Arcade version)
- Title — Arrangement
- Cavern (Round 1, 5-1, 5-2) — Arrangement
- Amusement Quarter (Round 2-1, 2-2) — Arrangement
- Boss 1 (Round 2-3) — Music & Arrangement
- Night Street (Round 3) — Arrangement
- Graveyard (Round 4-1, 4-2) — Arrangement
- Boss 2 (Round 4-3) — Music & Arrangement
- Boss 3 (Round 5-3) — Music & Arrangement
- Dance Magic 1 — Music & Arrangement
- Dance Magic 2 — Arrangement
- Dance Magic 3 — Arrangement
- Ending — Arrangement
External links
References
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/tohru.nakabayashi/about_places
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.facebook.com/tohru.nakabayashi/about_work_and_education
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://media.vgm.io/albums/74/2047/2047-1506489755.jpg
- ↑ https://media.vgm.io/albums/30/6203/6203-1474808399.jpg
- ↑ File:Streets of Rage MD credits.pdf