Composers for Midterm

Question 1

Hubbard

Answer 1

wrote a lot of music, he had to write music for Commando. He wrote a program that changed the 3 wave files every 50th of a second, so he was able to have a lot of different voices at once.

Question 2

Galway

Answer 2

chiptune video game music for the Commodore 64

Question 3

Ozawa

Answer 3

joined Namco. Created specific wave forms that were used by many games.

Question 4

Sugiyama

Answer 4

Dragon Quest ~ first video game to have a ballet with it

Question 5

Korshiro

Answer 5

Sega & Streets of Rage composer

Question 6

Wilson

Answer 6

founder of the beach boys, genius songwriter but a little crazy

Question 7

Sanger

Answer 7

turbo graphics, “The FatMan” the 80s&90s, he was inspired by classical music (the Swan Lake)

Question 8

O’Donnell

Answer 8

composed music for halo, Hates looped material
, Fragmentary sound ideas
Supposed to be a cinematic experience
The music is different every time, Added silence
Lots of layering

Question 9

Shimomura

Answer 9

Made streetfighter 2
Created the idea of selecting between character with unique fighting styles

Question 10

Miyamoto

Answer 10

Nintendo ~ he’s been there roughly 40 years.

Question 11

Tezuka

Answer 11

nintendo

Question 12

koji kondo

Answer 12

worked at nintendo, composed legend of zelda and mario