Minako Hamano

Minako Hamano is a Nintendo composer known for her prominency on the Metroid franchise, in which she would often collaborate with Kenji Yamamoto. She joined the company in the R&D1 department, with her debut game being The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.

In recent years she has been part of the Nintendo SPD sound group, in which she would compose the music for the Brain Age series among other titles.

Production History

 * The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) -- Music Composition
 * Super Metroid (1994) -- Music Composer
 * Snoopy Concert (1995) -- Sound Staff
 * Galactic Pinball (1995) -- Sound Assistant
 * Game Boy Camera (1998) -- Sound Composer
 * Pokémon Puzzle Challenge (2000) -- Music Composition
 * Mobile Golf (2001) -- BGM Programming
 * Mario Kart: Super Circuit (2001) -- Sound
 * Metroid Fusion (2002) -- Music Composition
 * Wario World (2003) -- Music
 * Metroid: Zero Mission (2004) -- Music Composition
 * Daigasso! Band Brothers (2004) -- Sound
 * Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (2005) -- Music Composition
 * Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day! (2005) -- Music
 * Tetris DS (2006) -- Sound
 * Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007) -- Music
 * Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) -- Music Arrangement
 * Jam with the Band (2008) -- Music Composition
 * Brain Age Express: Math (2008) -- Music Composition
 * Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters (2008) -- Music Composition
 * Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010) -- Music
 * Wii Play: Motion (2011) -- Sound Coordination
 * Brain Age: Concentration Training (2012) -- Music
 * Monster Manor (2013) -- Sound Coordination
 * Mii Force (2013) -- Sound Coordination
 * Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014) -- Music / Voice Recording
 * Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U (2014) -- Supervisor (Original Games)
 * Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (2015) -- Sound Supervisor

Special Thanks

 * Mario & Wario (1993)
 * Teleroboxer (1995)
 * Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo (Super Famicom) (1998)
 * Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004)
 * Tokyo Crash Mobs (2012)

Song Credits
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Super Metroid Mario Kart: Super Circuit Wario World Super Smash Bros. Brawl
 * Ending -- Composition (w/Kozue Ishikawa), Arrangement (w/Kozue Ishikawa)
 * Opening (Destroyed Science Academy Research Station) -- Arrangement
 * Wrecked Ship -- Composition & Arrangement
 * Maridia - Rocky Underground Water Area -- Composition & Arrangement
 * Maridia - Quicksand Underground Water Area -- Composition & Arrangement
 * Mini Boss Confrontation Theme (Spore Spawn, Botwoon) -- Composition & Arrangement
 * Big Boss Confrontation Theme (Ridley, Draygon) -- Composition & Arrangement
 * Big Boss Confrontation Theme (Kraid, Crocomire, Phantoon) -- Composition & Arrangement
 * Tourian -- Composition & Arrangement
 * Mother Brain -- Composition & Arrangement
 * Escape -- Composition & Arrangement
 * Ending -- Composition & Arrangement
 * Bowser Castle Course -- Composition & Arrangement
 * Greenhorn Forest -- Composition & Arrangement
 * Sector 1 -- Arrangement