Masafumi Ogata

Masafumi Ogata

Local 尾形 雅史 (おがた まさふみ) Born Birth Place Japan Nationality Japanese   Aliases M.O, Gatao, Masashi Ogata

Masafumi Ogata is a Japanese composer and sound designer. He joined Sega around 1991, primarily working on the Mega Drive. His magnum opus for the company was for the song he wrote for Sonic CD, Sonic You Can Do Anything. It was also the first song in the series to have vocals. Around 1995, he left Sega and formed his own sound company, AIMS. He also created the group Toy's Planet, with Momo Michishita. The two also worked on the Death Crimson series. Later in his career, he joined Pure Sound and worked on Summon Night 4 alongside Minako Adachi.

Audio Development

Genesis

Masafumi used SMPS.

SNES

Masafumi used the second version of Arc Systems Works' sound driver by Katsuhiro Hayashi.

Gameography

Released	Title	Sample	Notes
1991-12-26	Golden Axe II (GEN) (ゴールデンアックスII)		Magician Stage, Crystal.
1991-??-??	Hyper Marbles (SMD) (ハイパーマーブル)		With Takayuki Nakamura.
1992-10-16	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (SMS) (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ2)		With Naofumi Hataya and Tomonori Sawada.
1992-11-21	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (GG) (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ2)		With Naofumi Hataya and Tomonori Sawada.
1993-09-23	Sonic CD (SCD) (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグＣＤ)		Sonic You Can Do Anything
1994-03-18	Sonic Drift (GG) (ソニックドリフト)		Not listed in game's credits.
1994-04-23	Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit (SCD) (ヘブンリーシンフォニー フォーミュラーワン ワールド チャンピオンシップ 1993)		With various others.
1995-02-16	Ristar (GEN) (リスター・ザ・シューティングスター)		Crying World
1995-09-22	Asahi Shinbun Rensai Katou Hifumi Kudan Shogi Shingiryuu (SFC) (朝日新聞連載 加藤一二三九段将棋 心技流)		Composer?
1995-09-29	Wedding Peach (SFC) (ウェディングピーチ)		With Noriko Yamamoto.
1996-01-26	Madara Saga: Youchien Senki Madara (SFC) (MADARA SAGA 幼稚園戦記まだら)		With Hidehiko Enomoto.
1996-04-26	Pachi Pachi Saga (PS1) (パチパチサーガ)
1996-10-25	Building Crush! (PS1) (ビルクラッシュ！)		Sound Effects
1996-12-20	m: Kimi o Tsutaete (PS1) (m[emu]～君を伝えて～)
1997-09-11	Desire (SAT) (デザイア)
1998-01-23	Divi-Dead (W32)
1998-03-12	[[EVE: The Lost One (SAT)] (イヴ・ザ・ロストワン)
1998-07-31	Luv Wave (W32)
1998-08-13	Dream Generation: Koi Ka? Shigoto Ka!? (PS1) (ドリームジェネレーション ～恋か？仕事か！？～)
1998-12-23	EVE: The Lost One (PS1) (イヴ・ザ・ロストワン)
1999-05-27	'70s Robot Anime: Geppy-X (PS1) (ドリームジェネレーション ～恋か？仕事か！？～)
1999-11-25	Death Crimson 2 (DC) (デスクリムゾン2 メラニートの祭壇)
2000-03-02	WWF SmackDown! (PS1) (エキサイティングプロレス)		Music Composer with Kei Morioka and Rei Shimizu. Sound FX.
2000-04-13	Gaia Master: Kamigami no Board Game (PS1) (ガイアマスター ～神々のボードゲーム～)
2000-08-01	WWF Royal Rumble (DC) (WWF ロイヤルランブル)		Sound Engineer with Kei Morioka and Rei Shimizu.
2000-11-21	WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role (PS1)		With Kei Morioka, Rei Shimizu, Hiroshi Watanabe, Yasushi Hasegawa, Shinya Chikamori, Tomoyo Nishimoto, and Shoichi Koike.
2001-05-10	Death Crimson OX (DC) (デスクリムゾン オックス)		With Kaoru Mizuki and Yasuhiro Inazawa.
2001-09-27	EVE The Fatal Attraction (PS1)
2001-11-22	Rez (DC)		With Tomonori Sawada and Koji Sakurai.
2002-03-28	Alpine Racer 3 (PS2) (アルペンレーサー3)		With various others.
2006-11-30	Summon Night 4 (PS2) (サモンナイト4)		With Minako Adachi.
2011-12-15	Sonic CD (IOS)		Sonic You Can Do Anything BGM Composer and Arranger with Naofumi Hataya.
2012-11-15	Summon Night 4 (PSP) (サモンナイト4)		With Minako Adachi.
2016-10-13	Rez Infinite (PS4) (レズインフィニット)		With Tomonori Sawada and Koji Sakurai.

Links

• w.atwiki.jp/gamemusicbest100/pages/5944.html - Atwiki.jp (Japanese).