Tamayo Kawamoto

Tamayo Kawamoto

Local	河本圭代 (かわもとたまよ)
Born	1963?
Birth Place	Unknown
Nationality	Japanese
Aliases	Kuwachan, Tmayochan, Golden Tamayo, Tamayan, Tamatama, Tamaya, Tama, Tamaya Koubou

Tamayo Kawamoto is a Japanese music composer and sound designer. She began her video game music career as one of the original composers at Capcom in 1984. As a result, she was one of their first composers along with Harumi Fujita and Ayako Mori. In addition, she was a part of Capcom's in-house band Alph Lyla.

In the fall of 1989, Kawamoto met Yoshihiro Ohno who asked if she wanted to meet members of Taito's sound team Zuntata. After meeting Zuntata, she decided to leave Capcom and join Taito herself, Kawamoto eventually left Taito in 2005, she is currently in a band called Betta Flash.

Audio Development

Arcade/NES

Tamayo had to enter the music in a custom music macro language, using hexadecimal numbers for notation. The sound drivers were by Capcom's sound producer Yoshihiro Sakaguchi.

Gameography

Released	Title	Notes
1984-07-??	SonSon (ARC) (ソンソン)	With Ayako Mori.
1984-09-??	Pirate Ship HigeMaru (ARC) (ひげ丸)	With Ayako Mori.
1985-02-??	Savage Bees (ARC) (エグゼドエグゼス)
1985-12-??	Section-Z (ARC) (セクションZ)
1986-09-27	Commando (NES) (戦場の狼)
1986-11-??	Legendary Wings (ARC) (アレスの翼)
1986-??-??	The Speed Rumbler (ARC) (ラッシュアンドクラッシュ)
1987-02-01	Avengers (ARC) (必殺無頼拳)	With Yoshihiro Sakaguchi.
1987-02-??	Tiger Road (ARC) (虎への道)	With Harumi Fujita.
1987-03-??	Bionic Commando (ARC) (トップシークレット)	Stage 2
1987-04-14	Higemaru Makaijima: Nanatsu no Shima Daibouken (FC) (魔界島～七つの島大冒険～)	One song
1987-05-25	Section-Z (FDS) (セクションZ)	With Kumi Yamaga.
1987-07-??	Section-Z (NES)	Same as above.
1987-08-??	Black Tiger (ARC) (ブラックドラゴン)
1987-??-??	Higemaru Makaijima: Nanatsu no Shima Daibouken (MSX2) (魔界島～七つの島大冒険～)	One song
1988-06-??	1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen (ARC) (1943改ミッドウェイ海戦)	At least two songs.
1988-06-??	Forgotten Worlds (ARC) (ロストワールド)
1988-07-??	Last Duel (ARC) (ラストデュエル)
1988-07-??	Legendary Wings (NES)	Arranged by Manami Matsumae.
1988-12-??	Ghouls 'n Ghosts (ARC) (大魔界村)
1988-??-??	Mahjong Gakuen 2 Gakuen-chou No Fukushuu (ARC) (麻雀学園2 学園長の復讐)	With Yoshihiro Sakaguchi.
1989-03-??	Dokaben (ARC) (ドカベン)
1989-08-03	Ghouls 'n Ghosts (GEN) (大魔界村)	Arranged by Izuho Numata.
1989-08-??	Dokaben 2 (ARC) (ドカベン2)
1989-09-19	Marusa no Onna (FC) (マルサの女)	With Hiroshige Tonomura.
1989-11-17	Forgotten Worlds (GEN) (ロストワールド)	Arranged by Izuho Numata.
1989-11-??	Buster Bros. (ARC) (ポンピングワールド)
1990-05-02	Gargoyle's Quest (GB) (レッドアリーマー魔界村外伝)	With Harumi Fujita and Yoko Shimomura.
1990-??-??	Quiz HQ (ARC)
1992-07-10	Yuuyu no Quiz de Go! Go! (SFC)
1993-02-26	Gensō Tairiku Aurelia (PCE)
1993-10-??	Buster Bros. (GB)	Arranged by Keith Tinman.
1994-??-??	RayForce (ARC)
1997-04-25	Gamera 2000 (PS1)
1998-??-??	RayCrisis (ARC)
2001-08-01	The Fear (PS2)
2001-12-27	Maximo: Ghosts to Glory (PS2) (マキシモ)	Composer for FMV cutscenes.
2002-03-20	Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color (PS2)
2004-07-25	Bujingai: The Forsaken City (PS2)
2008-10-30	Thunder Force VI (PS2)	Sound Production Support with Go Sato, Tsuyoshi Kaneko and Motoaki Furukawa.