List of Super Smash Bros. composers and arrangers

This a list consisting of music composers and arrangers of the Super Smash Bros. series, which mainly consist of music staff of Nintendo, HAL Laboratory, Bandai Namco, and freelance musicians. Except for Grant Kirkhope, all composers are from Japan, having worked at various companies there.

Please note that this does not include Bandai Namco composers from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which can be found here.


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ACE (TOMOri/CHiCO)
The ACE group has provided music arrangements in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Ultimate.

Akari Kaida
Akari Kaida (born on 10 January 1974) is a game composer who is known for composing for the Mega Man and Luminous Arc series. She has arranged a few tracks in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
 * Escape (Metroid) -- Arrangement
 * Coliseum Series Medley (Fire Emblem series) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMDb profile
 * Wikipedia article

Akihiro Honda
Akihiro Honda (JP: 本田 晃弘) is a game composer and sound designer who is best known for his work in the Metal Gear series. Until 2014, Honda was an in-house staff member at Konami's sound department. He is currently employed at Cygames as of 2015. He has provided music arrangement tracks in Brawl and Ultimate.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * MGS4 ~ Theme of Love ~ Smash Bros. Brawl Version -- Arrangement
 * Fortress Boss (Super Mario Bros. 3) -- Arrangement
 * Death Mountain (The Legend of Zelda) -- Arrangement
 * Battle! (Elite Four) / Battle! (Solgaleo / Lunala) (Pokémon Sun / Pokémon Moon) -- Arrangement
 * Destiny (Ablaze) (Fire Emblem Awakening) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMDb profile
 * RemyWiki article

Arata Iiyoshi
Arata Iiyoshi is a composer, known for the music from the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and Beatmania series. He arranged some themes for Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * The Dark World (A Link to the Past) -- Arrangement
 * White Land (F-Zero) -- Arrangement
 * Skyworld (Kid Icarus) -- Arrangement

Asuka Ito
Asuka has arranged two tracks from Pilotwings Resort in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. She left Nintendo in 2014 and now resides in Los Angeles where she worked on independent and Hong Kong films.

Atsuko Asahi
Asahi has provided a few arrangements in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.

Grant Kirkhope
Best known for his work in the Rareware-era games on the Nintendo 64 and later Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, Kirkhope rearranged the "Spiral Mountain" track for the Banjo-Kazooie DLC in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Confirmed by Masahiro Sakurai, Kirkhope is the series' first-ever "overseas" composer. Sakurai said that despite concerns over his "language barrier", the soundtrack "fits perfectly".

Hajime Wakai
Wakai is a music composer and sound supervisor best known for his work in The Legend of Zelda series.

Hideaki Kobayashi
Hideaki Kobayashi (HIDE-AKI; also known as Kobayashi Hidetoshi) is a game composer at SEGA, where he has worked mostly on the Phantasy Star and Sonic the Hedgehog series. He was born on October 18, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan. Kobayashi has arranged the "Midna's Lament" track in Ultimate.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Midna's Lament (Twilight Princess) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Twitter profile

HIDE+HIDE
HIDE+HIDE is a duo name of Japanese music composers, Hideki Ishigaki and Hideki Onoue. As part of Japan's Heart Label, their work is notable for their ancient-style Japanese music. In gaming, the duo have provided two tracks in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. They are among the music performers in Super Mario 3D World, and Ishigaki alone performed in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
 * King Dedede's Theme Ver. 2 (Kirby's Dream Land) -- Arrangement
 * Glory of Heracles -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * Official Website (Japanese)
 * Ishigaki VGMdb
 * Onoue VGMdb

Hideki Sakamoto
Hideki Sakamoto is a game composer and the CEO of noisycroak Co., Ltd. He has worked on the Tokuiden and echocrome series, among other titles.

Notoriously, he composed Lifelight, the main theme for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, as has also provided various arrangements for the series.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Main Theme / Underworld Theme (The Legend of Zelda) -- Arrangement
 * The Great Cave Offensive (Kirby Super Star) -- Arrangement
 * Lifelight -- Composition & Arrangement (performed by Abby Trott)
 * Lifelight (JP) -- Composition & Arrangement (performed by Erina Koga)
 * Main Theme Piano Solo -- Composition & Arrangement
 * Galeem / Dharkon -- Composition & Arrangement
 * Fire Emblem Theme (Heroic Origins) -- Arrangement
 * Main Theme (Pikmin) -- Arrangement
 * Snake Man Stage (Mega Man 3) -- Arrangement
 * Starker / Wicked Child (Castlevania) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Noisycroak staff (in Japanese) (archived)

Hirokazu Ando
Hirokazu Ando is a staff member at HAL Laboratory's sound department who has composed and arranged all music in the original Super Smash Bros. game for the Nintendo 64, and providing music in its GameCube sequel. Ando has provided music for the Kirby franchise which was also created by Masahiro Sakurai, and has continued to compose music since Sakurai's departure.

Hirokazu Koshio
Hirokazu Koshio (born June 2, 1980) is a Japanese composer at Taito's Zuntata sound group who has arranged the "Wii Shop Channel" track in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Koshio often goes by COSIO (spoof of CASIO), COSIOSTONE, Jupiter-B, and E.G.G. (Everything Get Grove).

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
 * Wii Shop Channel -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Japanese Wikipedia article

Hiroki Morishita
Morishita is a staff member of Intelligent Systems and arranged some tracks in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Yamaguchi has arranged the "Map Page / Bonus Level" track from Donkey Kong Country in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Jun Fukuda
Jun Fukuda (born June 9, 1974) is a game composer and sound designer who usually works alongside Masafumi Takada on various titles, including No More Heroes. Fukuda has arranged the "Butter Building" track in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Butter Building (Kirby's Adventure) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile

Jun Senoue
Jun Senoue is a SEGA composer and the current sound director of the Sonic the Hedgehog series, having worked on many of the titles of the franchise. He arranged some themes for Brawl and Ultimate, including "Angel Island Zone", which notoriously remains the only Sonic arrangement in the series to date.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Angel Island Zone (Sonic the Hedgehog 3) -- Arrangement
 * Mega Man 4 Medley -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * Twitter account
 * Wikipedia article
 * Sega Retro article

Keigo Ozaki
Keigo Ozaki (born October 15, 1982) is a composer and sound designer who works at Game Arts. As such, he has arranged some music tracks in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. This is one of his few music works in his game career.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Shadow Dragon Medley -- Arrangement
 * WarioWare, Inc. -- Arrangement
 * Go K.K. Rider! (Animal Crossing) -- Arrangement
 * Clu Clu Land -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * IMDb page

Keiichi Okabe
Keiichi Okabe (born May 26, 1969) is a Japanese composer and sound designer at Monaca who has worked on several anime series and video games, notably the Tekken games and NieR: Automata. Okabe has worked on a few arrangements in Smash 4 and Ultimate.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Dark World / Dark World Dungeon (A Link to the Past) -- Arrangement
 * Ashley's Song (JP) Ver. 2 (WarioWare: Touched!) -- Arrangement
 * Ground Theme (Super Mario Bros. 2) -- Arrangement
 * Flash Man Stage (Mega Man 2) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * IMDb page
 * Japanese Wikipedia article

Keisuke Ito
Keisuke Ito (born January 19, 1975) is a game composer at noisycroak Co, Ltd. He is known for his works in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon spin-off series, among other games. He provided orchestral arrangements for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Galeem -- Arrangement
 * Dharkon -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile

Kenichi Okuma
Kenichi Okuma is a game composer and arranger who worked on a few tracks in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Pokémon Gym / Evolution (Pokémon Red / Pokémon Blue) -- Arrangement
 * Flat Zone 2 -- Composition & Arrangement
 * Gyromite -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * IMDb page

Kenji Ito
Kenji Ito (born July 5, 1968) (a.k.a. Itoken) is a Japanese game composer and musician best known for his work in the SaGa and Mana games from the Final Fantasy series, as well as the Culdcept franchise. Ito provided various arrangements for the Super Smash Bros. series.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Space Armada (Star Fox) -- Arrangement
 * Attack (Fire Emblem) -- Arrangement
 * Title (Kid Icarus) -- Arrangement
 * Mute City Ver. 3 (F-Zero) -- Arrangement
 * Super Hoop (Wii Fit) -- Arrangement
 * Culdcept -- Composition & Arrangement
 * Beginning (Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Wikipedia article
 * Official English Website (archived)

Kentaro Ishizaka
Kentaro Ishizaka is a Japanese composer who was hired by HAL Laboratory to provide several arrangement soundtracks for Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He has also worked on the techno unit "Natchan PEAK" as Kentaro Yanagi. To date, Ishizaka has not worked on any other projects since Brawl.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Opening (Super Smash Bros. Melee) -- Arrangement
 * Underground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) -- Arrangement
 * Waluigi Pinball (Mario Kart DS) -- Arrangement
 * Title (3D Hot Rally) -- Arrangement
 * Jungle Level (Donkey Kong Country) -- Arrangement
 * Boss Theme Medley (Kirby series) -- Arrangement
 * Corneria (Star Fox) -- Arrangement
 * Star Wolf (Star Fox 64) -- Arrangement
 * Pokémon Center (Pokémon Red / Pokémon Blue) -- Arrangement
 * Unfounded Revenge / Smashing Song of Praise (Mother 3) -- Arrangement
 * You Call this a Utopia?! (Mother 3) -- Arrangement
 * Winning Road - Roy's Hope (The Binding Blade) -- Arrangement
 * Stage Clear / Title (Pikmin) -- Arrangement
 * Town Hall and Tom Nook's Store (Animal Crossing: Wild World) -- Arrangement

Trivia

 * Kentaro Ishizaka received a "Special Thanks" credit in Minna no Joushiki Ryoku TV.

External link(s)

 * Article on the Japanese Kirby Wiki
 * PIA MUSIC DREAM Profile

Kohta Takahashi
Kohta Takahashi (born October 5, 1972) is a game composer who is known for the Ridge Racer series. Takahashi has arranged one track in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
 * Title (Metroid) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * Japanese Wikipedia article
 * VGMdb profile

Koji Hayama
Koji Hayama (born August 4, 1965) is a game composer and songwriter who is best known for the Super Robot Wars and Ape Escape video game franchises. Hayama provided arrangements in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Underground Theme (Super Mario Land) -- Arrangement
 * 0² Battle (Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards) -- Arrangement
 * Balloon Trip (Balloon Fight) -- Arrangement

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
 * Battle! (Wild Pokémon) (Pokémon Diamond / Pokémon Pearl) - Arrangement
 * Minor Circuit (Punch-Out!!) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Japanese Wikipedia article

Koji Kondo
Koji Kondo is a longtime sound designer and music composer at Nintendo, best known for the iconic Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda franchises. Kondo has worked on an arrangement for three Super Smash Bros. games.

Kumi Tanioka
Kumi Tanioka is a game composer and pianist who is a former Square Enix music staff member. Tanioka is best known for her work in the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles sub-series, and also worked in Mario Sports Mix. She has provided several track arrangements in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
 * Plaza / Title (Animal Crossing: City Folk / Animal Crossing: Wild World) -- Arrangement
 * Jogging / Countdown (Punch-Out!!) -- Arrangement

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Snakey Chantey (Donkey Kong Country 2) -- Arrangement
 * Molgera (The Wind Waker) -- Arrangement
 * Main Menu (Wii Fit) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Wikipedia article
 * IMDb page

Mahito Yokota
Yokota is also the recording manager for the main themes in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Maki Kirioka
Maki Kirioka is a composer and sound editor. Kirioka is a former staff member at Konami's KCE Japan Sound Team division and Procyon Studio. She has worked on titles like Zone of the Enders and the Tokimeki Memorial Drama series. Aside from composing video games, she is also a songwriter. She has provided arrangements to some tracks in the Super Smash Bros. series.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Wii Fit Plus Medley -- Arrangement
 * Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive! Medley -- Arrangement
 * Title Theme (Animal Crossing: Wild World) -- Arrangement
 * Duck Hunt Medley -- Arrangement
 * Area 1 (Dragon Spirit) -- Arrangement
 * Bathtime Theme (nintendogs) -- Arrangement
 * Noisy Notebook (Snipperclips) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * VGMO 'Mirror War' Sample Music

Manabu Namiki
Manabu Namiki (born September 13, 1971) is a composer and sound director at M2, where he has worked on titles like Kokuga. Namiki has worked on two medley arrangements in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
 * Duck Hunt Medley -- Arrangement
 * Wrecking Crew Medley -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Wikipedia article
 * Official Website (archived)

Masaaki Iwasaki
Masaaki Iwasaki (better known as Koremasa) is a freelance game composer and sound editor. He was formerly a colleague of Shogo Sakai at Data East, and as such he has assisted with sound effect production on some of the games composed by Sakai at HAL Laboratory; those include Mother 3, Super Smash Bros. Brawl (where he arranged two Mario tracks), Kirby Mass Attack and Kirby and the Rainbow Curse.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Ground Theme 2 (Super Mario Bros.) -- Arrangement
 * Chill (Dr. Mario) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * IMDb page
 * Moby Games profile

Masafumi Takada
Takada has currently arranged 13 tracks in the entire series.

MASAKI
Masaki Mori (alias: MASAKI) is a composer from Taito Corporation, working for the ZUNTATA unit. He has provided one arrangement for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Staff Credits (Kirby's Dream Land) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile

Masashi Hamauzu
Masashi Hamauzu (born September 20, 1971) is a Japanese composer and arranger who has worked for Square Enix from 1996 until 2010, where he scored titles like Final Fantasy XIII. Afterwards, Hamauzu went to form his own company, MONOMUSIK. He has arranged two tracks for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
 * Green Greens Ver. 2 (Kirby's Dream Land) -- Arrangement
 * Stage Select (Pikmin 2) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * Wikipedia article
 * IMDb page
 * VGMdb profile

Masato Coda
Kouda has been providing arrangements in the Smash Bros. series since Brawl. He is credited as Masato Coda since Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U where his tracks featured the performance of RiRiKA.

Michiko Naruke
Michiko Naruke is a Japanese game composer known for the Wild Arms series. Naruke has arranged numerous tracks in the Super Smash Bros. series. She works through her unit Naru2 Co., Ltd.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Bramble Blast (Donkey Kong Country 2) -- Arrangement
 * Ocarina of Time Medley -- Arrangement
 * Full Steam Ahead (Spirit Tracks) -- Arrangement
 * Cut Man Stage (Mega Man) -- Arrangement
 * Bloody Tears / Monster Dance (Castlevania II: Simon's Quest) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Wikipedia article

Michiru Yamane
Michiru Yamane (born September 23, 1963) is a freelance game composer. Formerly employed at Konami, she was one of the main composers of the Castlevania series until her departure from the company at 2008. Yamane has provided two arrangements for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
 * Saria's Song / Middle Boss Battle (Ocarina of Time) -- Arrangement
 * Fight 1 (Fire Emblem Gaiden) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * Wikipedia article
 * VGMdb profile
 * Castlevania Wikia article

Motoi Sakuraba
Sakuraba has composed the most music arrangements, tied with Yusuke Takahama, out of any freelance composers in the Smash Bros. games, with 15 tracks.

Nobuko Toda
Nobuko Toda (born November 18, 1972) is a Japanese composer, orchestrator, and score producer who is known for working on the Metal Gear Solid series. Toda worked at Konami's sound division from 2004 until 2010, where she went to work at FILM SCORE LLC. Toda has worked on arrangements in Super Smash Bros. 4 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
 * Egg Planet (Super Mario Galaxy) -- Arrangement
 * Menu (Melee): Ver. 2 -- Arrangement

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Snake Eater (Metal Gear Solid 3) -- Arrangement
 * Bomb Man Stage (Mega Man) -- Arrangement
 * Fire Man Stage (Mega Man) -- Arrangement
 * Crash Man Stage (Mega Man 2) -- Arrangement
 * Title Theme (Wii Sports Club) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Japanese Wikipedia article
 * FILM SCORE LLC Official Website
 * IMDb page

Nobuo Uematsu
Uematsu has composed the main theme for Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

RiRiKA
Rika Hanasaki (known as RiRiKA) (born December 26, 1984) is a Japanese pop singer and actress who has performed in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, in tracks arranged by Masato Coda.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
 * Bathtime Theme (nintendogs) -- Performer
 * Bathtime Theme (Vocal Mix) (nintendogs) -- Performer
 * Light Plane (Pilotwings) -- Performer
 * Light Plane (Vocal Mix) (Pilotwings) -- Performer

External link(s)

 * Japanese Wikipedia article
 * Twitter profile

Seiji Momoi
Seiji Momoi (born July 6, 1967) is a game composer who works at Studio PJ. Momoi has worked on two projects directed by Masahiro Sakurai, being Meteos and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Main Theme (Star Fox) -- Arrangement
 * Pokémon Main Theme -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Japanese Wikipedia article
 * IMDb page

Shogo Sakai
Sakai is a sound staff member at HAL Laboratory where he has provided music in Melee, and was the lead composer in Brawl.

Shohei Tsuchiya
Shohei Tsuchiya (born June 6, 1979 as Tachiya Syouhei) is a game composer at Taito Corporation's Zuntata sound team, and a former staff at From Software. He has worked on the Dariusburst series, among other titles. Shohei has arranged two tracks in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Ultimate.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U
 * Kapp'n's Song (Animal Crossing: New Leaf) -- Arrangement
 * The Mysterious Murasame Castle -- Arrangement

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Splattack! (Splatoon) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Japanese Wikipedia article

Shota Kageyama
Kageyama has arranged 12 tracks since starting in Brawl.

Tadashi Ikegami
Ikegami is a staff at HAL Laboratory who provided two orchestrated arrangements in Melee.

Takahiro Nishi
Takahiro Nishi (born January 31, 1970) is a sound director and composer who worked at Game Arts. He was the music director of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Kid Icarus: Uprising, two projects headed by Masahiro Sakurai.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Kid Icarus: Uprising
 * Dialga / Palkia Battle at Spear Pillar! (Pokémon Diamond / Pearl) -- Arrangement
 * Mona Pizza's Song (WarioWare: Twisted!) -- Arrangement
 * Mona Pizza's Song (JP) (WarioWare: Twisted!) -- Arrangement
 * Environmental Noises (Pikmin) -- Arrangement
 * Theme of Tara (Metal Gear) -- Arrangement
 * The Seafloor Palace -- Arrangement (w/Motoi Sakuraba)undefined
 * Boss Battle 2 -- Composition & Arrangementundefined
 * Viridi, Goddess of Nature -- Arrangementundefined
 * Reset Bomb Forest -- Arrangementundefined
 * The Lunar Sanctum -- Composition (w/Yuzo Koshiro & Hirokazu Tanaka), Arrangement (w/Yuzo Koshiro)undefined
 * Scorched Feathers -- Arrangement (w/Motoi Sakuraba)undefined
 * The Three Trials -- Arrangement (w/Yuzo Koshiro & Motoi Sakuraba)undefined
 * Boss Battle Victory -- Arrangementundefined
 * I'm Finished! -- Arrangementundefined

External link(s)

 * Personal website
 * VGMdb profile
 * IMDb page

Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
Takenobu Mitsuyoshi is a game composer and vocal performer at Sega, known for working on the Virtua Fighter and Daytona series. Mitsuyoshi has arranged and performed the "F-Zero Medley" track in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * F-ZERO Medley -- Arrangement, Lyrics, Vocals

External link(s)

 * Wikipedia article
 * VGMdb profile
 * Sega Retro article

Takeshi Kuramochi
Takeshi Kuramochi (born August 11, 1981) is a Japanese composer and businessman who is a former staff member at Konami, where he worked on the Castlevania series among other titles. He is the founder and president of IZENE Corporation and its subsidiary INSPION STUDIO. He has worked on several arrangements in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which most are based on the Fire Emblem series.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Big Blue (F-ZERO) -- Arrangement
 * Under This Banner (Mystery of the Emblem) -- Arrangement
 * Advance (Mystery of the Emblem) -- Arrangement
 * Beyond Distant Skies - Roy's Departure (The Binding Blade) -- Arrangement
 * Id (Purpose) (Fire Emblem Awakening) -- Arrangement
 * Cross Your Heart (Haunted Castle) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * Japanese Wikipedia article
 * VGMdb profile

Tetsuya Shibata
Tetsuya Shibata (born October 24, 1973) is a game composer and sound director who is best known for his work in the Monster Hunter and Devil May Cry franchises. Shibata's music work is focused on jazz, classic, and rock.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Ground Theme / Underground Theme (Super Mario Bros.) -- Arrangement
 * The Great Sea / Menu Select (The Wind Waker) -- Arrangement
 * Prelude (Ablaze) (Fire Emblem Awakening) -- Arrangement
 * Lost Painting (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night) -- Arrangement
 * Wrecking Crew Medley -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * Wikipedia article
 * VGMdb profile

Tomoko Sasaki
Tomoko Sasaki is a Japanese composer, writer, and voice actress known for the Tokyo Heidi web series, who she and her sister Wakaba have starred in. Sasaki has arranged three lyrical tracks in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. She is a former staff member at Sega.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Ashley's Song (WarioWare: Touched!) -- Arrangement
 * Ashley's Song (JP) (WarioWare: Touched!) -- Arrangement, Vocals
 * 2:00 a.m. (Animal Crossing) -- Arrangement

Trivia

 * During her years in Sega, Tomoko has provided the voice of Chao in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Japanese Wikipedia article
 * Tokio Heidi website (Japanese)
 * Sega Retro article
 * IMDb profile

Tomoya Ohtani
Tomoya Ohtani is a game composer from Sega, best known for being one of the main composers of the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Ohtani has also worked on the Mario & Sonic Olympics crossover sub-series, and arranged the "Bomb Bomb Blush" track from Splatoon in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Bomb Bomb Blush (Splatoon) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Wikipedia article
 * HOW SONIC’S SOUND DIRECTOR ARRANGED SPLATOON’S BOMB RUSH BLUSH FOR SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE (Nintendo Soup)

Tsukasa Masuko
Tsukasa Masuko (born April 3, 1963) (aka macco) is a game composer who worked for Tecmo and Atlus, currently employed at M's Factory. He has worked on the Megami Tensei series and Magical Starsign, among other titles. He arranged two tracks in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U each.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Song of the Storms (Ocarina of Time) -- Arrangement
 * Ending (Metroid) -- Arrangement

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
 * Butter Building Ver. 2 (Kirby's Adventure) -- Arrangement
 * Nintendo Land Medley - Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Japanese Wikipedia article

Yasufumi Fukuda
Yasafumi Fukada is a freelance game composer and sound designer who arranged three tracks in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He is also one of the composers for the Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Luigi Circuit (Mario Kart 64) -- Arrangement
 * Mute City (F-Zero) -- Arrangement
 * Encounter (Metal Gear Solid) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Sega Retro article

Yasushi Asada
Yasushi Asada is a video game composer and a staff member at noisycroak. Asada has composed music for the Guitadora and Castlevania series, and he arranged a few tracks in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Many of his arrangements of Castlevania Judgment and Castlevania: Harmony of Despair are featured in Ultimate as well.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Brinstar Depths (Metroid) -- Arrangement
 * Battle! (Trainer) (Pokémon Sun / Pokémon Moon) -- Arrangement
 * Ice Man Stage (Mega Man) -- Arrangement
 * Out of Time (Castlevania) -- Arrangement
 * Divine Bloodlines (Castlevania: Rondo of Blood) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Castlevania Judgment interview

Yoshino Aoki
Yoshino Aoki is a game composer and vocalist who is a former Capcom staff member where she worked in various Mega Man games. She later went to establish Unique Note with Tetsuya Shibata (see above), where she worked on titles like Final Fantasy XV. Aoki has arranged two tracks in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Main Theme (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) -- Arrangement
 * Garden of Hope (Pikmin 3) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * IMDb page
 * Wikipedia article

Yoshito Sekigawa
Sekigawa arranged two Castlevania tracks, and one from Code Name: S.T.E.A.M..

Yu Shimoda
Yu Shimoda is a game composer who is a member at Taito Corporation's ZUTANA sound team. Previously at Inti Creates, Shimoda worked on some Japan-only Nintendo DS games, as well as Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, he re-arranged his own "We're Robots (Willy Stage 2)" track from 9. He's also a guitarist and keyboardist.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * We're Robots (Willy Stage 2) (Mega Man 9) -- Composition & Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Japanese Wikipedia article
 * Yu Shimoda's Twitter profile

Yusuke Takahama
Yusuke Takahama is a composer at Target Entertainment that originally worked for Data East, on titles like the Digital Pinball series. While currently he doesn't work on many video game projects, he has still contributed arrangements for the Super Smash Bros. series. Tied with Motoi Sakuraba, Takahama has arranged the most tracks in the series with 15 tracks.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
 * Credits (Super Smash Bros.) -- Arrangement
 * Castle / Boss Fortress (Super Mario World / SMB3) -- Arrangement
 * Mario Circuit (Super Mario Kart) -- Arrangement
 * Tal Tal Heights (Link's Awakening) -- Arrangement
 * Vs. Ridley (Super Metroid) -- Arrangement
 * Main Theme (Star Fox 64) -- Arrangement
 * Fire Field (F-ZERO) -- Arrangement
 * Tunnel Scene (X) -- Arrangement
 * Athletic Theme / Ground Theme (New Super Mario Bros. 2) -- Arrangement
 * Shadow Man Stage (Mega Man 3) -- Arrangement
 * Donkey Kong / Donkey Kong Jr. Medley -- Arrangement
 * Vs. Ridley (Super Metroid) -- Arrangement [note: different arrangement from the Brawl version]
 * Metal Man Stage (Mega Man 2) -- Arrangement
 * Opening Stage (Mega Man X) -- Arrangement
 * Galaga Medley -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * VGMdb profile
 * Personal blog

Yutaka Iraha
Yutaka Iraha is a composer and sound designer at Game Arts who worked in the Grandia games. He worked on the "Hyrule Field Theme" track in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Song Credits
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Hyrule Field Theme (Ocarina of Time) -- Arrangement

External link(s)

 * IMDb page
 * MobyGames profile

Frequent collaborators
Many of the Smash Bros. composers and arrangers have frequently worked in two or more titles. Musicians who have only worked in one game are not included.

Trivia

 * Some of the arrangers of Super Smash Bros. Brawl have also worked in Kid Icarus: Uprising for the Nintendo 3DS, which series' director Masahiro Sakurai has also worked on.