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'''Masafumi Ogata''' is a composer who has either currently or formerly worked for [[Sega]]. Very little is known about him:
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{{sub-stub}}'''Masafumi Ogata''' (尾形 雅史) is a former [[Sega]] composer.
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==Career==
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He has composed music for two [[sonic:Sonic games|Sonic games]] and one related CD (alongside [[Naofumi Hataya]]) and is notable for composing the opening theme song to ''[[Sonic CD]]'', [[sonic:Sonic - You Can Do Anything|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 [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)|8-bit version of ''Sonic 2'']], which contains a version of that song as the background music for the stage [[sonic:Green Hills Zone|Green Hills Zone]], almost certainly made before the version in ''[[Sonic CD]]''. Other than [[sonic:Sonic games|Sonic games]], he composed the song "Crying World," the theme for Round 6-1 in ''[[Ristar]]''. In November 2011, it was revealed by [[Masayuki Nagao]] that Ogata composed the "theme song for ''[[Sonic Drift]]''" and Nagao just arranged it.
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Following his work at [[Sega]], Ogata has gone on to be employed by AMS co., ltd., where he composed music for games developed by [[Yuke's]], [[Ecole]], and a few Japan-exclusive games by C's Ware. He remained there from at least late 1997 to late 2001.
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He has also worked with Momo Michishita (better known as simply "'''momo'''") on occasion, as she provided the main vocals for "Brand-new World" from ''[[sonic:Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix|Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix]]'' (which Ogata arranged) and sang the ending theme of ''[[Death Crimson 2]]'', "Maybe someday" (she also voiced the game's protagonist, Yuri Rosenberg).
  
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He has composed music for several [[sonic:Sonic games|Sonic games]], (usually alongside Naofumi Hataya) and is notable for composing the opening theme song to ''[[Sonic CD]]'', [[sonic:Sonic - You Can Do Anything|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 [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)|8-bit version]] of ''Sonic 2'', which contains a version of that song as the background music for the stage [[sonic:Green Hills Zone|Green Hills Zone]], almost certainly made before the version in ''Sonic CD''.
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==Aliases==
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{{PAGENAME}} has used a variety of aliases, usually no more than 2 or 3 times. Typically these play off his name, most obviously "'''Gatao'''" in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' and "'''O-gata'''" in several remix albums related to ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog CD]]''. More obtuse are "'''Gas Ges Gos'''" in ''[[Golden Axe II]]'' and "'''Type-O'''" in ''[[Defenders of Oasis]]'' (Type being an uncommon translation of 形, one of the kanji within Ogata).
  
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He composed the song "Crying World", the Stage 6-1 theme in ''[[Ristar]]''. This was not known until [http://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?act=findpost&pid=551114 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'''").
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"'''Masashi Ogata'''", which uses an alternative reading of 雅史, is his most commonly used alias, first appearing in 1995 ''[[Ristar]]'' and ''[[Olio2]]'' (in the latter case it is clearly not an erroneous reading of the kanji, as it is written in hiragana as オガタマサシ). The name would later appear in 1999 with ''70's Robot Anime GPX Drama Mix CD'' and ''Platina Selection''.{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20230625180000/https://vgmdb.net/artist/1471}}
  
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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:Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix|Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix]]'' (which Ogata arranged [as "'''o-gata"''']) and sang the ending theme of Death Crimson 2: "Maybe someday."
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==Production history==
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==Production History==
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* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' (1992) — Sound (as Gatao)
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* ''[[Super Mega Drive Fan Vol. 1 - Mega CD Super Music Collection]]'' (CD) (1993) (as '''O-gata''')
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* ''[[Sonic CD]]'' (1993) — BGM Composer and Arranged, —Opening Theme— (Sonic You Can Do Anything) Music [JPN]; Special Thanks [USA]
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* ''[[Super Mega Drive Fan Vol. 2 - Mega Drive Super Music Collection]]'' (CD) (1994) (as '''O-gata''')
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* ''[[sonic:Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix|Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix]]'' (CD) (1994) — Arranger (as o-gata)
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* ''[[Sonic Drift]]'' (1994)
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* ''[[Ristar]]'' (1996) — Special Thanks (as Masashi Ogata)
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* ''[[Dream Generation: Koi ka? Shigoto ka!?...]]'' (1998) — Music & Arrangement
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* Death Crimson 2 (1999) — Music
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* ''[[Radio DC]]'' (CD) (1999)
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* Death Crimson OX (2001) — Music
 
  
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==Song Credits==
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==Song credits==
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===''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' (Master System and Game Gear Versions)===
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* Under Ground Zone — Music & Arrangement
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* Green Hills Zone — Music & Arrangement
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===''[[Super Mega Drive Fan Vol. 1 - Mega CD Super Music Collection]]''===
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* Sonic 6290 Mix — Original Music (with [[Naofumi Hataya]]), Remixed by
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===''[[Sonic CD]]'' (Japanese edition)===
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* Sonic - You Can Do Anything — Music & Arrangement
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* Title — Music & Arrangement
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* Little Planet — Music & Arrangement
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* Collision Chaos — Music & Arrangement
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* Collision Chaos "G" mix — Music & Arrangement
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* Collision Chaos "P" mix — Music & Arrangement
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* Collision Chaos "B" mix — Music & Arrangement
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* Tidal Tempest — Music & Arrangement
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* Tidal Tempest "G" mix — Music & Arrangement
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* Tidal Tempest "P" mix — Music & Arrangement
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* Tidal Tempest "B" mix — Music & Arrangement
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* Wacky Workbench — Music & Arrangement
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* Wacky Workbench "G" mix — Music & Arrangement
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* Wacky Workbench "P" mix — Music & Arrangement
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* Wacky Workbench "B" mix — Music & Arrangement
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* Speed Up!! — Music & Arrangement
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* Invincible!! — Music & Arrangement
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* Game Over — Music & Arrangement
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* Special Stage — Music & Arrangement
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===''[[Super Mega Drive Fan Vol. 2 - Mega Drive Super Music Collection]]''===
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* Sonic After-6290 Mix — Original Music, Remixed by
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===''[[Sonic Drift]]''===
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* Title — Music
  
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===''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]''===
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===''[[Ristar]]'' (Mega Drive Version)===
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* Green Hills Zone — Composition
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* Crying World (Round 6-1) — Music & Arrangement
  
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===''[[Sonic CD]]''===
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===''[[Dream Generation: Koi ka? Shigoto ka!?...]]''===
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* Sonic - You Can Do Anything — Composition, Arrangement
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* Dream Wings — Arrangement
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* Title Screen — Composition, Arrangement
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* You are not Enough — Arrangement
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* Speed Up — Composition, Arrangement
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* Totally Secret — Arrangement
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* Invincibility — Composition, Arrangement
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* December Magic — Arrangement
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* Game Over — Composition, Arrangement
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* Gentle Breeze — Music & Arrangement
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* Special Stage — Composition, Arrangement
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* image — Music & Arrangement
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* STEP! — Music & Arrangement
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* try it on — Music & Arrangement
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* The Moon by the Window — Music & Arrangement
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* Dream Generation ~Koi Ka? Shigoto Ka!? ...~ — Arrangement
  
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===''[[sonic:Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix|Sonic the Hedgehog - Remix]]''===
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===''[[Radio DC]]''===
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* Techno power mix — Arrangement
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* Sonic - You Can Do Anything ~Remix from Little Planet~ — Music & Re-arrangement
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* Brand-new World — Arrangement
 
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* #8th SPACE — Arrangement
 
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* Sonic Stream — Arrangement
 
  
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===''[[Ristar]]''===
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===''[[Death Crimson 2]]''===
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* Crying World (Round 6-1) — Composition
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* Maybe someday — Music & Arrangement
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* Power of Time — Music & Arrangement
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* Accrade — Music & Arrangement
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* Decision — Music & Arrangement
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* Grid of Century — Music & Arrangement
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* Scope — Music & Arrangement
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* antante — Music & Arrangement
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* Distant Thought — Music & Arrangement
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* Drop of Mind — Music & Arrangement
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* Impression — Music & Arrangement
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* Rhapsody — Music & Arrangement
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* Wind of the street — Music & Arrangement
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* True Story — Music & Arrangement
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* Path — Music & Arrangement
  
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===''Death Crimson OX''===
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===''[[Death Crimson OX]]''===
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*Museum — Composition
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* Museum — Music
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*Porvenir — Composition
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* Porvenir — Music
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*Bamiya — Composition
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* Bamiya — Music
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*Disappearance — Composition
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* Disappearance — Music
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*OX Title — Composition
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* OX Title — Music
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*OX Ending — Composition
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* OX Ending — Music
 
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==References==
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Masafumi Ogata
Place of birth: Akita Prefecture, Japan
Date of birth: 1968-08-24 (age 55)
Role(s): Musician

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Masafumi Ogata (尾形 雅史) is a former Sega composer.

Career

He has composed music for two Sonic games and one related CD (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. Other than Sonic games, he composed the song "Crying World," the theme for Round 6-1 in Ristar. In November 2011, it was revealed by Masayuki Nagao that Ogata composed the "theme song for Sonic Drift" and Nagao just arranged it.

Following his work at Sega, Ogata has gone on to be employed by AMS co., ltd., where he composed music for games developed by Yuke's, Ecole, and a few Japan-exclusive games by C's Ware. He remained there from at least late 1997 to late 2001.

He has also worked with Momo Michishita (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) and sang the ending theme of Death Crimson 2, "Maybe someday" (she also voiced the game's protagonist, Yuri Rosenberg).

Aliases

Masafumi Ogata has used a variety of aliases, usually no more than 2 or 3 times. Typically these play off his name, most obviously "Gatao" in Sonic the Hedgehog and "O-gata" in several remix albums related to Sonic the Hedgehog CD. More obtuse are "Gas Ges Gos" in Golden Axe II and "Type-O" in Defenders of Oasis (Type being an uncommon translation of 形, one of the kanji within Ogata).

"Masashi Ogata", which uses an alternative reading of 雅史, is his most commonly used alias, first appearing in 1995 Ristar and Olio2 (in the latter case it is clearly not an erroneous reading of the kanji, as it is written in hiragana as オガタマサシ). The name would later appear in 1999 with 70's Robot Anime GPX Drama Mix CD and Platina Selection.[1]

Production history

Games

Music

Hardware

Song credits

Main article: Masafumi Ogata/Song credits.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Master System and Game Gear Versions)

  • Under Ground Zone — Music & Arrangement
  • Green Hills Zone — Music & Arrangement

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

Sonic CD (Japanese edition)

  • Sonic - You Can Do Anything — Music & Arrangement
  • Title — Music & Arrangement
  • Little Planet — Music & Arrangement
  • Collision Chaos — Music & Arrangement
  • Collision Chaos "G" mix — Music & Arrangement
  • Collision Chaos "P" mix — Music & Arrangement
  • Collision Chaos "B" mix — Music & Arrangement
  • Tidal Tempest — Music & Arrangement
  • Tidal Tempest "G" mix — Music & Arrangement
  • Tidal Tempest "P" mix — Music & Arrangement
  • Tidal Tempest "B" mix — Music & Arrangement
  • Wacky Workbench — Music & Arrangement
  • Wacky Workbench "G" mix — Music & Arrangement
  • Wacky Workbench "P" mix — Music & Arrangement
  • Wacky Workbench "B" mix — Music & Arrangement
  • Speed Up!! — Music & Arrangement
  • Invincible!! — Music & Arrangement
  • Game Over — Music & Arrangement
  • Special Stage — Music & Arrangement

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

  • Sonic After-6290 Mix — Original Music, Remixed by

Sonic Drift

  • Title — Music

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

Radio DC

  • Sonic - You Can Do Anything ~Remix from Little Planet~ — Music & Re-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

References

  1. ↑ https://vgmdb.net/artist/1471 (Wayback Machine: 2023-06-25 18:00)
  2. ↑ File:Hyper Marbles MD credits.pdf
  3. ↑ File:Golden Axe II MD credits.pdf
  4. ↑ File:Defenders of Oasis GG credits.pdf
  5. ↑ File:Sonic the Hedgehog 2 GG credits.pdf
  6. ↑ File:Sonic the Hedgehog 2 SMS credits.pdf
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:Sonic CD MCD JP credits.pdf
  8. ↑ File:Sonic CD MCD US credits.pdf
  9. ↑ File:Heavenly Symphony MCD credits.pdf
  10. ↑ File:Ristar MD credits.pdf
  11. ↑ File:Sonic Jam Saturn credits.pdf
  12. ↑ File:StHR CD JP booklet.pdf, page 3
  13. ↑ File:RadioDCNo3 CD JP Box.jpg
  14. ↑ File:SonicCD Vinyl UK back.jpg
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