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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 videogames, among others:
- Ys - TurboGrafx 16/TurboDuo
- Streets of Rage 1,2,3 - Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
- The Revenge of Shinobi, Shinobi III - Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
- The Story of Thor - Mega Drive; aka Beyond Oasis - Genesis
- ActRaiser 1 & 2 - Super NES
- Super Adventure Island - Super NES
- Shinobi - Game Gear
- Shenmue - Sega Dreamcast
- Namco X Capcom - Playstation 2
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.