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*2002, ''[[Metroid Prime (game)|Metroid Prime]]'' (with [[Kouichi Kyuuma]]) | *2002, ''[[Metroid Prime (game)|Metroid Prime]]'' (with [[Kouichi Kyuuma]]) | ||
*2004, ''[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]] | *2004, ''[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]] | ||
*2004, ''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]]'' (with [[Minako Hamano]]) | *2004, ''[[Metroid: Zero Mission]]'' (with [[Minako Hamano]]. Original score by [[Hirokazu Tanaka]]) | ||
*2005, ''[[Metroid Prime Pinball]]'' (with [[Masaru Tajima]]) | *2005, ''[[Metroid Prime Pinball]]'' (with [[Masaru Tajima]]) | ||
*2006, ''[[Metroid Prime Hunters]]'' (as sound supervisor) | *2006, ''[[Metroid Prime Hunters]]'' (as sound supervisor) | ||
Revision as of 23:59, 25 September 2010
I’m always trying to include at least one musical piece from the previous title to satisfy old Metroid fans. It’s like a present for them. 
— Kenji Yamamoto[1]
Kenji Yamamoto in 1994
Kenji Yamamoto is a Japanese video game musician working for Nintendo. He was born on April 25, 1964.[2] Yamamoto is notable for composing music in many titles of the Metroid series, mainly Super Metroid and the Prime trilogy. Yamamoto also plays a role as a music director at Nintendo, overseeing the audio for several Nintendo games.[1]
Yamamoto felt that the Prime series needed a musical connection to its roots. Having worked with Super Metroid over a decade earlier, he decided to rearrange several pieces of music from the 1994 installment, including the main theme, to give players a sense of continuity. [1]
Discography
Yamamoto is credited with creating the soundtracks of the following Metroid games:
- 1994, Super Metroid (with Minako Hamano)
- 2002, Metroid Fusion (as sound designer)
- 2002, Metroid Prime (with Kouichi Kyuuma)
- 2004, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
- 2004, Metroid: Zero Mission (with Minako Hamano. Original score by Hirokazu Tanaka)
- 2005, Metroid Prime Pinball (with Masaru Tajima)
- 2006, Metroid Prime Hunters (as sound supervisor)
- 2007, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (with Minako Hamano and Masaru Tajima)
Kenji Yamamoto contributed with many other video game composers for Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Trivia
- Yamamoto developed the music of the Prime series from Japan, while Retro Studios were working on other aspects of the games in the United States. During the production of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Yamamoto visited Retro Studios and played guitar in a jam session with Retro developers Scott Petersen and Michael Kelbaugh[1]
- In Metroid Prime 3: corruption, if you enter the correct combination of characters into the communicator you can hear messages from the game's developers. Yamamoto's message begins with him playing the Metroid Prime theme on the acoustic guitar and whistling. The correct combination of buttons is (from left) 3rd, 6th, 4th, 8th.
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