Difference between revisions of "Yasuhiro Kawakami"

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==Production History==
 
==Production History==
* ''[[Shinobi]]'' (Arcade Version) (1987)
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* ''[[Shinobi]]'' (Arcade version) (1987)
* ''[[Tetris]]'' (Arcade Version) (1988)
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* ''[[Tetris]]'' (Arcade version) (1988)
* ''[[Scramble Spirits]]'' (Arcade Version) (1988) — Sound Design (as '''Yatchan''')
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* ''[[Scramble Spirits]]'' (Arcade version) (1988) — Sound Design (as '''Yatchan''')
* ''[[Crack Down]]'' (Arcade Version) (1989) (as '''Y.K''')
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* ''[[Crack Down]]'' (Arcade version) (1989) (as '''Y.K''')
* ''[[ESWAT]]'' (Arcade Version) (1989)
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* ''[[ESWAT]]'' (Arcade version) (1989)
 
* ''Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest'' (1992) — Sound Composer
 
* ''Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest'' (1992) — Sound Composer
 
* ''Rudra no Hihou'' (1996) — Sound Engineer (as '''Y.Kawakami''')
 
* ''Rudra no Hihou'' (1996) — Sound Engineer (as '''Y.Kawakami''')
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==Song Credits==
 
==Song Credits==
 
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===''[[Shinobi]]'' (Arcade Version)===
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===''[[Shinobi]]'' (Arcade version)===
 
* Credit — Music & Arrangement
 
* Credit — Music & Arrangement
 
* Mission Start — Music & Arrangement
 
* Mission Start — Music & Arrangement
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* Ending (Game Over) — Music & Arrangement
 
* Ending (Game Over) — Music & Arrangement
  
===''[[Tetris]]'' (Arcade Version)===
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===''[[Tetris]]'' (Arcade version)===
 
* Credit — Music & Arrangement
 
* Credit — Music & Arrangement
 
* BGM Speed-1 (Level 0 ~ 1) — Music & Arrangement
 
* BGM Speed-1 (Level 0 ~ 1) — Music & Arrangement
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* Extra (La cinquantaine) — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]
 
* Extra (La cinquantaine) — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]
  
===''[[Scramble Spirits]]'' (Arcade Version)===
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===''[[Scramble Spirits]]'' (Arcade version)===
 
* BGM 1 — Music & Arrangement
 
* BGM 1 — Music & Arrangement
 
* Descent — Music & Arrangement
 
* Descent — Music & Arrangement
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* Ending — Music & Arrangement
 
* Ending — Music & Arrangement
  
===''[[Crack Down]]'' (Arcade Version)===
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===''[[Crack Down]]'' (Arcade version)===
 
* Crack of Doom [Demo BGM] — Music & Arrangement
 
* Crack of Doom [Demo BGM] — Music & Arrangement
 
* Crack Down [BGM 1] — Music & Arrangement
 
* Crack Down [BGM 1] — Music & Arrangement
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* Far Out [Ending-2P] — Music & Arrangement
 
* Far Out [Ending-2P] — Music & Arrangement
  
===''[[ESWAT]]'' (Arcade Version)===
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===''[[ESWAT]]'' (Arcade version)===
 
* Credit — Music & Arrangement
 
* Credit — Music & Arrangement
 
* Wanted — Music & Arrangement
 
* Wanted — Music & Arrangement

Revision as of 08:40, 22 March 2016

Yasuhiro "Y.K" Kawakami (川上 泰広) is a former Sega sound composer who worked on some of its late 80s titles, including Shinobi, Crack Down, Tetris, ESWAT and Scramble Spirits. He later left the company and joined Square (now Square Enix) in 1991, remaining there throughout the decade. He is best known for composing music for Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest alongside Ryuji Sasai, his coworker for most of his employment with Square.

He has since become an employee for Warner Music Japan.

Production History

  • Shinobi (Arcade version) (1987)
  • Tetris (Arcade version) (1988)
  • Scramble Spirits (Arcade version) (1988) — Sound Design (as Yatchan)
  • Crack Down (Arcade version) (1989) (as Y.K)
  • ESWAT (Arcade version) (1989)
  • Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest (1992) — Sound Composer
  • Rudra no Hihou (1996) — Sound Engineer (as Y.Kawakami)
  • Tobal No. 1 (1996) — Composer (Other Staff)
  • Chocobo's Dungeon 2 (1998) — Music Composer (Square Co., Ltd.)
  • Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (2007) — A & R Director (Why) (Warner Music Japan) (Sound)

Song Credits

Shinobi (Arcade version)

  • Credit — Music & Arrangement
  • Mission Start — Music & Arrangement
  • BGM 1 (Mission 1-1) — Music & Arrangement
  • Stage Clear — Music & Arrangement
  • BGM 2 (Mission 1-2) — Music & Arrangement
  • Boss 1 — Music & Arrangement
  • Mission Clear — Music & Arrangement
  • Bonus Stage — Music & Arrangement
  • BGM 3 (Mission 2-1) — Music & Arrangement
  • BGM 4 (Mission 2-2) — Music & Arrangement
  • Boss 2 — Music & Arrangement
  • Ending (Game Over) — Music & Arrangement

Tetris (Arcade version)

  • Credit — Music & Arrangement
  • BGM Speed-1 (Level 0 ~ 1) — Music & Arrangement
  • BGM Speed-2 (Level 2 ~ 3) — Music & Arrangement
  • BGM Speed-3 (Level 4 ~ 5, 10 ~ 11) — Music & Arrangement
  • BGM Speed-4 (Level 6 ~ 7, 12 ~ 13) — Music & Arrangement
  • BGM Speed-5 (Level 8 ~ 9, 14 ~ 99) — Music & Arrangement
  • Deadlock (Hurry) — Music & Arrangement
  • Out — Music & Arrangement
  • Game Over — Music & Arrangement
  • Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
  • Extra (La cinquantaine) — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]

Scramble Spirits (Arcade version)

  • BGM 1 — Music & Arrangement
  • Descent — Music & Arrangement
  • BGM 2 — Music & Arrangement
  • BGM 3 — Music & Arrangement
  • Boss — Music & Arrangement
  • Round Clear — Music & Arrangement
  • Ending — Music & Arrangement

Crack Down (Arcade version)

  • Crack of Doom [Demo BGM] — Music & Arrangement
  • Crack Down [BGM 1] — Music & Arrangement
  • Ambush [BGM 2] — Music & Arrangement
  • Oppression [BGM 3] — Music & Arrangement
  • Kill Off [BGM 4] — Music & Arrangement
  • Rush [Boss Scene] — Music & Arrangement
  • Eyecatch [Round Clear] — Music & Arrangement
  • Break Up [Ending-1P] — Music & Arrangement
  • Far Out [Ending-2P] — Music & Arrangement

ESWAT (Arcade version)

  • Credit — Music & Arrangement
  • Wanted — Music & Arrangement
  • BGM 1 (Stage 1, 4, 7, 10, 13) — Music & Arrangement
  • Boss — Music & Arrangement
  • ESWAT — Music & Arrangement
  • BGM 2 (Stage 2, 5, 8, 11, 14) — Music & Arrangement
  • BGM 3 (Stage 3, 6, 9, 12, 15) — Music & Arrangement
  • Ending — Music & Arrangement