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* Getaway from the Parisan City Police — Brass Arrangement, Organ
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* Le Getaway — Brass Arrangement, Organ
* Enter Detective Claude — Organ
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* Charlie Takes the Field — Organ
* Mysterious Thief Fondue's Great Strategy — Brass Arrangement, Organ
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* Phantom Fondue — Brass Arrangement, Organ
* Escape from the Opera House — Brass Arrangement
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* Phantom from the Opera — Brass Arrangement
* Another Showdown - Detective Claude — Organ
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* Rematch with Charlie — Organ
* The Real Akuma no Kishidan — Brass Arrangement, Keyboards
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* The True Chevaliers — Brass Arrangement, Keyboards
* Last Dance — Brass Arrangement, Piano
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* The Last Dance — Brass Arrangement, Piano
* Goodbye Mysterious Thief R — Piano
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* Au Revoir, Phantom R — Piano
 
* Rhythm Kitchen — Keyboards
 
* Rhythm Kitchen — Keyboards
* Fondue's Wish — Brass Arrangement, Organ
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* Fondue to the Rescue — Brass Arrangement, Organ
* The Bond Between a Parent and Child — Organ
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* Family Ties — Organ
  
 
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===''[[Sonic Lost World]]''===

Revision as of 04:37, 9 August 2019

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Takeshi Watanabe
Date of birth: 1967-12-02 (age 56)
Company(ies): Winkysoft
Role(s): Musician

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Takeshi Watanabe (渡辺 剛) is a sound composer and programmer originally employed by Winkysoft. He also plays a variety of keyboard instruments, in one instance arranging a piece performed by Cara Jones.

In the 2000s, Watanabe composed the scores for anime series including This Ugly Yet Beautiful World, To Love-Ru, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu, Saki, and Ro-Kyu-Bu! as well as various OVAs, vocal themes, and related albums for other series.

During the eighth console generation, Watanabe provided arrangements for Sega titles such as Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure and Sonic Lost World, working with Tomoya Ohtani in both cases.

Production history


  • Falcom Special Box '92 (CD) (1991)
  • Kouryu Densetsu Villgust: Kieta Shoujo (1992) — Sound Program
  • Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken (SNES Version) (1993) — Sound Programmer (Winkysoft Staff)
  • Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie (1993) — Sub Programmer
  • Puyo Puyo (Game Boy Version) (1994) — Special Thanks (Winkey Soft Staff) (as Takesi Watanabe)
  • Arc the Lad II (1996)
  • This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (Anime) (2004)
  • Kagekara Mamoru! banana special (CD) (2006)
  • La corda d'oro ~primo passo~ (Anime) (2006)
  • Baldr Force Exe Resolution (OVA) (2006)
  • Fate/stay night Character Image Song Special: Taiga & Illya (CD) (2007)
  • To Love-Ru (Anime) (2008)
  • Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu (Anime) (2008)
  • Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu Drama-CD 2 (CD) (2008)
  • To Love-Ru (OVA) (2009)
  • Saki (Anime) (2009)
  • Motto To Love-Ru (Anime) (2010)
  • Ro-Kyu-Bu! (Anime) (2011)
  • Nana Mizuki Live Grace -Orchestra- (CD) (2011)
  • Saki: Achiga-hen (2012)
  • To Love-Ru Darkness (OVA) (2012)
  • To Love-Ru Darkness (Anime) (2012)
  • Accel World Region Records 2 (CD) (2013)
  • Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS (Anime) (2013)
  • Ro-Kyu-Bu! Character Songs Best Scorebook (CD) (2013)
  • Sonic Lost World (2013) — Arranger
  • Strike the Blood Character Songs Nagisa/Sayaka (CD) (2014)
  • To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd (Anime) (2015)
  • To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd (OVA) (2016)

Song credits

Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure

  • Le Getaway — Brass Arrangement, Organ
  • Charlie Takes the Field — Organ
  • Phantom Fondue — Brass Arrangement, Organ
  • Phantom from the Opera — Brass Arrangement
  • Rematch with Charlie — Organ
  • The True Chevaliers — Brass Arrangement, Keyboards
  • The Last Dance — Brass Arrangement, Piano
  • Au Revoir, Phantom R — Piano
  • Rhythm Kitchen — Keyboards
  • Fondue to the Rescue — Brass Arrangement, Organ
  • Family Ties — Organ

Sonic Lost World

  • Desert Ruins - Zone 1 — Sax Arrangement, Organ
  • Honeycomb Highway — Brass Arrangement, Organ
  • Desert Ruins - Zone 4 — Sax Arrangement, Clavinet
  • Tropical Coast - Zone 1 — Brass Arrangement
  • Juice Archipelago — Brass Arrangement, Accordion
  • Double Down — Brass Arrangement, Piano
  • Tilt the Machine — Brass Arrangement
  • Silent Forest - Zone 1 — Brass Arrangement, Piano
  • Color Power - Magenta Rhythm — Piano & Accordion
  • Island Relics — Electric Piano
  • Dr. Eggman Showdown — Strings Arrangement, Piano

References