Tohru Nakabayashi

Tohru Nakabayashi

Place of birth: Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan^[1]
Date of birth: 1957-12-25 (age 66)
Employment history: Sega Enterprises Divisions: Sega AM2 Sega AM5 Sega Divisions: Sega Mechatro FPS
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,^[3] to games on the Mega Drive and Game Gear.

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^[4] He was cited as "responsible for bringing the S.S.T.Band to the world".

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^[5] He was also a member of Team Shinobi.

From May to December of 1991 he wrote the Game Music Course series for Mega Drive Fan, explaining to readers key concepts in game music, from basics such as equipment, composing to visuals and writing a score, to more specific topics such as porting from arcade to consoles, the sound of the Mega Drive and Mega-CD and how to get a job as a video game music composer.

Towards the 90's his role at Sega had shifted into sound system development and management for AM2.^[3] The late 90's saw him provide A&R (artists & repertoire) on various Sega video game music albums. For an unknown number of years, he worked under Sega AM5^[6] and Sega Mechatronics^[7].

He currently works for FPS.^[2] where he is known to have innovated speakers^[8]. Since 2021 he has been on the company's board of directors^[9].

Equipment

As humbly bragged about in Mega Drive Fan (1991).

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Computer: MAC-SE+Performer
Sampler: Akai S1000
Sampler (used as Master Keyboard): Korg DSS-1
MIDI controller, Sample-playback device: E-mu Proteus
MIDI controller: Oberheim Xpander
Rhythm Machine: Roland RBM [NOTE: Rhythm and Bass Machine]

Production history

Games

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Videos

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Music

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Books

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Hardware

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Accessories

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Song credits

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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

Magazine articles

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External links

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Tohru Nakabayashi

From Sega Retro

Contents

Equipment

Production history

Games

Videos

Music

Books

Hardware

Accessories

Song credits

Doki Doki Penguin Land (SG-1000 Version)

Alien Syndrome (Arcade version)

Dunk Shot

Time Scanner (Arcade version)

Thunder Blade (Arcade version)

Altered Beast (Arcade version)

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Arcade version)

Magazine articles

External links

References