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There are two artists by the name of Koji Kondo:
1. 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.
1. 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.
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taste_test wrote:
legend
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jimmytheone44 wrote:
http://downloads.khinsider.com/?u=459383 for any game soundtrack downloads. I post this because I used to have troubling finding 'em :D
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OrazioGnerre wrote:
In this photo Koji really looks like agent Smith of Matrix
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javielguindy wrote:
The Very Best!!
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Rockan_Suil wrote:
A good musician
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Nasasie wrote:
catattak, TOTALLY! I had te game on in paused form, tv monitor turned down and with that in mood. for like months on end. awesome BG to life :D
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whatsyourdamage wrote:
This stuff is awesome.
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artutabr wrote:
epona's song is my fave :D
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catattak wrote:
Man, best bg noise for homework/life in general. Who DOESN'T want their room to sound like the inside of the Deku Tree?
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sleptallday wrote:
haahhaagahaha
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jesuspopk wrote:
<3 koji kondo!
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Big_Bowser wrote:
this guy is awesome
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kavudx wrote:
What do you people mean by "I don't like TP so much", Gerudo Desert and Midna Desperate Hour are among the best songs in any zelda game.
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Bastard1 wrote:
Last of the great video game music composers.
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marlowe_is_dead wrote:
Awesome composer
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muntah wrote:
OoT's soundtrack brings back childhood memories
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Zeldeiro wrote:
Nintendo gave us what all the fans wanted to have: more Ocarina of Time. Maybe it wasn't what fans really wanted, once they've played it and felt like something was missing... I like The Wind Waker better than Twilight Princess, and I never thought I would say that with all that Twilight Princess hype. In my opinion, Ocarina of Time will always be on the top, it doesn't matter if the newest Zelda is better or not.
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amentina202 wrote:
I liked TP? Granted, nothing touches OoT. ESPECIALLY in terms of the soundtrack.
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PoshBishounen wrote:
Its all about Ocarina of Time.
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Delirium-Cordia wrote:
Meh.. TP was alright but I think the main thing that plagued it was its storyline.
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