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Yuzo Koshiro (b. December 12, 1967, Tokyo, Japan) is one of the well-known faces of Japanese video game music. In the 1980s and 1990s, he created the melodies for productions such as the popular Mega Drive titles The Revenge of Shinobi, Bare Knuckle (Streets of Rage) and The Story of Thor, following up with the suite for the Super Nintendo game ActRaiser. His latest work includes compositions for the highly acclaimed games Shenmue and Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2. Koshiro is also responsible for composing the original Ys soundtrack for the popular series of roleplaying games. Unfortunately, Koshiro does not own the rights to any of his famous Ys compositions, and has indicated in interviews that he is bitter about that fact and finds their resulting international acclaim ironic.
Yuzo Koshiro is one of the pioneers in releasing soundtracks with his own music. The live orchestral version of ActRaiser was one of the industry's first of its kind. A live performance of this music could be heard at the second Symphonic Game Music Concert in Leipzig, Germany.
Game List
Yuzo Koshiro has contributed music to the following video games, among others:
- Xanadu Scenario II - PC-88, PC-98
- Romancia - PC-88
- Dragon Slayer IV, Legacy of the Wizard - Famicom / NES
- Ys - PC-88, PC-98
- Sorcerian - PC-88, PC-98
- Algarna - Sharp X1
- Bosconian - X68000
- Ys II - PC-88, PC-98
- The Scheme - PC-88
- Misty Blue - PC-88
- Slapfight - Mega Drive
- The Stickman is Back
- The Super Shinobi / Revenge of Shinobi - Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
- Bare Knuckle / Streets of Rage - Mega Drive / Genesis
- ActRaiser - Super Famicom / Super Nintendo
- ActRaiser 2 - Super Famicom / Super Nintendo
- Super Adventure Island - Super Famicom / Super Nintendo
- Sonic the Hedgehog - Sega Master System / Game Gear
- Bare Knuckle II / Streets of Rage 2 - Mega Drive / Genesis
- Miracle Casino Paradise - Super Famicom
- GG Shinobi - Game Gear
- GG Shinobi II - Game Gear
- Batman Returns - Game Gear, Sega Master System
- Bare Knuckle III / Streets of Rage 3 - Mega Drive / Genesis
- The Story of Thor / Beyond Oasis - Genesis / Mega Drive
- Eye of the Beholder - Mega CD / Sega CD
- The Story of Thor 2 - Sega Saturn
- Valtva - Sega Saturn
- Culdcept - Sega Saturn
- Shenmue - Sega Dreamcast
- Car Battler Joe - Gameboy Advance
- Wangan Midnight - Arcade, Playstation
- Island of Kaiju - Gamecube
- Wangan Midnight 2: Maximum Tune - Arcade
- Namco X Capcom - Playstation 2
He has also recently produced music for the Merregon 2 project, and the Street Fighter II Tribute Album.
Trivia
His sister, Ayano Koshiro, is responsible for many of the character designs in the games for which Yuzo has composed music. One of the more popular examples is the Bare Knuckle (Streets of Rage) series on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. She also worked on character design of Ys and Actraiser.