Ayako Sasō

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Ayako Sasō
Ayako Saso 2.jpg
Local 佐宗 綾子 (さそう あやこ)
Born March 5, 19??
Birth Place Yokohama, Japan
Nationality Japanese   Japan.svg
Aliases Aya, A. Saso, SamplingMasters AYA
Website www.ayazo.net

Ayako Sasō is a Japanese composer and sound designer. After being influenced by the music in Xevious, Genpei Toumaden, and Youkai Douchuuki, she joined Namco in 1989. For seven years, she composed numerous soundtracks for the company, particularly for their arcade games. During her career at Namco, she usually worked alongside Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara. The trio's best work for Namco is for the Ridge Racer series. Seven years after joining Namco, the three composers left to start working at Arika.

When Hosoe founded SuperSweep in 2000, Saso also joined. However, Aihara decided to found his own studio and the three parted ways. However, they would continue to occasionally work with Aihara on future titles. Ayako's niece, Haruka Saso, also works for SuperSweep.

Music Composition

ARC

Ayako said for Rolling Thunder 2, her music was composed using a piece of proprietary software Namco had on the PC. It was later discovered Saso used the Quattro sound system, which functions similar to a tracker.

Gameography

Released Title Sample Notes
Unreleased Puzzle Club (ARC)
1990-??-?? Boxy Boy (ARC) (倉庫番DX)
1990-??-?? Rolling Thunder 2 (ARC) (ローリングサンダー2)
1990-19-11 Rolling Thunder 2 (GEN) (ローリングサンダー2) Arranged by Hiromi Shibano.
1990-??-?? Soukoban Deluxe (ARC)
1992-??-?? Magical Q Great Adventure Exploding Quiz (ARC)
1993-??-?? Ridge Racer (ARC) (リッジレーサー) With Etsuo Ishii, Yuri Misumi, Keiichi Okabe, Shinji Hosoe, and Nobuyoshi Sano.
1994-12-03 Ridge Racer (PS1)
With Etsuo Ishii, Yuri Misumi, Keiichi Okabe, Shinji Hosoe, and Nobuyoshi Sano.
1994-??-?? Ridge Racer 2 (ARC) (リッジレーサー2)
1995-12-03 Ridge Racer Revolution (PS1) (リッジレーサー レボリューション) "Ridge Racer 2" Original Sound with Shinji Hosoe, Nobuyoshi Sano, Takayuki Aihara, and Etsuo Ishii.
1995-??-?? Dirt Dash (ARC) (ダートダッシュ) With Shinji Hosoe, Nobuyoshi Sano, Yuri Misumi, Hiroto Sasaki, and Takayuki Aihara.
1995-??-?? Rave Racer (ARC) (レイブレーサー) With Etsuo Ishii, Shinji Hosoe, Ayako Saso, Takayuki Aihara, and Nobuyoshi Sano.
1995-??-?? X-Day 2 (ARC)
1996-03-29 Tekken 2 (PS1) (鉄拳2) BGM Arrange with Yoshie Arakawa, Nobuyoshi Sano, Hiroto Sasaki, Takayuki Aihara, Shinji Hosoe, and Keiichi Osabe.
1996-04-26 Galaxian 3 (PS1) (ギャラクシアン³) With Shinji Hosoe.
1996-11-30 Street Fighter EX (ARC) (ストリートファイターEX) With Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1996-??-?? Xevious 3D-G (ARC) With Shinji Hosoe, Nobuyoshi Sano, and Hiroto Sasaki.
1997-03-11 Street Fighter EX Plus (ARC) (ストリートファイターEX) With Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1997-03-14 Bushido Blade (PS1) (ブシドーブレード) With Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1997-07-17 Street Fighter EX Plus Alpha (PS1) (ストリートファイターEX PLUS α) With Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1998-03-12 Street Fighter EX2 (ARC) (ストリートファイターEX2) With Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1998-??-?? Fighting Layer (ARC) (ファイティングレイヤー) With Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1998-??-?? Tetris: The Grand Master (ARC) (テトリス ザ・グランド・マスター) With Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1999-01-14 Deep Freeze (PS1) (ディープフリーズ) Sound Effect/Voice Edit with Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1999-01-28 iS: internal section (PS1) With Shinji Hosoe.
1999-12-22 Street Fighter EX2 Plus (PS1) With Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
1999-12-?? Fighting Layer (ARC) (ファイティングレイヤー)
2000-03-04 Street Fighter EX3 (PS2) (ストリートファイターEX3) With Shinji Hosoe, Takayuki Aihara, and Yasuhisa Watanabe.
2000-03-30 Driving Emotion Type-S (PS2) (ドライビング・エモーション・タイプエス) With Shinji Hosoe and Takayuki Aihara.
2000-11-10 Custom Robo V2 (N64) (カスタムロボV2) With Shinjji Hosoe, Yasuhisa Watanabe, and Yosuke Yasui.
2000-??-?? Tetris: The Grand Master 2 - The Absolute PLUS (ARC) With Shinji Hosoe.
2001-08-09 Everblue (PS2) (エバーブルー) Sound Director & Sound Effects
2002-07-18 beatmania IIDX 6th style: new songs collection (PS2) With various others.
2002-07-18 Gungrave (PS2) (ガングレイヴ2) Sound Creator with Yosuke Yasui.
2002-08-08 Everblue 2 (PS2) (エバーブルー2) With Shinji Hosoe, Yosuke Yasui, and Kaori Okoshi.
2002-11-07 Technic Beat (PS2) (テクニクビート) With Shinji Hosoe, Yosuke Yasui, Hiroto Saito, and Norihiro Furukawa.
2003-02-14 Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (GBA) (ファイナルファンタジータクティクスアドバンス) Additional Music Composer with Kaori Okoshi.
2003-03-06 Mega Man Network Transmission (GC) (ロックマン エグゼ トランスミッション) With Shinji Hosoe and Yosuke Yasui.
2003-04-11 Naruto: Clash of Ninja (GC) (ナルト 激闘忍者大戦!) With Shinji Hosoe and Yosuke Yasui.
2003-12-04 Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 (GC) (ナルト 激闘忍者大戦!2) With Shinji Hosoe, Yosuke Yasui, and Masashi Yano.
2004-06-21 Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Bose (PS2) (ゼノサーガ エピソードII 善悪の彼岸) Free Roaming Sound Designer
2004-07-29 The Nightmare of Druaga: Fushigi no Dungeon (PS2) (ザ・ナイトメア・オブ・ドルアーガ 不思議のダンジョン) With Masashi Yano, Shinji Hosoe, and Takayuki Aihara.
2004-11-12 Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! 3 (GC) (NARUTO -ナルト- 激闘忍者大戦!3)
2004-12-12 Ridge Racer (PSP) (リッジレーサーズ) With Shinji Hosoe, Takayuki Aihara, Nobuyoshi Sano, Kota Takahashi, and Asuka Sakai.
2005-02-?? Tetris: The Grand Master 3 - Terror Instinct (ARC) With Shinji Hosoe.
2005-03-17 Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome (PS2) (ファントム・キングダム) With various others.
2005-03-24 BeatMania IIDX 9th Style (PS2) Composers, Remixers with various others.
2005-03-24 Spikeout: Battle Street (XBOX) (スパイクアウト バトルストリート) With Shinji Hosoe.
2005-03-24 Zatch Bell!: Mamodo Battles (PS2) (金色のガッシュベル!!友情タッグバトル2) With Shinji Hosoe, Yosuke Yasui, Masashi Yano, Norihiro Furukawa, and Takayuki Aihara.
2005-06-24 Ibara (ARC) (鋳薔薇) With Daisuke Morimoto.
2005-11-17 BeatMania IIDX 10th Style (PS2) With various others.
2006-02-21 Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner (PSP) (モンスターキングダム・ジュエルサモナー) With various others.
2006-02-23 Ibara (PS2) (鋳薔薇) Sound Creator
2006-06-29 Super Dragon Ball Z (PS2) (超ドラゴンボールZ) With Shinji Hosoe, Yosuke Yasui, Masashi Yano, Yasuhisa Watanabe, Hiroto Saito, Takayuki Aihara, and Wataru Ishibashi.
2006-09-14 Ridge Racer 2 (PSP) (リッジレーサーズ2) BGM Composer & Remixer with Shinji Hosoe, Takayuki Aihara, Nobuyoshi Sano, Kota Takahashi, and Asuka Sakai.
2006-11-11 Ridge Racer 7 (PS3) (リッジレーサー7) With Shinji Hosoe, Nobuyoshi Sano, and Jinbae Park.
2007-06-21 Folklore (PS3) (FolksSoul -失われた伝承) With Kenji Kawai, Shinji Hosoe, and Hiroto Saito.
2007-08-02 Endless Ocean (WII) (フォーエバーブルー ) Sound
2007-10-23 Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution (WII) With Shinji Hosoe, Yosuke Yasui, Masashi Yano, and Kazuhiro Kobayashi.
2007-10-25 Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift (NDS) (ファイナルファンタジータクティクスA2 封穴のグリモア) Kurushii Tatakai
2008-12-18 Let's TAP (WII) (レッツタップ)
2009-02-24 Crystal Defenders R2 (WII) (クリスタルディフェンダーズR2) With Hitoshi Sakimoto and Kaori Okoshi.
2009-03-11 Crystal Defenders (X360) (クリスタルディフェンダーズ) With Hitoshi Sakimoto and Kaori Okoshi.
2009-09-17 Endless Ocean: Blue World (WII) (FOREVER BLUE 海の呼び声) With Taihei Sato.
2009-11-05 3D Dot Game Heroes (PS3) (3Dドットゲームヒーローズ) With Shinji Hosoe, Yosuke Yasui, Shoichiro Sakamoto, Teruo Taniguchi, Takahiro Eguchi, and Norihiro Furukawa.
2009-12-19 ESP Ra.De. Psi (SW)
2009-11-24 Tekken 6 (PSP) (鉄拳6) With various others.
2009-12-10 Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (NDS) (極限脱出 9時間9人9の扉) Sound Effects with Yosuke Yasui and Takahiro Eguchi.
2010-06-03 Prismatic Solid (X360) (プリズマティック・ソリッド) With Shinji Hosoe.
2010-09-02 Metal Torrent (NDS) (あぁ無情 刹那) Manipulation
2011-02-26 Ridge Racer 3D (3DS) (リッジレーサー 3D) With Shinji Hosoe.
2011-09-14 Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (ARC) (鉄拳タッグトーナメント2)
2012-02-04 Tekken 3D Prime Edition (3DS) (鉄拳3Dプライムエディション) With Yosuke Yasui, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, and Takahiro Eguchi.
2013-06-11 Tekken Revolution (PS3)
2012-03-27 Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited (ARC)
2012-03-29 Ridge Racer: Unbounded (W64) With Hiroshi Okubo, Akitaka Toyama, Rio Hamamoto, and Shinji Hosoe.
2014-01-22 Pitapat-Beat (IOS) With various others.
2019-02-13 Tetris 99 (SW) (テトリス99) With Teruo Taniguchi, Takahiro Eguchi, Fumihisa Tanaka, and Shinji Hosoe.
2020-09-24 Ginga Force (W64) (ギンガフォース) With Yousuke Yasui, Shinji Hosoe, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Teruo Taniguchi, and Takahiro Eguchi.
2021-04-07 Pac-Man 99 (SW) (パックマン99) SuperSweep co., ltd.: Composer with Shinji Hosoe.

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