Hiroshi Kubota
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Hiroshi Kubota |
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Place of birth: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan |
Date of birth: 1965-10-10 (age 58) |
Company(ies): Sega of Japan, Sonic Team |
Role(s): Sound Programmer, Composer |
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Hiroshi Kubota (久保田浩), also known by the alias Jimita, is a Japanese jazz pianist and former Sega of Japan and Sonic Team sound programmer and composer, known for his work in programming a number of the company's early Mega Drive game soundtracks.
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Career
Hiroshi Kubota was personally responsible for converting Masato Nakamura's music for playback on the Mega Drive's SMPS sound engine in the original Sonic the Hedgehog, as well as co-composing music for Sorcerian. Following his work on Ristar, he left Sega and retired, later becoming a jazz pianist. His alias from the Sega days - Jimita - is still used on his personal website.
He should not be confused with Hiroshi Kubota (窪田 宏), coincidentally also a keyboard player.
Production history
- Sorcerian (Mega Drive; 1990) — Music Composed[1] (as Jimita)
- Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Mega Drive; 1990) — Sound Composer[2] (as Jimita)
- Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen (Mega Drive; 1991) — US artillery march[3] (as Jimita)
- Advanced Daisenryaku: Deutsch Dengeki Sakusen (Mega Drive; 1991) — la marseillaise[3] (as Jimita)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive; 1991) — Sound Program[4] (as Jimita)
- Kiss Shot (Mega Drive; 1992) — Music Create[5] (as Jimita)
- Dyna Brothers (Mega Drive; 1992) — Sega R&D Dept[6]
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive; 1992) — Sound Assistants[7] (as Jimita)
- Panic! (Mega-CD; 1993) — サウンド[8] (as 久保田 浩)
- Panic! (Mega-CD; 1993) — Sound[9]
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Mega-CD; 1993) — Special Thanks[10]
- Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit (Mega-CD; 1994) — Sound Programmer[11] (as Jimmy)
- Ristar (Mega Drive; 1995) — Sound Programmers[12]
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Windows PC; 1996) — Special Thanks[13]
- Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage (Dreamcast; 1999) — Management
- Panic! (PlayStation 2; 2002) — サウンド (as 久保田 浩)
- Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis (Game Boy Advance; 2006) — Sound Program[14] (as Jimita)
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Xbox 360; 2011) — Special Thanks
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (PlayStation 3; 2011) — Special Thanks
- Hyper Drive (CD) (1990)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive Version) (1991) — Sound Program (as Jimita)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Mega Drive Version) (1992) — Sound Assistant (as Jimita)
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993) — Special Thanks
Song credits
Sorcerian (Mega Drive Version)
- Dungeon — Music & Arrangement
- Deamon Soldier — Music & Arrangement
- Village — Music & Arrangement
- Cave and Dungeon — Music & Arrangement
- Mosma — Music & Arrangement
- China Town — Music & Arrangement
- China Village — Music & Arrangement
- Angel's Song — Music & Arrangement
- China Dragon — Music & Arrangement
- The Magic School I — Music & Arrangement
- The Magic School II — Music & Arrangement
- Master Monster — Music & Arrangement
- Again — Music & Arrangement
- The Castle of Zander — Music & Arrangement
- Zander Dragon — Music & Arrangement
Hyper Drive
- Sword of Vermilion (Vermilion) — Piano
- 新たなる旅へ (Phantasy Star III) — Piano
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Mega Drive Version)
- Title — Arrangement
- Club 30 (Round 1) — Arrangement
- Dance Magic 1 (Smooth Criminal) — Arrangement
- Dance Magic 2 (Smooth Criminal) — Arrangement
- Dance Magic 3 (Smooth Criminal) — Arrangement
- Street (Round 2) — Arrangement
- Dance Magic 4 (Beat It) — Arrangement
- Dance Magic 5 (Beat It) — Arrangement
- Dance Magic 6 (Beat It) — Arrangement
- Woods (Round 3) — Arrangement
- Dance Magic 7 (Another Part of Me) — Arrangement
- Dance Magic 8 (Another Part of Me) — Arrangement
- Dance Magic 9 (Thriller) — Arrangement [NOTE: Used in first release (REV00) of the game instead of Another Part of Me]
- Cavern (Round 4) — Arrangement
- Dance Magic 10 (Billie Jean) — Arrangement
- The Enemy Hideout (Round 5) — Arrangement
- Dance Magic 11 (Bad) — Arrangement
- Dance Magic 12 (Bad) — Arrangement
- Dance Magic 13 (Bad) — Arrangement
- Game Over — Arrangement
Advanced Daisenryaku
- US Artillery March — Arrangement
- La Marseillaise — Arrangement
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Hiroshi Kubota
External links
References
- ↑ File:Sorcerian MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Moonwalker MD credits.pdf
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:Advanced Daisenryaku MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sonic the Hedgehog MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Kiss Shot MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Dyna Brothers MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sonic the Hedgehog 2 MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Switch MCD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Panic MCD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sonic CD MCD JP credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Heavenly Symphony MCD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Ristar MD credits.pdf
- ↑ File:Sonic CD PC DirectX good ending credits.pdf
- ↑ File:SonicGenesis GBA US manual.pdf, page 18