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− | {{ | + | {{Infobox Composer |
− | | Name = Iku Mizutani | + | | Name = Iku Mizutani |
− | | Local = | + | | Local = 水谷 郁 (みずたに いく) |
− | | Picture = | + | | Picture = Iku Mizutani - 1.jpg |
− | | Born = | + | | Gender = Male |
− | | BirthPlace = Toyonaka-shi, Osaka, Japan | + | | Born = 1960-10-11 |
− | | Nationality = Japanese | + | | BirthPlace = Toyonaka-shi, Osaka, Japan |
− | | Flag = Japan | + | | Nationality = Japanese |
− | | | + | | Flag = Japan |
− | + | | Aliases = Can Mizutani<br />Funny Iku<br />I. Mizutani<br />Ikky<br />Max Mizutani<br />Mizutani Iku | |
− | + | | Website = www.soundfountain.co.jp | |
− | + | }}{{DEFAULTSORT: Mizutani, Iku}} | |
− | | Website = www.soundfountain.co.jp | ||
− | }} | ||
− | + | '''Iku Mizutani''' is a Japanese composer, sound designer, and audio programmer. | |
+ | |||
+ | Mizutani started out at [[Konami]] and their interior sound team, the ''Konami Kukeiha Club'', around 1986, where he mostly worked on the [[Famicom]]. Around 1989, Mizutani left Konami and joined [[Natsume]], where he programmed several different sound drivers for platforms like the [[Game Boy]]. At both companies, he collaborated with many other sound designers. | ||
− | == | + | Today, Mizutani is the president of ''Sound Fountain''. With his company, he continues to create music and sound effects for the games. The company works primarily on the [[King of Fighters]] and [[Medabots]] series. |
− | ===NES=== | + | |
− | + | ==Audio Development== | |
+ | ===NES, Sega Master System=== | ||
+ | Mizutani created two sound drivers at Natsume: | ||
+ | # [[Iku Mizutani 1 (NES Driver)|The first one]] is used in ''Dungeon Magic'' and ''Heroes of the Lance''. | ||
+ | # [[Iku Mizutani 2 (NES Driver)|A whole new one]] is used in all other games. | ||
+ | The music was arranged in binary/hexadecimal. | ||
===SNES=== | ===SNES=== | ||
− | Mizutani created MIDI files | + | Mizutani created [[MIDI]] files and loaded them into a debugger. There, he converted them to text and modified the music. Then he initialized it. Mizutani used instrument samples from many [[Roland]] devices such as the S-330, D-550, SC-55 Mk II, and the [[Yamaha]] TX-802. |
+ | |||
+ | ===Game Boy Advance=== | ||
+ | Mizutani used [[Natsume]]'s own sound driver. | ||
==Gameography== | ==Gameography== | ||
− | { | + | {| class="wikitable" |
− | | | + | ! Released |
− | + | ! Title | |
− | + | ! Sample | |
− | + | ! Notes | |
− | + | |- | |
− | | | + | | 1986-??-?? |
− | | [[ | + | | [[Rock 'n Rage (ARC)]] |
+ | | | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 1987 | + | | 1987-??-?? |
+ | | [[Ferocious (MSX)]] (ウシャス) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1987-??-?? | ||
+ | | [[Nemesis 2 (MSX)]] (グラディウス2) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1987-??-?? | ||
+ | | [[Usas (MSX)]] (ウシャス) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1987-01-04 | ||
+ | | [[Hi no Tori: Gaou no Bouken (FC)]] (火の鳥 我王の冒険) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1987-04-?? | ||
| [[Rush 'n Attack (NES)]] | | [[Rush 'n Attack (NES)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1987-04-10 | ||
+ | | [[Rush 'n Attack (NES)|Green Beret (FDS)]] (グリーン ベレー) | ||
+ | | | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 1987 | + | | 1987-07-07 |
| [[Metal Gear (MSX)]] (メタルギア) | | [[Metal Gear (MSX)]] (メタルギア) | ||
| | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1988-??-?? | ||
+ | | [[King's Valley II: The Seal of El Giza (MSX)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | Special Thanks | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1988-11-26 | ||
+ | | [[Snatcher (PC88)]] (スナッチャー) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | Sound Effect | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1988-12-13 | ||
+ | | [[Snatcher (MSX)]] (スナッチャー) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | Sound Effect | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 1989 | + | | 1989-11-10 |
− | | [[ | + | | [[Dungeon Magic: Sword of the Elements (NES)]] (ダンジョン&マジック) |
+ | | | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 1990 | + | | 1990-08-09 |
− | | [[ | + | | [[Amazing Penguin (GB)]] (おさわがせ!ペンギンBOY) |
+ | | | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 1990 | + | | 1990-08-10 |
+ | | [[Shadow of the Ninja (NES)]] (影) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1990-09-08 | ||
| [[World Boxing (FC)]] (ワールドボクシング) | | [[World Boxing (FC)]] (ワールドボクシング) | ||
| | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1991-01-?? | ||
+ | | [[Heroes of the Lance (NES)]] | ||
+ | | {{Song-Box|01 - Heroes of the Lance - NES - Title.ogg}} | ||
+ | | Arranged [[Seiji Toda]]'s music. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1991-04-26 | ||
+ | | [[Spanky's Quest (GB)]] (ラッキー モンキー) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | Sound Manager | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 1991 | + | | 1991-06-?? |
| [[Tail 'Gator (GB)]] (しっぽでぶん) | | [[Tail 'Gator (GB)]] (しっぽでぶん) | ||
+ | | | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 1991 | + | | 1991-10-25 |
− | | [[Chaos World (FC)]] | + | | [[Chaos World (FC)]] (ケイオスワールド) |
| | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1991-10-26 | ||
+ | | [[Shatterhand (NES)]] (特救指令ソルブレイン) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1991-12-21 | ||
+ | | [[Choujin Sentai Jetman (FC)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | Sound Driver | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1992-??-?? | ||
+ | | [[Sagaia (SMS)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | Music Director | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1992-??-?? | ||
+ | | [[Special Criminal Investigation (SMS)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | Sound Programmer | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 1992 | + | | 1992-01-?? |
| [[Dragon Fighter (NES)]] (ドラゴンファイター) | | [[Dragon Fighter (NES)]] (ドラゴンファイター) | ||
+ | | | ||
| Sound Manager | | Sound Manager | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 1992 | + | | 1992-01-31 |
| [[Don Doko Don 2 (FC)]] (ドンどこドン2) | | [[Don Doko Don 2 (FC)]] (ドンどこドン2) | ||
+ | | | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 1992 | + | | 1992-07-17 |
− | | [[ | + | | [[Mitsume ga Tooru (FC)]] (三つ目がとおる) |
− | | | + | | |
+ | | Sound Driver | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1992-07-24 | ||
+ | | [[Toukon Club (FC)]] (闘魂倶楽部) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 1992 | + | | 1992-12-?? |
| [[The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper (NES)]] (ジェットソン) | | [[The Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper (NES)]] (ジェットソン) | ||
| | | | ||
+ | | With [[Kazuko Umino]]. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 1993 | + | | 1993-??-?? |
− | | [[ | + | | [[Renegade (SMS)]] |
| | | | ||
+ | | Music Director | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 1999 | + | | 1993-04-23 |
+ | | [[Jantei Monogatari 3: Saver Angels (PCE)]] (雀偵物語3:セイバーエンジェル) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1993-07-16 | ||
+ | | [[Zen Nippon Pro Wrestling (SFC)]] (全日本プロレス) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1993-12-28 | ||
+ | | [[Zen Nippon Pro Wrestling Dash: Sekai Saikyō Tag (SFC)]] (全日本プロレス’ ダッシュ 世界最強タッグ) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | Sound Effects | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1994-04-28 | ||
+ | | [[Fortune Quest: Quiz o Korogase (SFC)]] (フォーチュン・クエスト ダイスをころがせ) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1994-06-?? | ||
+ | | [[Natsume Championship Wrestling (SNES)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1994-06-17 | ||
+ | | [[Pocky & Rocky 2 (SNES)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | Special Thanks | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1994-06-25 | ||
+ | | [[Zen-Nippon Pro Wrestling: Fight da Pon! (SFC)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1994-09-?? | ||
+ | | [[Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (SNES)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1996-??-?? | ||
+ | | [[Tetris Plus (SS)]] (テトリスプラス) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1996-04-?? | ||
+ | | [[Mark Davis' The Fishing Master (SNES)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | Sound Director | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1996-10-18 | ||
+ | | [[Tetris Plus (PS1)]] (テトリスプラス) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1996-12-27 | ||
+ | | [[Tetris Plus (GB)]] (テトリスプラス) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1997-??-?? | ||
+ | | [[Cleopatra Fortune (ARC)]] (クレオパトラ フォーチュン) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | Special Thanks | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1997-03-14 | ||
+ | | [[Casper (SNES)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1998-05-28 | ||
+ | | [[GT24 (SS)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1998-12-18 | ||
+ | | [[Pocket Color Block (GBC)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1998-12-26 | ||
+ | | [[Big Mountain 2000 (N64)]] (スノースピーダー) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1999-04-23 | ||
+ | | [[Hole In One Golf (GBC)]] (ゴルフDEおはスタ) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1999-04-23 | ||
+ | | [[Real Pro Yakyuu! Central League-hen (GBC)]] (リアルプロ野球!セントラルリーグ編) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1999-04-23 | ||
+ | | [[Real Pro Yakyuu! Pacific League-hen (GBC)]] (リアルプロ野球!パシフィックリーグ編) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 1999-11-15 | ||
| [[WWF Wrestlemania 2000 (GBC)]] | | [[WWF Wrestlemania 2000 (GBC)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 2000 | + | | 2000-06-?? |
| [[Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue (GBC)]] | | [[Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue (GBC)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 2001 | + | | 2000-08-11 |
+ | | [[Tokoro-san no Setagaya Country Club (GBC)]] (所さん世田谷カントリークラブ) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2001-01-25 | ||
+ | | [[Croc 2 (GBC)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2001-02-06 | ||
| [[Action Man: Search for Base X (GBC)]] | | [[Action Man: Search for Base X (GBC)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | 2001 | + | | 2001-04-15 |
| [[Power Rangers: Time Force (GBC)]] | | [[Power Rangers: Time Force (GBC)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2001-08-27 | ||
+ | | [[Jaguar Mishin Sashi Senyou Soft: Mario Family (GBC)]] (ジャガーミシン刺しゅう専用ソフトマリオファミリー) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Unreleased | ||
+ | | [[Jaguar Mishin Sashi Senyou Soft: Kirby Family (GBC)]] (ジャガーミシン刺しゅう専用ソフトカービィファミリー) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2001-09-07 | ||
+ | | [[Medarot Navi: Kabuto Version (GBA)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2001-10-25 | ||
+ | | [[Disney•Pixar Monsters, Inc. (GBA)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2001-11-16 | ||
+ | | [[WWF Road to WrestleMania (GBA)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2002-04-26 | ||
+ | | [[Keitai Denjuu Telefang 2: Speed (GBA)]] (携帯電獣テレファング2) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2002-06-14 | ||
+ | | [[Family Tennis Advance (GBA)]] (ファミリーテニスアドバンス) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2002-06-25 | ||
+ | | [[Medabots AX: Metabee Ver. (GBA)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2002-08-19 | ||
+ | | [[Power Rangers: Wild Force (GBA)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2002-10-23 | ||
+ | | [[WWE Road to Wrestlemania X8 (GBA)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | 2002-11-22 |
− | | [[ | + | | [[Medabots: Metabee (GBA)]] |
| | | | ||
+ | | Sound Producer | ||
|- | |- | ||
+ | | 2002-12-27 | ||
+ | | [[Samurai Deeper Kyo (GBA)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2003-06-24 | ||
+ | | [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King (GBA)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2003-07-04 | ||
+ | | [[Hachiemon (GBA)]] (ハチエモン) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2003-09-05 | ||
+ | | [[Power Rangers: Ninja Storm (GBA)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2003-12-14 | ||
+ | | [[Medabots: Infinity (GC)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | Sound Producer | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2004-08-10 | ||
+ | | [[Mobile Suit Gundam Seed: Battle Assault (GBA)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2004-08-31 | ||
+ | | [[Power Rangers: Dino Thunder (GBA)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2004-10-12 | ||
+ | | [[WWE Survivor Series (GBA)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2005-09-08 | ||
+ | | [[Power Rangers: S.P.D. (GBA)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2006-11-22 | ||
+ | | [[Curling DS (NDS)]] (日本カーリング協会公認:みんなのカーリング) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2008-07-10 | ||
+ | | [[Yokojiku de Manabu Sekai no Rekishi: Yoko-Gaku DS (NDS)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2008-11-27 | ||
+ | | [[Kenka Banchou 3: Zenkoku Seiha (PSP)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2010-07-14 | ||
+ | | [[The King of Fighters XIII (ARC)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2011-03-24 | ||
+ | | [[Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection (PSP)]] (ファイナルファンタジーIV コンプリートコレクション) | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2011-11-22 | ||
+ | | [[The King of Fighters XIII (X360)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | 2017-08-08 | ||
+ | | [[Mega Man: Legacy Collection 2 (W64)]] | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
|} | |} | ||
==Picture Gallery== | ==Picture Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
− | + | Iku Mizutani - 0.png|Unknown game. | |
− | + | Iku Mizutani - 1.jpg|Facebook profile. | |
+ | Iku Mizutani - 2.jpg|Unknown source. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
− | * | + | * [http://www.soundfountain.co.jp soundfountain.co.jp] - Official. |
− | http:// | + | * [https://www.mobygames.com/person/132337/iku-mizutani/ mobygames.com/person/132337/iku-mizutani/] - MobyGames. |
+ | * [https://www.facebook.com/iku.mizutani.7 facebook.com/iku.mizutani.7] - Facebook. | ||
+ | * [http://natsumegame.html.xdomain.jp natsumegame.html.xdomain.jp] - Full gameography. | ||
+ | * [https://w.atwiki.jp/gamemusicbest100/pages/2889.html w.atwiki.jp/gamemusicbest100/pages/2889.html] - @WIKI (in Japanese). | ||
+ | |||
− | [[Category:Composers]] | + | [[Category: Composers]] |
− | [[Category:Foley Artists]] | + | [[Category: Foley Artists]] |
+ | [[Category: Sound Programmers]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Natsume Staff]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Konami Staff]] | ||
+ | [[Category: 1960 Births]] |
Latest revision as of 07:00, 22 March 2024
Iku Mizutani | ||||||||||||||
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Iku Mizutani is a Japanese composer, sound designer, and audio programmer.
Mizutani started out at Konami and their interior sound team, the Konami Kukeiha Club, around 1986, where he mostly worked on the Famicom. Around 1989, Mizutani left Konami and joined Natsume, where he programmed several different sound drivers for platforms like the Game Boy. At both companies, he collaborated with many other sound designers.
Today, Mizutani is the president of Sound Fountain. With his company, he continues to create music and sound effects for the games. The company works primarily on the King of Fighters and Medabots series.
Contents
Audio Development
NES, Sega Master System
Mizutani created two sound drivers at Natsume:
- The first one is used in Dungeon Magic and Heroes of the Lance.
- A whole new one is used in all other games.
The music was arranged in binary/hexadecimal.
SNES
Mizutani created MIDI files and loaded them into a debugger. There, he converted them to text and modified the music. Then he initialized it. Mizutani used instrument samples from many Roland devices such as the S-330, D-550, SC-55 Mk II, and the Yamaha TX-802.
Game Boy Advance
Mizutani used Natsume's own sound driver.
Gameography
Picture Gallery
Links
- soundfountain.co.jp - Official.
- mobygames.com/person/132337/iku-mizutani/ - MobyGames.
- facebook.com/iku.mizutani.7 - Facebook.
- natsumegame.html.xdomain.jp - Full gameography.
- w.atwiki.jp/gamemusicbest100/pages/2889.html - @WIKI (in Japanese).