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Koji Kondo ( b. August 13, 1961) is a Japanese composer and musician best known for his scores for various video games produced by Nintendo.
Biography
Kondo was born in Nagoya, Japan. He took to music at an early age, writing simple tunes for fun even as a small child. At seventeen, he decided to pursue music professionally. He undertook classical training, and he learned to play several instruments.
In the 1980s, Kondo learned that a company called Nintendo was seeking musicians to compose music for its new video game system, the Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System outside Japan). Kondo had never considered writing video game music before, but he decided to give the company a chance. He was hired in 1983.
Kondo found himself in a totally different environment at Nintendo. Suddenly, he was limited to only four “instruments” (two monophonic pulse channels, a monophonic triangle wave channel which could be used as a bass, and a noise channel used for percussion) due to limitations of the system’s sound chip. Though he and Nintendo’s technicians eventually discovered a way to add a fifth channel (normally reserved for SFX), his music was still severely limited on the system.
Kondo has stayed with Nintendo through various consoles, including the Super Famicom (Super Nintendo outside Japan), the Nintendo 64, the Nintendo GameCube and most recently the Nintendo Wii. These latter systems have vastly improved Nintendo’s audio capabilities, and Kondo today composes music with CD quality sound.
Biography
Kondo was born in Nagoya, Japan. He took to music at an early age, writing simple tunes for fun even as a small child. At seventeen, he decided to pursue music professionally. He undertook classical training, and he learned to play several instruments.
In the 1980s, Kondo learned that a company called Nintendo was seeking musicians to compose music for its new video game system, the Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System outside Japan). Kondo had never considered writing video game music before, but he decided to give the company a chance. He was hired in 1983.
Kondo found himself in a totally different environment at Nintendo. Suddenly, he was limited to only four “instruments” (two monophonic pulse channels, a monophonic triangle wave channel which could be used as a bass, and a noise channel used for percussion) due to limitations of the system’s sound chip. Though he and Nintendo’s technicians eventually discovered a way to add a fifth channel (normally reserved for SFX), his music was still severely limited on the system.
Kondo has stayed with Nintendo through various consoles, including the Super Famicom (Super Nintendo outside Japan), the Nintendo 64, the Nintendo GameCube and most recently the Nintendo Wii. These latter systems have vastly improved Nintendo’s audio capabilities, and Kondo today composes music with CD quality sound.
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DEATHINFIREX wrote:
Song of Storms.
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miniaturetiger wrote:
Gerudo Valley is the best <3
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MasterDAero wrote:
I think most songs from koji kondo are influenced by his super mario 64 sound, I recognize several pieces in the zelda games and super mario galaxy. But the one I love most is the soundtrack of majora's mask. Without his music these games wouldn't have performed like they did. It's awesome and epic at the same time jeuj...
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slaytanicWRMCHT wrote:
He is my master. I love Koji Kondo... I love zelda and mario...
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saturninedream wrote:
To see my childhood reflected in the wonderful compositions by Koji Kondo is just pure fantasy. If I had to describe him in one word, I would say he's inspiring, just very inspiring.
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Jamesofchaos wrote:
"Selling my N64 is the worst thing I have ever done." If anyone's going to hell then it'll be you for doing that. XD Mine's about... 6 inches from my right foot. :-D Had it for over a decade. Epic console.
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TromboneDixie wrote:
Check out 'Space Junk Galaxy' from Mario Galaxy. Briljant! Aslo favorites: Zora's Domain and Forest Temple from Ocarina of Time.
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strawberryffuck wrote:
oot is so fucking awesome!!
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CaiUnderground wrote:
great soundtracks games
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Papierherz wrote:
gerudo valley, gerudo valley, gerudo valley ♥
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Illinoisemakerr wrote:
Selling my N64 is the worst thing I have ever done.
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JokLuz wrote:
Majora's Mask soundtrack is so underrated =/
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MeKo222 wrote:
i ♥ windmill hut aka. song of storms :D
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Schfifteh wrote:
OMG OMG OMG OMG I'M GOING TO GO PLAY ZELDA RIGHT NOOOWWWW XDDD
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http://www.lastfm.se/group/The+melodies+of+video+games - Love video game music? if so, join my new awesome group and share the love!
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CaiUnderground wrote:
henrique: é bem parecido mesmo, mas sabe como é, aqueles mais antigos marcaram nossa infancia, acho perfeito pra nova geração esse do Wii... não sei se vc já viu alguns emuladores que fizeram do mesmo jogo do mario só que com fases diferentes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyjIDhk2AIg
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Rennsteigripper wrote:
Finally found the original Fire-Temple-Theme from OOT - sounds awesome... and creepy *thumbsup*
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dicennian wrote:
Lon Lon Ranch <3
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henriquee_t88 wrote:
@CaiUnderground: Esse New Super Mario Bros do Wii que lançou por agora é aparentemente o mesmo estilo que SMW. O jogo funciona em 2D, mas os gráficos são em 3D. Confere aí.
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CaiUnderground wrote:
Super Mario Brossssss 1,2,3 e world \o/ sou fã dos jogos do mario e suas músicas, seria sucesso se fizessem um novo mario com grafico de super nintendo e os mesmo sons, ou quem sabe novos sons no mesmo estilo *-*
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