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− | '''Toru Minegishi''' is a composer who works at [[Nintendo EPD]]. He has been behind the soundtrack of several titles in the [[Legend of Zelda (series)|Legend of Zelda ]]franchise, being [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess'']] and [[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|''The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks'']] among his most prominent works. He |
+ | '''Toru Minegishi''' is a composer who works at [[Nintendo EPD]]. He has been behind the soundtrack of several titles in the [[Legend of Zelda (series)|Legend of Zelda ]]franchise, being [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess'']] and [[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|''The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks'']] among his most prominent works. He was also the main composer of games like [[Wii Fit|''Wii Fit'']] and the [[Splatoon|''Splatoon'']] series. |
He later got transfered to Nintendo EPD's Sound Group in 2015 along with other Nintendo Composers |
He later got transfered to Nintendo EPD's Sound Group in 2015 along with other Nintendo Composers |
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* [[Splatoon|''Splatoon'']] (2015) - Music (w/[[Shiho Fujii]]) |
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* [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD|''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD'']] (2016) - Sound Supervisor |
* [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD|''The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD'']] (2016) - Sound Supervisor |
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* Splattack! (2014 E3PV) -- Composition & Arrangement |
* Splattack! (2014 E3PV) -- Composition & Arrangement |
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* Testfire Title Screen - Composition & Arrangement [note: unused] |
* Testfire Title Screen - Composition & Arrangement [note: unused] |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
Revision as of 11:46, 16 January 2017
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Toru Minegishi is a composer who works at Nintendo EPD. He has been behind the soundtrack of several titles in the Legend of Zelda franchise, being The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks among his most prominent works. He was also the main composer of games like Wii Fit and the Splatoon series.
He later got transfered to Nintendo EPD's Sound Group in 2015 along with other Nintendo Composers
Minegishi is also known to have provided voice acting for some characters like Petey Piranha.
Biography
At ten years of age, Toru Minegishi desperately wanted The Legend of Zelda on the Famicom Disk System after seeing the commercial for the game. He explained that the sounds he heard in the advertisement were incredible to him. He told his parents after seeing the ad that in his swimming class he would swim 40 meters if they would purchase the game for him. He was able to do so, and the parents bought him the game. According to Minegishi, he was fully engrossed in the title which lead to a deep respect for the game's composer and sound designer, Koji Kondo, who he would end up working for. His love for video games developed a dream to become a video game composer.
He applied at Nintendo for the job and was presented a test to compose music for various different themes. There was also a written test as well. He managed to pass both tests and thus got a job at the company. One of his earliest creations was the startup sound for the Nintendo GameCube. In Animal Crossing he composed over 50 songs for K.K. Slider to play. While he worked on several video games early on including the Pokémon Stadium series and Animal Crossing, he said that Super Mario Sunshine was the game that taught him the "difficulties of the sound-design process".
Some of Toru Minegishi's inspirations are Andrew Lloyd Webber, Alan Menken (whose music helped inspire The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker's tracks), Sting, Maurice Ravel and Pérez Prado.
Production History
- Pocket Monsters Stadium (1998) - Sound Composition
- Pokémon Stadium (1999) - Sound Composition (w/Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai)
- Mario Artist: Talent Studio (2000) - Music Composition
- The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000) - Music Support, Music Composer
- Animal Forest (2001) - Indoor BGM
- Nintendo Gamecube (2001) - Startup Music Composition
- Animal Crossing (2001) - Indoor BGM
- Super Mario Sunshine (2002) - Sound Effect Programming
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) - Music (w/Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, Koji Kondo)
- Animal Forest e+ (2003) - Music Composition
- Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (2003) - Sound Effects
- Donkey Konga (2003) - Sound Support
- Mario Pinball Land (2004) - Mario Series Sound Effects
- Yoshi Touch & Go (2005) - Music (w/Asuka Ohta)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (2006) - Music (w/Asuka Ota, Koji Kondo)
- The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007) - Music (w/Kenta Nagata)
- Wii Fit (2007) - Sound Director, Music (w/Manaka Tominaga, Shiho Fujii), Sound Effects
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) - Music Arrangement
- Wii Music (2008) - Music Composition (w/Kenta Nagata, Mahito Yokota)
- The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (2009) - Music (w/Manaka Tominaga, Asuka Ota, Koji Kondo)
- Steel Diver (2011) - Music (w/Atsuko Asahi)
- Mario Kart 7 (2011) - Sound Support
- WaraWara Plaza (2012) - Music Composition, Sound Effects
- Wii U eShop (2012) - Music (w/Asuka Hayazaki)
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013) - Guitar Recording [Note: uncredited; involvement confirmed via interview]
- Super Mario 3D World (2013) - Staff (Music) (w/Yasuaki Iwata, Koji Kondo, Mahito Yokota)
- Steel Diver: Sub Wars (2014) - Music Composition (w/Kenta Nagata, Atsuko Asahi)
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U (2014) - Music Arrangement
- Splatoon (2015) - Music (w/Shiho Fujii)
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (2016) - Sound Supervisor
- Splatoon 2 (2017) - Music
Voice
- Mario Power Tennis (2004)
- Mario Superstar Baseball (2005)
- Mario Super Sluggers (2008)
- Mario Party 10 (2015)
- Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (2015)
- Mario Party: Star Rush (2016)
Song Credits
- Po Pi Pa Pi -- Composition & Arrangement
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
- Battle -- Composition & Arrangement
- Middle Boss Battle -- Composition & Arrangement
- Boss Battle -- Composition & Arrangement
Doubutsu no Mori / Animal Crossing
- K.K. Chorale -- Composition & Arrangement
- K.K. Bossa -- Composition & Arrangement
- K.K. Soul -- Composition & Arrangement
- Go K.K. Rider! -- Composition & Arrangement
- K.K. Metal -- Composition & Arrangement
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
- A Giant Mysterious Bird Attacks -- Composition & Arrangement
- Battle -- Composition & Arrangement
- Forsaken Fortress Invasion 1 -- Composition & Arrangement
- Forsaken Fortress Invasion 2 -- Composition & Arrangement
- Forsaken Fortress -- Composition & Arrangement
- Reunion With Sister -- Composition (w/Kenta Nagata), Arrangement
- Rendezvous With the Ship 1 -- Composition & Arrangement
- Rendezvous With the Ship 2 -- Composition & Arrangement
- Second Maritime Battle -- Composition & Arrangement
- The Deku Tree's Crisis -- Composition & Arrangement
- The Deku Tree and Koroks -- Composition & Arrangement
- Ganondorf Battle -- Composition & Arrangement
Nintendo Sound Selection vol.1 Peach <Healing Music>
- Title (Animal Crossing) -- Melodica
Nintendo Sound Selection vol.2 Koopa <Loud Music>
- Oni Fortress -- Drums
Nintendo Sound Selection vol.3 Luigi <B - Side Music>
- K.K. Soul -- Composition & Arrangement, Drums
- Score Attack -- Composition & Arrangement
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
- Wii Channel -- Arrangement
- Title -- Arrangement
- Ordon Village -- Composition & Arrangement
- Midna's Theme -- Composition & Arrangement
- Hyrule Field Main Theme -- Composition & Arrangement
- Light Spirit's Elegy -- Arrangement
- Kakariko Village -- Composition (w/Koji Kondo), Arrangement
- Death Mountain -- Arrangement
- Rutela's Theme -- Arrangement
- Lake Hylia -- Composition & Arrangement
- Boss Battle #3 -- Composition & Arrangement
- Midna's Lament -- Composition & Arrangement
- Sacred Grove -- Arrangement
- Malo Mart -- Composition & Arrangement
- Ilia's Theme -- Composition & Arrangement
- The Hidden Village -- Composition & Arrangement
- Final Battle #4 -- Composition (w/Koji Kondo), Arrangement
- Staff Credits Theme #1 -- Composition (w/Koji Kondo), Arrangement
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
- Linebeck's Theme -- Composition & Arrangement
- Ciela's Parting Words -- Arrangement
- Plaza -- Composition & Arrangement
- Super Hoop -- Composition & Arrangement
- Advanced Step -- Composition & Arrangement
- Health - Composition & Arrangement
- Credits -- Composition & Arrangement
- Yoga - Composition & Arrangement
- Penguin - Composition & Arrangement
- Title (Big Brain Academy) -- Arrangement
- Nintendogs Theme - Live Ver. (nintendogs) -- Drums
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
- Title Theme -- Composition & Arrangement
- Aboda Village -- Composition & Arrangement
- Anjean's Theme -- Composition & Arrangement
- Chancellor Cole's theme -- Composition & Arrangement
- Byrne's Theme -- Composition & Arrangement
- The Tower of Spirits -- Composition & Arrangement
- Riding the Rails 2 (Main Theme) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Whittleton -- Composition & Arrangement
- Seabed -- Composition & Arrangement
- Linebeck's Theme -- Composition & Arrangement
- Hero of the Tracks -- Arrangement
- Song of Awakening -- Composition & Arrangement
- Song of Healing -- Composition & Arrangement
- Song of Discovery -- Composition & Arrangement
- Song of Birds -- Composition & Arrangement
- Song of Light -- Composition & Arrangement
- Game Over -- Composition & Arrangement
- Staff Credits -- Composition & Arrangement
- Ammomite Battle -- Composition & Arrangement
- Challenge -- Composition & Arrangement
- Boss Challenge -- Composition & Arrangement
- Startup -- Composition & Arrangement
- Loading... -- Composition & Arrangement
- Home Screen -- Composition & Arrangement
- Shopping (Original) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Add Funds -- Composition & Arrangement
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
- Ballad of the Goddess (Milk Bar Musicians) -- Guitar
- Fuzzy Flood Mine - Composition & Arrangement
- Hands-On Hall - Composition & Arrangement
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U
- Smiles and Tears -- Arrangement
- Opening -- Composition & Arrangement
- Splattack! (Jam Session) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Splattack! -- Composition & Arrangement
- Ink or Sink -- Composition & Arrangement
- Seaskape -- Composition & Arrangement
- Kraken Up -- Composition & Arrangement
- Metalopod -- Composition & Arrangement
- Now or Never! -- Composition & Arrangement
- Victory! - Jingle -- Composition & Arrangement
- Victory! - Results -- Composition & Arrangement
- Defeat - Jingle -- Composition & Arrangement
- Defeat - Results -- Composition & Arrangement
- Hooked -- Composition & Arrangement
- Sucker Punch -- Composition & Arrangement
- Player Editor -- Composition & Arrangement
- Visiting Inkopolis -- Composition & Arrangement
- Inkopolis Tutorial -- Composition & Arrangement
- Plaza -- Composition & Arrangement
- Lobby -- Composition & Arrangement
- Dubble Bath -- Composition & Arrangement
- Splatfest - Theme Announcement -- Composition & Arrangement
- Splatfest - Final Results -- Composition & Arrangement
- Reward Jingle -- Composition & Arrangement
- Cap'n Cuttlefish's Theme -- Composition & Arrangement
- Octo Valley -- Composition & Arrangement
- Eight-Legged Advance -- Composition & Arrangement
- Tentacular Circus -- Composition & Arrangement
- Cephaloparade -- Composition & Arrangement
- Inkstrike Shuffle -- Composition & Arrangement
- Octoweaponry -- Composition & Arrangement
- Hero Mode - Onward! -- Composition & Arrangement
- Hero Mode - Splat! -- Composition & Arrangement
- Sunken Scrolls -- Composition & Arrangement
- I Am Octavio -- Composition & Arrangement
- Splattack! (2014 E3PV) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Testfire Title Screen - Composition & Arrangement [note: unused]
- Ink-oming -- Composition & Arrangement
External links
- Zelda Universe - An article by Toru Minegishi that first appeared in Nintendo Power
- Mobygames - Information on Toru Minegishi
- Square Enix Music Online - Information on Toru Minegishi