Tohru Nakabayashi

Tohru Nakabayashi

Place of birth: Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan^[1]
Date of birth: 1957-12-25 (age 64)
Employment history: Sega of Japan
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

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[:File:Streets_of_Rage_MD_credits.pdf_p-5] File:Streets of Rage MD credits.pdf

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