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."

Production History

• Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) — Sound (as Gatao)
• Sonic CD (1993) — BGM Composer and Arranged, —Opening Theme— (Sonic You Can Do Anything) Music [JPN]; Special Thanks [USA]
• Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix (CD) (1994) — Arranger (as o-gata)
• Ristar (1996) — Special Thanks (as Masashi Ogata)
• Death Crimson 2 (1999) — Music
• Death Crimson OX (2001) — Music

Song Credits

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

• Green Hills Zone — Music

Sonic CD

• Sonic - You Can Do Anything — Music & Arrangement
• Title Screen — Music & Arrangement
• Speed Up — Music & Arrangement
• Invincibility — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement
• Special Stage — Music & Arrangement

Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix

• Techno power mix — Arrangement
• Brand-new World — Arrangement
• #8th SPACE — Arrangement
• Sonic Stream — Arrangement

Ristar

• Crying World (Round 6-1) — Music

Death Crimson OX

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