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Masafumi Ogata

Place of birth: Akita Prefecture, Japan
Date of birth: 1968-08-24 (age 56)
Employment history: Sega Enterprises AMS
Role(s): Musician

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Masafumi Ogata (尾形雅史) is a former Sega composer.

Career

He has composed music for two Sonic games and one related CD (alongside Naofumi Hataya) and is notable for composing the opening theme song to Sonic CD, Sonic - You Can Do Anything (also known as Toot Toot Sonic Warrior). He is also credited under the alias "Gatao" (which is an anagram of Ogata) in the 8-bit version of Sonic 2, which contains a version of that song as the background music for the stage Green Hills Zone, almost certainly made before the version in Sonic CD. Other than Sonic games, he composed the song "Crying World," the theme for Round 6-1 in Ristar. In November 2011, it was revealed by Masayuki Nagao that Ogata composed the "theme song for Sonic Drift" and Nagao just arranged it.

Following his work at Sega, Ogata has gone on to be employed by AMS co., ltd., where he composed music for games developed by Yuke's, Ecole, and a few Japan-exclusive games by C's Ware. He remained there from at least late 1997 to late 2001.

He has also worked with Momo Michishita (better known as simply "momo") on occasion, as she provided the main vocals for "Brand-new World" from Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix (which Ogata arranged) and sang the ending theme of Death Crimson 2, "Maybe someday" (she also voiced the game's protagonist, Yuri Rosenberg).

Aliases

Masafumi Ogata has used a variety of aliases, usually no more than 2 or 3 times. Typically these play off his name, most obviously "Gatao" in Sonic the Hedgehog and "O-gata" in several remix albums related to Sonic the Hedgehog CD. More obtuse are "Gas Ges Gos" in Golden Axe II and "Type-O" in Defenders of Oasis (Type being an uncommon translation of 形, one of the kanji within Ogata).

"Masashi Ogata", which uses an alternative reading of 雅史, is his most commonly used alias, first appearing in 1995 Ristar and Olio2 (in the latter case it is clearly not an erroneous reading of the kanji, as it is written in hiragana as オガタマサシ). The name would later appear in 1999 with 70's Robot Anime GPX Drama Mix CD and Platina Selection.^[1]

Production history

Games

Hyper Marbles (Mega Drive; 1991) — 音楽^[2] (as M.O)
Golden Axe II (Mega Drive; 1991) — Special Thanks^[3] (as Gas Ges Gos)
Defenders of Oasis (Game Gear; 1992) — Sound^[4] (as Type-O)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Game Gear; 1992) — Sound^[5] (as Gatao)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Master System; 1992) — Sound^[6] (as Gatao)
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Mega-CD; 1993) — Music by^[7]
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Mega-CD; 1993) — BGM Composed and Arranged^[7]
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Mega-CD; 1993) — Special Thanks^[8]
Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit (Mega-CD; 1994) — Composer^[9] (as Mo)
Ristar (Mega Drive; 1995) — Special Thanks to^[10] (as Masashi Ogata)
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Windows PC; 1996) — Special Thanks^[11]
Sonic Jam (Saturn; 1997) — Music by^[12]
Death Crimson 2: Meranito no Saidan (Dreamcast; 1999) — 音楽 (as 尾形雅史)
WWF Royal Rumble (Dreamcast; 2000) — Sound Engineers
Death Crimson OX (Dreamcast; 2001) — Sound Compose
Rez (Dreamcast; 2001) — Assistant Sound Creator
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Xbox 360; 2011) — Music by
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Xbox 360; 2011) — BGM Composed and Arranged
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Music by
Sonic the Hedgehog CD (PlayStation 3; 2011) — BGM Composed and Arranged

Music

Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix (CD; 1994) — Arranger^[13] (as o-gata)
Rez Gamer's Guide to... (CD; 2002) — Assistant Sound Creator
Radio DC No. 3: Mafuyu ni Kiku Game Ongaku (CD; 2003) — music composer^[14]
Sonic CD (Vinyl; 2019) — Composed by^[15]

Hardware

Sega Mega-CD (Mega-CD; 1991) — BIOS Screen Music Composer
Super Mega Drive Fan Vol. 1 - Mega CD Super Music Collection (CD) (1993) (as O-gata)
Super Mega Drive Fan Vol. 2 - Mega Drive Super Music Collection (CD) (1994) (as O-gata)
Sonic Drift (1994)
Dream Generation: Koi ka? Shigoto ka!?... (1998) — Music & Arrangement
Radio DC (CD) (1999)

Song credits

Main article: Masafumi Ogata/Song credits.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Master System and Game Gear Versions)

Under Ground Zone — Music & Arrangement
Green Hills Zone — Music & Arrangement

Super Mega Drive Fan Vol. 1 - Mega CD Super Music Collection

Sonic 6290 Mix — Original Music (with Naofumi Hataya), Remixed by

Sonic CD (Japanese edition)

Sonic - You Can Do Anything — Music & Arrangement
Title — Music & Arrangement
Little Planet — Music & Arrangement
Collision Chaos — Music & Arrangement
Collision Chaos "G" mix — Music & Arrangement
Collision Chaos "P" mix — Music & Arrangement
Collision Chaos "B" mix — Music & Arrangement
Tidal Tempest — Music & Arrangement
Tidal Tempest "G" mix — Music & Arrangement
Tidal Tempest "P" mix — Music & Arrangement
Tidal Tempest "B" mix — Music & Arrangement
Wacky Workbench — Music & Arrangement
Wacky Workbench "G" mix — Music & Arrangement
Wacky Workbench "P" mix — Music & Arrangement
Wacky Workbench "B" mix — Music & Arrangement
Speed Up!! — Music & Arrangement
Invincible!! — Music & Arrangement
Game Over — Music & Arrangement
Special Stage — Music & Arrangement

Super Mega Drive Fan Vol. 2 - Mega Drive Super Music Collection

Sonic After-6290 Mix — Original Music, Remixed by

Sonic Drift

Title — Music

Ristar (Mega Drive Version)

Crying World (Round 6-1) — Music & Arrangement

Dream Generation: Koi ka? Shigoto ka!?...

Dream Wings — Arrangement
You are not Enough — Arrangement
Totally Secret — Arrangement
December Magic — Arrangement
Gentle Breeze — Music & Arrangement
image — Music & Arrangement
STEP! — Music & Arrangement
try it on — Music & Arrangement
The Moon by the Window — Music & Arrangement
Dream Generation ~Koi Ka? Shigoto Ka!? ...~ — Arrangement

Radio DC

Sonic - You Can Do Anything ~Remix from Little Planet~ — Music & Re-arrangement

Death Crimson 2

Maybe someday — Music & Arrangement
Power of Time — Music & Arrangement
Accrade — Music & Arrangement
Decision — Music & Arrangement
Grid of Century — Music & Arrangement
Scope — Music & Arrangement
antante — Music & Arrangement
Distant Thought — Music & Arrangement
Drop of Mind — Music & Arrangement
Impression — Music & Arrangement
Rhapsody — Music & Arrangement
Wind of the street — Music & Arrangement
True Story — Music & Arrangement
Path — Music & Arrangement

Death Crimson OX

Museum — Music
Porvenir — Music
Bamiya — Music
Disappearance — Music
OX Title — Music
OX Ending — Music

References

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20230625180000.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fvgmdb.net.2Fartist.2F1471-1] ttps://vgmdb.net/artist/1471 (Wayback Machine: 2023-06-25 18:00)

[:File:Hyper_Marbles_MD_credits.pdf_p-2] File:Hyper Marbles MD credits.pdf

[:File:Golden_Axe_II_MD_credits.pdf_p-3] File:Golden Axe II MD credits.pdf

[:File:Defenders_of_Oasis_GG_credits.pdf_p-4] File:Defenders of Oasis GG credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_the_Hedgehog_2_GG_credits.pdf_p-5] File:Sonic the Hedgehog 2 GG credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_the_Hedgehog_2_SMS_credits.pdf_p-6] File:Sonic the Hedgehog 2 SMS credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_CD_MCD_JP_credits.pdf_p-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:Sonic CD MCD JP credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_CD_MCD_US_credits.pdf_p-8] File:Sonic CD MCD US credits.pdf

[:File:Heavenly_Symphony_MCD_credits.pdf_p-9] File:Heavenly Symphony MCD credits.pdf

[:File:Ristar_MD_credits.pdf_p-10] File:Ristar MD credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_CD_PC_DirectX_good_ending_credits.pdf_p-11] File:Sonic CD PC DirectX good ending credits.pdf

[:File:Sonic_Jam_Saturn_credits.pdf_p-12] File:Sonic Jam Saturn credits.pdf

[:File:StHR_CD_JP_booklet.pdf_p3-13] File:StHR CD JP booklet.pdf, page 3

[:File:RadioDCNo3_CD_JP_Box.jpg_p-14] File:RadioDCNo3 CD JP Box.jpg

[:File:SonicCD_Vinyl_UK_back.jpg_p-15] File:SonicCD Vinyl UK back.jpg

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 He has also worked with Momo Michishita (better known as simply "'''momo'''") on occasion, as she provided the main vocals for "Brand-new World" from ''[[sonic:Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix|Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix]]'' (which Ogata arranged) and sang the ending theme of ''[[Death Crimson 2]]'', "Maybe someday" (she also voiced the game's protagonist, Yuri Rosenberg).
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-* ''[[Golden Axe II]]'' (1992)
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 * ''[[Dream Generation: Koi ka? Shigoto ka!?...]]'' (1998) — Music & Arrangement
 * ''[[Radio DC]]'' (CD) (1999)
-* ''[[sonic:Sonic CD (2011)|Sonic CD]]'' (XBLA and PSN Versions) (2011) — Music by (Instr. Opening Theme (Sonic You Can Do Anything)) (Original Mega CD Staff), BGM Composed and Arranged by (Original Mega CD Staff)
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-* Magician Stage — Music & Arrangement
-* Crystal — Music & Arrangement
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-* Techno power mix — Music (with [[Naofumi Hataya]]), Arrangement
-* Brand-new World — Music & Arrangement
-* #8th SPACE — Music & Arrangement
-* Miracle Blue ~Little Planet~ — Music (with [[Naofumi Hataya]])
-* Sonic Stream — Music & Arrangement
 ===''[[Ristar]]'' (Mega Drive Version)===