Goblin Sound

Goblin Sound

Born N/A Birth Place Unknown Nationality Japanese

Goblin Sound (ガブリンサウンド Gaburin Saundo) was a group of musicians from the late 80s to early 90s.

They mostly wrote music for Bullet Proof Software, Masaya, and Seta games, but also worked with other companies as well. They are known for several titles such as Super Real Mahjong and Twin Eagle. They are also known for composing the music to the BPS-developed versions of Tetris, especially for the track Technotris.

The leader of the group was Takayuki Suzuki, who founded Opus in 1990 after the group's disbandment.

Members

These composers worked at Goblin Sound:

• Haruko Suzuki
• Hiroki Nakayama (中山裕基) - Keyboardist.
• Hiroshi Taguchi (田口洋) - Lead and backing vocalist, keyboard on his own songs.
• Hisashi Yotsumoto (四元久) - Guitars.
• Ken Hasegawa (長谷川健)
• Noboru Miyanari
• Takayuki Suzuki (鈴木隆志) - Founder, lead keyboardist.

Audio Development

Arcade

Per the credits of DownTown, the group used the PCM16 Music System by Katsuji Nagai, Takayuki Suzuki, and Noboru Miyanari.

NES

The sound team used a sound driver by Kazuya Takahashi.

Gameography

• This a list of games that credit Goblin Sound unless otherwise noted.

Released	Title	Sample	Notes
1987-??-??	Thundercade (ARC) (サンダーゲート)		Ken Hasegawa, Takayuki Suzuki, and Hisashi Yotsumoto.
1988-04-??	Archon (FM7)		Not credited, but credits sound team members. Hiroshi Suzuki and Hiroyuki Morioka.
1988-11-18	Tetris (PC98) (テトリス)		Hiroshi Taguchi and Hisashi Yotsumoto (Music) Hiroshi Suzuki (Sound Effects)
1988-11-18	Tetris (X68) (テトリス)	N/A	Sound Effects
1988-11-??	Tetris (FM7) (テトリス)		Hisashi Yotsumoto, Hiroshi Taguchi, Ken Hasegawa, Hiroki Nakayama, and Takayuki Suzuki (Music) Hiroshi Suzuki (Sound)
1988-11-??	Tetris (PC88) (テトリス)		Hisashi Yotsumoto, Hiroshi Taguchi, Ken Hasegawa, Hiroki Nakayama, and Takayuki Suzuki (Music) Hiroshi Suzuki (Sound)
1988-12-22	Tetris: BPS (FC) (テトリス)		Not credited, but lists sound team members; Hisashi Yotsumoto, Hiroshi Taguchi (Music), and Hiroshi Suzuki (Sound).
1988-12-??	Tetris (X1) (テトリス)		Hisashi Yotsumoto and Hiroshi Taguchi.
1988-??-??	Tetris (MSX) (テトリス)		Hiroshi Suzuki
1988-??-??	Twin Eagle: Revenge Joe's Brother (ARC) (ツインイーグル)		Various sound team members.
1989-??-??	Cal.50 (ARC) (ファーイースト)		Various sound team members.
1989-??-??	DownTown (ARC) (目撃)		Hisashi Yotsumoto.
1989-02-23	Moto Roader (TG16) (モトローダー)
1989-03-18	Kaizou Chounin Shubibinman (PCE) (改造町人シュビビンマン)
1989-06-23	Jinmu Denshou (PCE) (神武伝承)		Masaaki Uno and Takane Ohkubo.
1990-01-26	Gaiflame (PCE) (ガイフレーム)		Hiro Nakayama, Hiroshi Taguchi, and Takayuki Suzuki.
1990-01-??	Archon (NES)		Hiroshi Suzuki.
1990-02-23	Hisou Kihei X-Serd (PCE) (飛装騎兵カイザード)		Composer?
1990-03-16	Target Earth (GEN) (重装機兵レイノス)		Not credited, but lists sound team members; Takayuki Suzuki.
1991-08-09	Deflektor (X68) (ディフレクター)		Hiroshi Suzuki.

Links

• w.atwiki.jp/gamemusicbest100/pages/6390.html - Atwiki page (Japanese).