Difference between revisions of "Wave Master"

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Wave Master

Founded: 2000-08-01

Headquarters:

Tokyo, Japan

2000-08-01

Wave Master Inc. (株式会社ウェーブマスター) is a Japanese music business owned by the Sega Sammy Group. Originally a successor to Sega Digital Media, Wave Master's original role was to produce music for Sega's video games, however is has since branched out into other forms of entertainment such as film and television, and acts as a record label, managing Japanese musicians and artists.

Wave Master was also briefly a video game developer in its own right, releasing Switch and New Roommania: Porori Seishun for the PlayStation 2 (and the PS2 port of Roommania #203, originally developed as Sega Digital Media). The company became solely concerned with music in 2003, absorbing Sammy's music business, Underground Liberation Force, on 1st April, 2005^[1].

As well as having its own musicians and recording engineers, Wave Master also has a recording studio which has been hired by third-party organisations.

For a while Wave Master were maintaining a handful of sub-labels, the two prominent ones being Wave Master Artists (for regular musical acts signed up with the record label) and Wave Master Entertainment, used for video game, film and animation soundtracks. Both were established in late 2003^[2]. As of 2023, Wave Master Artists' management division was transferred to Haru Entertainment.

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-'''Wave Master Inc.''' (株式会社ウェーブマスター) is a Japanese music business owned by the [[Sega Sammy Group]]. Originally a successor to [[Sega Digital Media]], Wave Master's original role was to produce music for [[Sega]]'s video games, however is has since branched out into other forms of entertainment such as film and television, and acts as a record label, managing Japanese musicians and artists. It was also briefly a video game developer in its own right, though since 2003 has only been concerned with music.
+'''Wave Master Inc.''' (株式会社ウェーブマスター) is a Japanese music business owned by the [[Sega Sammy Group]]. Originally a successor to [[Sega Digital Media]], Wave Master's original role was to produce music for [[Sega]]'s video games, however is has since branched out into other forms of entertainment such as film and television, and acts as a record label, managing Japanese musicians and artists.
-==Members==
+Wave Master was also briefly a video game developer in its own right, releasing ''[[Switch]]'' and ''[[New Roommania: Porori Seishun]]'' for the [[PlayStation 2]] (and the PS2 port of ''[[Roommania 203|Roommania #203]]'', originally developed as Sega Digital Media). The company became solely concerned with music in 2003, absorbing [[Sammy]]'s music business, Underground Liberation Force, on 1st April, 2005{{fileref|IR EN 2005-01-28 3.pdf|page=2}}.
-{{multicol|
-*[[Fumie Kumatani]]
+As well as having its own musicians and recording engineers, Wave Master also has a recording studio which has been hired by third-party organisations.
-*[[Fumitaka Shibata]]
-*[[Hideaki Kobayashi]]
+For a while Wave Master were maintaining a handful of sub-labels, the two prominent ones being '''Wave Master Artists''' (for regular musical acts signed up with the record label) and '''Wave Master Entertainment''', used for video game, film and animation soundtracks. Both were established in late 2003{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20071118204111/http://sega.jp/corp/release/2003/0807/}}. As of 2023, Wave Master Artists' management division was transferred to Haru Entertainment.
-*[[Hideki Abe]]
-*[[Hideki Naganuma]]
+==Company statistics==
-*[[Hirofumi Murasaki]]
+*'''Capital:''' 30 million yen{{magref|dmjp|2000-26|36}}
-*[[Junko Shiratsu]]
+*'''Number of Employees:''' 41 (2000-03){{magref|dmjp|2000-26|36}}
-*[[Jun Senoue]]
-*[[Keiichi Sugiyama]]
+==Softography (as developer)==
-*[[Kenichi Tokoi]]
+{{CompanyHistoryAll|Wave Master|role=Developer}}
-*[[Mariko Nanba]]
-*[[Masaru Setsumaru]]
-*[[Naofumi Hataya]]
-*[[Shigeharu Isoda]]
-*[[Tatsuyuki Maeda]]
-*[[Tatsuya Kouzaki]]
-*[[Teruhiko Nakagawa]]
-*[[Tomoko Sasaki]]
-*[[Tomonori Sawada]]
-*[[Tomoya Ohtani]]
-*[[Yoshitada Miya]]
-*[[Yukifumi Makino]] (Head of Team)
-*[[Yutaka Minobe]]
-}}
-==Softography (Music and sound design)==
+==Softography (as support)==
+{{CompanyHistoryAll|Wave Master|role=Support}}
 ===[[Dreamcast]]===
 {{multicol|
-* ''[[Daytona USA 2001]]'' (2000)
+* ''[[De La Jet Set Radio]]'' (2000)
-* ''[[Guru Guru Onsen 2]]'' (2001)
-* ''[[Guru Guru Onsen 3]]'' (2002)
-* ''[[Hundred Swords]]'' (2001)
-* ''[[Jet Set Radio|De La Jet Set Radio]]'' (2000)
 * ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' (2001)
-* ''[[Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream]]'' (2000)
-* ''[[Phantasy Star Online Ver.2]]'' (2001)
-* ''[[Phantasy Star Online]]'' (2000)
-* ''[[Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! & Asobou!]]'' (2001)
-* ''[[Rez]]'' (2001)
 * ''[[Sakura Taisen 2]]'' (2001)
-* ''[[Sakura Taisen 3]]'' (2001)
-* ''[[Sakura Taisen 4]]'' (2002)
 * ''[[Samba de Amigo Ver.2000]]'' (2000)
-* ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'' (2000)
-* ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]'' (2001)
-* ''[[Space Channel 5: Part 2]]'' (2002)
 ===[[Game Boy Advance]]===
 * ''[[Baseball Advance]]'' (2002)
 * ''[[J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Advance]]'' (2001)
-* ''[[Puyo Pop]]'' (2001)
 * ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]'' (2002)
-* ''[[Sonic Advance 3]]'' (2004)
-* ''[[Sonic Advance]]'' (2001)
-* ''[[Sonic Battle]]'' (2003)
 ===[[PlayStation 2]]===
-* ''[[Astro Boy]]'' (2004)
 * ''[[Initial D: Special Stage]]'' (2001)
-* ''[[New Roommania: Porori Seishun]]'' (2003)
-* ''[[Nightshade]]'' (2003)
 * ''[[Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2003]]'' (2003)
 * ''[[Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2]]'' (2003)
-* ''[[Puyo Pop Fever]]'' (2004)
 * ''[[Rez]]'' (2001)
-* ''[[Roommania #203]]'' (2002)
-* ''[[Shinobi (2002)|Shinobi]]'' (2002)
 * ''[[Saka Tsuku 2002: J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! ]]'' (2002)
-* ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' (2003)
-* ''[[Space Channel 5: Part 2]]'' (2002)
 * ''[[Switch]]''  (2002)
 ===[[Xbox]]===
-* ''[[Gunvalkyrie]]'' (2002)
-* ''[[Jet Set Radio Future]]'' (2002)
-* ''[[Panzer Dragoon Orta]]'' (2002)
 * ''[[Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2 Plus]]'' (2003)
 * ''[[Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2]]'' (2002)
-* ''[[Puyo Pop Fever]]'' (2004)
-* ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' (2003)
 ===[[GameCube]]===
-* ''[[Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg]]'' (2003)
 * ''[[Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2 Plus]]'' (2003)
 * ''[[Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 & 2]]'' (2002)
-* ''[[Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution]]'' (2003)
-* ''[[Puyo Pop Fever]]'' (2004)
-* ''[[Sonic Adventure 2: Battle]]'' (2002)
 * ''[[Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut]]'' (2002)
-* ''[[Sonic Heroes]]'' (2003)
-* ''[[Sonic Mega Collection]]'' (2002)
 ===[[NAOMI]]===
 * ''[[Dragon Treasure]]'' (2003)
 * ''[[Samba de Amigo Ver.2000]]'' (2000)
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-==Softography==
+==Softography (non-Sega)==
-{{CompanyHistoryAll|Wave Master}}
+These games do not have pages on Sega Retro.
-===Non-Sega games with sound design by Wave Master===
+====[[Game Boy Advance]]====
-These games do not have pages on Sega Retro.
+* ''Rika-chan No Oshare Nikki'' (2004)
+====[[PlayStation 2]]====
+* ''Super Galdelic Hour'' (2001; [[Enix]])
+* ''Ghost Vibration''  (2002; [[Artoon]]/[[Eidos]]/[[Infogrames]])
+* ''Onimusha Blade Warriors'' (2003; [[Capcom]])
-===[[Game Boy Advance]]===
+====[[Xbox]]====
+* ''Blinx: The Time Sweeper'' (2002; Artoon/[[Microsoft]])
+* ''Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space'' (2004; Artoon/Microsoft)
-* ''Rika-chan No Oshare Nikki'' (2004)
+<!-- The Super Galdelic Hour one is from Naofumi Hataya's archive page from somewhere look at posts around http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?s=&showtopic=8815&view=findpost&p=540151 - andlabs -->
-===[[PlayStation 2]]===
+==Discography==
+{{Discography|Wave Master}}
-* ''Super Galdelic Hour'' (2001; [[Enix]]; [[PlayStation 2]])
+===Wave Master Artists===
-* ''Ghost Vibration''  (2002; [[Artoon]]/[[Eidos]]/[[Infogrames]]; PlayStation 2)
+{{Discography|Wave Master Artists}}
-* ''Onimusha Blade Warriors'' (2003; [[Capcom]]; PlayStation 2)
-===[[Xbox]]===
+===Wave Master Entertainment===
+{{Discography|Wave Master Entertainment}}
-* ''Blinx: The Time Sweeper'' (2002; Artoon/[[Microsoft]]; [[Xbox]])
+===Sound! Shock Series===
-* ''Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space'' (2004; Artoon/Microsoft; Xbox)
+{{Discography|Sound! Shock Series}}
-<!-- The Super Galdelic Hour one is from Naofumi Hataya's archive page from somewhere look at posts around http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?s=&showtopic=8815&view=findpost&p=540151 - andlabs -->
+==List of staff==
-==Discography==
+{{StaffList|Wave Master|employees=yes}}
-{{multicol|
-{{CompanyHistory|Wave Master|role=RecordLabel}}
-|cols=3}}
 ==Magazine articles==
 {{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+SoundShockSeries logo.png|Sound Shock Series label logo
+</gallery>
 ==External links==

Difference between revisions of "Wave Master"

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Latest revision as of 16:04, 5 September 2024

Contents

Company statistics

Softography (as developer)

Softography (as support)

Softography (non-Sega)

Discography

Wave Master Artists

Wave Master Entertainment

Sound! Shock Series

List of staff

Magazine articles

Gallery

External links

References