Hirofumi Murasaki

Hirofumi "Shinnosuke" Murasaki (村崎 弘史) is a former Sega sound designer. Along with Masayuki Nagao and Morihiko Akiyama, he originally worked for Santos, which was renamed Megasoft upon Sega's acquisition of the company in December 1991. During this time he is notable for managing the music for Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master.

Following the group's separation in 1993, Murasaki would become the sound director for the company's Saturn and Dreamcast soccer and baseball titles with the Victory Goal/Sega Worldwide Soccer series and Let's make!! series and later manage the football and basketball titles in the 2K Sports series. He also directed the sound for Dragon Force and the majority of the early titles in the Sakura Wars (Sakura Taisen) series. He is best known, however, for directing the sound and composing the music for the Clockwork Knight series.

Murasaki has since become a voice-over director for titles developed by Artoon.

Production History

• Toki: Going Ape Spit (Mega Drive Version) (1991) — Sound (as Murasaki)
• Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (1993) — Music and Sound [NOTE: BGM Handling]
• Aa Harimanada (Mega Drive Version) (1993) — Choreography (as Shinnosuke Murasaki), Sound (as Shinnosuke Murasaki) [NOTE: BGM Handling]
• Party Quiz Mega Q (1993) (as Shinnosuke Murasaki) [NOTE: BGM, SE and Direction]
• Clockwork Knight (1994) — Direction & Music Compose (Sound Staff), Music by (Opening Theme - "Clockwork Knight"), Music by (Main Theme - "A Lullaby") [NOTE: BGM, SE and Direction]
• Clockwork Knight 2 (1995) — Sound Director/Music Composer, Music by (Opening Theme (Salsa de Pepperouchau -Fiesta de los Amigos-)), Music by (Title Theme (Pretty Please Boogie)), Music by (Credits Theme (A Lullaby))
• J. League Victory Goal '96 (1996) [NOTE: Sound Direction and Real-Life System, Real-Life Recording (Sound Director), Script Writing and Recording Director]
• Dragon Force (1996) — Sound Director
• Sega Worldwide Soccer '97 (1996) [NOTE: Sound Direction and Real-Life System, Real-Life Recording (Sound Director), Script Writing and Recording Director]
• Shinseiki Evangelion: 2nd Impression (1997) — Arrangement (Kimi ga, Kimi ni Umareta Wake)
• J. League Victory Goal '97 (1997) [NOTE: Sound Direction and Real-Life System, Real-Life Recording (Sound Director), Script Writing and Recording Director]
• Sega Worldwide Soccer PC (1997) — Sound
• J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 2 (1997) [NOTE: Sound Direction and Real-Life System, Real-Life Recording (Sound Director), Script Writing and Recording Director]
• Pro Yakyuu Team mo Tsukurou! (1998) [NOTE: Sound Direction and Real-Life System, Real-Life Recording (Sound Director), Script Writing and Recording Director]
• Sega Worldwide Soccer '98 (1997) — Sound [NOTE: Sound Direction and Real-Life System, Real-Life Recording (Sound Director), Script Writing and Recording Director]
• Sakura Taisen 2 (Saturn Version) (1998) [NOTE: Sound Direction and Coordinate]
• Radio DC (CD) (1999)
• Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! (Dreamcast Version) (1999) (1998) [NOTE: Sound Direction and Real-Life System, Real-Life Recording (Sound Director) and Recording Director]
• NFL 2K (1999) [NOTE: Japanese Edition Product Manager and NFL 2K Bible Production]
• J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! (Dreamcast Version) (1999) [NOTE: Sound Direction and Real-Life System, Real-Life Recording (Sound Director), Script Writing, Recording Director and Support Song Edit Planning]
• NBA 2K (1999) [NOTE: Japan Edition Product Manager and NBA 2K Bible Production]
• Pro Yakyuu Team de Asobou! (1999) [NOTE: Sound Direction and Real-Life System, Real-Life Recording (Sound Director) and Recording Director]
• Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2 (2000) [NOTE: Sound Direction and Coordinate]
• Ogami Ichiro Funtouki: Sakura Taisen Kayou Show - Benitokage Yori (2000) [NOTE: Sound Direction and Coordinate]
• Sakura Taisen (Dreamcast Version) (2000) [NOTE: Sound Direction and Coordinate]
• NFL 2K1 (2000)
• Sakura Taisen 2 (Dreamcast Version) (2000) [NOTE: Sound Direction and Coordinate]
• NBA 2K1 (2000)
• The Typing of the Dead (PC Version) (2000) — Sound Designer
• Daytona USA 2001 (2000) — Composer
• Sakura Taisen 3 (Dreamcast Version) (2001) [NOTE: Sound Direction and Coordinate]
• Ghost Vibration (2002) — Voice Over Staff (Development)
• NFL 2K2 (2002) — Sound Producer
• Ryoko Sensei no Shinryoshitsu (2004)
• Tian-Xing: Swords of Destiny (2005) — Voice-Over Director
• Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 18: Dragon Force (2005) — Sound Director (Wavemaster)
• Rule of Rose (2006) — Musician Coordinator
• Legend of Joe Musashi: Shinobi Music Collection (CD) (2009) (as Shinnosuke)

Song Credits

Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master

• Izayoi (Round 6-2) — Music & Arrangement

Clockwork Knight

• Clockwork Knight — Music
• Never Say Die! — Music
• Pretty Please Boogie — Music
• Happiness is always around you — Music
• Clockwork Knight (Reprise) — Music
• Salsa de Pepperouchau -Fiesta de los Amigos- — Music
• A Lullaby — Music

Dragon Force

• The Future — Electric Bass

Shinseiki Evangelion: 2nd Impression

• Kimi ga, Kimi ni Umareta Wake — Arrangement (w/Akira Sasaki)

Radio DC

• A Lullaby — Music, Re-arrangement

Daytona USA 2001

• Greatfall in the Sky-Race — Music & Arrangement
• Greatfall in the Sky-Mirror — Music & Arrangement
• Greatfall in the Sky-Goal — Music & Arrangement
• Greatfall in the Sky-Clear — Music & Arrangement

Ryoko Sensei no Shinryoshitsu

• Nayameru Kohitsuji niwa Ai no Muchi yo — Composition & Lyrics
• Ryoko no Blues — Lyrics
• Hello!! — Lyrics (w/Chiho Okamoto)
• Shinryoshitsu ha Paradise — Composition & Lyrics

Legend of Joe Musashi: Shinobi Music Collection

• Izayoi (Arrange Version) — Music & Arrangement

External Links

• Hirofumi Murasaki's 1st Wave Master profile (2001-2004) on archive.org
• Hirofumi Murasaki's 2nd Wave Master profile (2003-2004) on archive.org
• Sega Creators Note interview on NFL 2K2