Masanori Takeuchi

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Masanori Takeuchi
Employment history:
Sega Enterprises (1991 – 2000)
Divisions:
WOW Entertainment (2000 – 2003)
Sega WOW (2003 – 2004)
Sega (2004 – )
Divisions:
Role(s): Composer, Musician

Masanori Takeuchi (竹内 雅則) is a Sega composer who may be retired, but typically worked with developed AM1/WOW Entertainment. He most often composed rock[1] and heavy metal[2] soundtracks such as Title Fight, Sky Target, Sega Strike Fighter and Wild Riders. He is best-known for his work on Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder, Harley-Davidson & L.A. Riders, Sega GT 2002 and After Burner Climax.

He is not to be confused with Masanori Takeuchi (竹内 将典), the FromSoftware producer who has worked on a few Sega-published titles in the early 2000s.

Career

Masanori Takeuchi joined Sega in the early 90's, the same year as Tomoyuki Kawamura, who he collaborated with on his second-ever title, Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder,[3] released in 1992. His earliest game is unknown, but it was worked on with Hiroshi Kawaguchi,[4] so Air Rescue (also released in 1992 on the Sega System 32) has been pointed towards as a likely candidate.

He worked under AM2 when it housed all sound designers for arcade games, but frequently worked on titles developed by AM1, most notably Sky Target, Dynamite Baseball and Harley-Davidson & L.A. Riders. He would officially join the division when AM2 Sound was split among several divisions and would continue to compose for them under WOW Entertainment and Sega WOW.

In 2005, he briefly moved to the AM2 division, but was credited as hailing from AM1 in 2007[5] and 2008.[3] The last known work he made music for is After Burner Climax, though in the commentary for Golden Axe The Music he mentioned he was still writing music for Sega.[3]

Production history

Games

Music

Song credits

Main article: Masanori Takeuchi/Song credits.

Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder

  • character select — Music & Arrangement
  • main theme 1 — Music & Arrangement
  • Waterfall — Music & Arrangement
  • The theme of the boss — Music & Arrangement
  • Map indication — Music & Arrangement
  • cave — Music & Arrangement
  • The forest of the mushroom — Music & Arrangement
  • The dance of the soldier — Music & Arrangement
  • Bonus side in the town — Music & Arrangement
  • In a fortress — Music & Arrangement
  • On a ship — Music & Arrangement
  • DeathAdder1 — Music & Arrangement
  • DeathAdder2 — Music & Arrangement
  • Continue — Music & Arrangement
  • All_Clear — Music & Arrangement
  • Ending — Music & Arrangement
  • Result — Music & Arrangement

Harley-Davidson & L.A. Riders

  • All Around the World (Advertise) — Music & Arrangement
  • All Around the World (with Talking Box) — Music & Arrangement
  • Waiting Riders — Music & Arrangement
  • Player Select — Music & Arrangement
  • Beyond the Horizon — Music & Arrangement
  • L.A. Blue Sky — Music & Arrangement
  • Cowboys on the Freeway — Music & Arrangement
  • Boss the Roadmaster — Music & Arrangement
  • Head for the Wild World — Music & Arrangement
  • Winning Ball (from "Dynamite Baseball") — Music & Arrangement
  • Shine on the Top (from "Sega Ski Super-G") — Music & Arrangement
  • Through the Gate — Music & Arrangement
  • Time Is Up — Music & Arrangement
  • Result (Map Scene) — Music & Arrangement
  • Coming Home (Ending) — Music & Arrangement
  • Sun Goes Down (Name Entry) — Music & Arrangement
  • Sun Goes Down (extra version) — Music & Arrangement

Zombie Revenge

  • isolated area — Music & Arrangement

Airline Pilots

  • Overture - Stratosphere — Music & Arrangement
  • Entrance — Music & Arrangement
  • Introduction — Music & Arrangement
  • Mission! — Music & Arrangement
  • The Landing — Music & Arrangement
  • Stage Clear — Music & Arrangement
  • Stage Clear Failed — Music & Arrangement
  • Order of the Airline — Music & Arrangement
  • Sunset — Music & Arrangement
  • Pilot of Glory — Music & Arrangement
  • Twilight — Music & Arrangement
  • Homebound — Music & Arrangement

Sega Strike Fighter

  • アドバタイズ — Music & Arrangement
  • A Conqueror of Sky — Music & Arrangement
  • Operation Explanation — Music & Arrangement
  • Level Select — Music & Arrangement
  • Daniel's Instruction — Music & Arrangement
  • The Departure to the Sky — Music & Arrangement
  • Leaving the Nest to an Ace Pilot — Music & Arrangement
  • Initiation — Music & Arrangement
  • Warning Call — Music & Arrangement
  • A Valley of the War — Music & Arrangement
  • Pursuit to the Stratosphere — Music & Arrangement
  • Sudden Attacks — Music & Arrangement
  • Scrambles From Dusk — Music & Arrangement
  • The Plant Which Is Burnt Down — Music & Arrangement
  • Air Walking — Music & Arrangement
  • Stage Clear — Music & Arrangement
  • Stage Failed — Music & Arrangement
  • Mission Result — Music & Arrangement
  • High-Speed Dog Fighting Spirit — Music & Arrangement
  • Footsteps of Destruction — Music & Arrangement
  • A Spiral Flight to Turn — Music & Arrangement
  • Mop-Up Operation — Music & Arrangement
  • The Enemy Whom It Approaches — Music & Arrangement
  • Across That Hill — Music & Arrangement
  • Final Result — Music & Arrangement
  • After the War — Music & Arrangement
  • Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
  • Game Over — Music & Arrangement

Sega GT 2002

  • Feel Your Heartbeat — Music & Arrangement
  • Down to Corner "segaGT 2002 Main Theme" — Music & Arrangement
  • Maned Beast — Music & Arrangement
  • Shading Corner — Music & Arrangement
  • Heroic Tapestry — Music & Arrangement
  • Melting Grid — Music & Arrangement
  • 70's Racing "Passion" — Music & Arrangement
  • 80's Racing "Evolution" — Music & Arrangement
  • 90's Racing "Thrill" — Music & Arrangement
  • The Smell of Dream ~Oil Sachet~ — Music & Arrangement
  • Stable Pulse — Music & Arrangement
  • Horizon — Music & Arrangement
  • Spiritual Uplift — Music & Arrangement
  • Beat of Emotion — Music & Arrangement
  • Thinking Around — Music & Arrangement
  • Round and Round — Music & Arrangement
  • Break Time — Music & Arrangement
  • Start Your Engines — Music & Arrangement
  • Part On — Music & Arrangement
  • Open Your Eyes — Music & Arrangement
  • Final Corner — Music & Arrangement
  • Congratulations! — Music & Arrangement
  • Checker Flag — Music & Arrangement
  • Legendary Course — Music & Arrangement
  • Dawn Purple — Music & Arrangement

After Burner Climax

  • Volcanic Islands — Music & Arrangement
  • A Bolt from the Blue — Music & Arrangement
  • Clouds of Twilight — Music & Arrangement

Magazine articles

Main article: Masanori Takeuchi/Magazine articles.

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Masanori Takeuchi

External links

References

  1. ↑ @hyasuhi6 on Twitter (Wayback Machine: 2021-04-20 21:58)
  2. ↑ http://backup.segakore.fr/hitmaker/game/SOUND/SITE/colmun72.html
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 File:GoldenAxeTheMusic CD JP Booklet.pdf, page 8
  4. ↑ http://backup.segakore.fr/hitmaker/game/SOUND/SITE/colmun73.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-01-03 15:31)
  5. ↑ https://media.vgm.io/albums/29/4992/4992-1429695566.jpg
  6. ↑ File:DynamiteBaseball MOD2 JP credits.pdf
  7. ↑ File:BloodWillTell PS2 US Manual.pdf, page 28
  8. ↑ File:HDaLAR Album JP Booklet.pdf, page 8
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