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(1983 – present)
Koji Kondo (近藤 浩治 Kondō Kōji, born August 13, 1960) is a Japanese composer and musician best known for his scores for various video games produced by Nintendo.
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.
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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Super Mario Bros. Anthology (disc 3: SMB3)
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Re-Arranged…
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Plasmaterial wrote:
The score for Ocarina Of Time is probably the best in video game history. [2]
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Plasmaterial wrote:
@bloozclooz: If you'd ever hear great video game music, chances are more than likely it was composed by someone Asian. They know exactly what to do when it comes to video game music.
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IceSpoon wrote:
@bloozclooz you FUCKING MORON!!!! Koji Kondo is the guy who composed the LoZ music, retarded!
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bloozclooz wrote:
who the fuck is this guy and why does he keep showing up in my LoZ music. fuck off mr asian man
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Alter_Eggnog wrote:
I'll always love him ♥
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colorful0 wrote:
Why is Super Mario Galaxy 2 soundtrack so underrated?
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Poky95 wrote:
Gerudo Valley <3
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Phlunked wrote:
The score for Ocarina Of Time is probably the best in video game history.
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ranmakawakita wrote:
Super Mario 64 :3
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Biaxx wrote:
pfvr me beja
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xapz wrote:
The "The Legend Of Zelda 25th Anniversary Soundtrack" is completly amazing. [2]
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mattmacneil wrote:
nothing spells extremely intense nostalgia like "近藤浩治"!
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Miguejap wrote:
I've voted for the corrections. The "The Legend Of Zelda 25th Anniversary Soundtrack" is completly amazing.
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janelesque wrote:
The Hyrule Field part of the Twilight Princess symphonic movement redeems the overused word that is "epic." It blows me away.
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Antnne wrote:
Do we know the original/officinal titles (and composers) of Skyward Sword´s tracks? Like, the whole of them, not just the ones on the CD.
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pinkfreud_ wrote:
Zelda ♥
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Injektilo623 wrote:
I've suggested all of those corrections, Yinjo. Hopefully soon they'll all redirect!
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MooniePwns wrote:
Wind Waker ♥
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icaromfs wrote:
Super Mario 64 ♥
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Yinjo wrote:
any chance people here are willing to help out with redirecting Koji Kondo, Kōji Kondō, Kondo Koji and Kondō Kōji to this location ? just go to each page, click "suggest a correction" at the end of the right column, and vote for a correction to 近藤浩治...
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