Masafumi Ogata

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Masafumi Ogata is a composer who has either currently or formerly worked for Sega. Very little is known about him:

He has composed music for several Sonic games, (usually 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.

He composed the song "Crying World", the Stage 6-1 theme in Ristar. This was not known until a soundtrack album Mega Drive Last Action Heroes, containing music from various Mega Drive games, was released; Tomoko Sasaki is credited as the sole composer in the game's credits (although Ogata is credited under Special Thanks as "Masashi Ogata").

He has also worked with Hitomi Momoi (who is 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 [as "o-gata"]) and sang the ending theme of Death Crimson 2, "Maybe someday" (she also voiced the game's main character, Yuri Rosenberg).

Production History

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) — Sound (as Gatao)
• Sonic CD (Japanese edition) (1993) — BGM Composer and Arranged, —Opening Theme— (Sonic You Can Do Anything) Music
• Sonic CD (U.S. edition) (1993) — Special Thanks
• Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit (1994) — Composer (as Mo)
• Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix (CD) (1994) — Arranger (as o-gata)
• Ristar (Mega Drive Version) (1995) — Special Thanks (as Masashi Ogata)
• Ristar (Game Gear Version) (1995) — Ristar MD Staff and Genesis Staff
• Dream Generation ~Koi Ka? Shigoto Ka!?...~ (1998) — Music & Arrangement
• Death Crimson 2 (1999) — Music
• Death Crimson OX (2001) — Music

Song Credits

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

• Title — Music & Arrangement
• Green Hills Zone — Music & Arrangement
• Gimmick Mountain Zone — Music & Arrangement
• Crystal Egg Zone — Music & Arrangement
• Invincibility — Music & Arrangement
• Player Down — Music & Arrangement
• Chaos Emerald — Music & Arrangement
• Bad Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Good Ending — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Sonic CD (Japanese edition)

• Sonic - You Can Do Anything — Music & Arrangement
• Title — Music & Arrangement
• Palmtree Panic (Bad Future) — Arrangement
• Collision Chaos (Present) — Music & Arrangement
• Collision Chaos (Past) — Music & Arrangement
• Collision Chaos (Good Future) — Music
• Collision Chaos (Bad Future) — Music & Arrangement
• Tidal Tempest (Present) — Music & Arrangement
• Tidal Tempest (Past) — Music & Arrangement
• Tidal Tempest (Good Future) — Music
• Tidal Tempest (Bad Future) — Music & Arrangement
• Quartz Quadrant (Bad Future) — Arrangement
• Wacky Workbench (Present) — Music & Arrangement
• Wacky Workbench (Past) — Music & Arrangement
• Wacky Workbench (Good Future) — Music
• Wacky Workbench (Bad Future) — Music & Arrangement
• Stardust Speedway (Bad Future) — Arrangement
• Speed Up!! — Music & Arrangement
• Invincible!! — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement
• Special Stage — Music & Arrangement
• Little Planet — Music & Arrangement

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

• Sonic Ambient Mix — Original Music (w/Naofumi Hataya)
• Sonic 6290 Mix — Original Music & Arrangement (w/Naofumi Hataya)

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

• Sonic After-6290 Mix — Original Music & Arrangement

Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix

• Techno power mix — Music (w/Naofumi Hataya), Arrangement
• Brand-new World — Music & Arrangement
• #8th SPACE — Music & Arrangement
• Miracle Blue ~Little Planet~ — Music (w/Naofumi Hataya)
• Sonic Stream — Music & Arrangement

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

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