Biography

Koh Otani (大谷 幸, Ōtani Kō, born May 1, 1957) is a prolific Japanese composer, arranger and pianist from Tokyo. He has composed the soundtracks to several 1990’s-era Gamera films, as well as many anime series, including New Mobile Report Gundam Wing and Haibane Renmei. He has also composed music for a few video games, most notably Shadow of the Colossus (Roar of the Earth) (credited in Shadow as “Kow Otani”), the PlayStation 2 flight simulator Sky Odyssey, and the PlayStation shooter Philosoma.

Roar of the Earth won the “Soundtrack of the Year” award in the United States-based video game magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly.