Kentaro Haneda

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Kentarō Haneda
Kentaro Haneda - 1.jpg
Local 羽田 健太郎 (はねだ けんたろう)
Gender Male
Born 1949-01-12
Birth Place Tokyo, Japan
Nationality Japanese   Japan.svg
Died 2007-06-02
Aliases Haneken, Kentarou Haneda

Kentaro Haneda was a professional music composer and arranger. He was also a pianist. He attended the Toho Gakuen School of Music, and became a teacher at the Tokyo College of Music after he'd graduated. In the world of video games, he is best known for composing the music to the Nintendo ports of the Wizardry series, as well as some of the other consoles like the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. He got the job scoring music to the series by mistake, as he thought it was the name of a bird.

Unfortunately, on June 2, 2007, Haneda died of liver cancer from hepatocellular carcinoma.

Audio Development

NES

It is unknown exactly how Kentarō created music for the NES, as it was never documented. However, all of the games he worked on used a sound driver by Nobuyuki Ohnogi, which required its user to program music in 6502 assembly, so it is most likely Kentaro sent some form of tangible media of his compositions (sheet music, recordings, etc.) to the developer, and Ohnogi arranged and implemented his music into the game.

Gameography

Released Title Sample Notes
1987-12-22 Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (NES) (ウィザードリィ 狂王の試練場)
1989-02-21 Wizardry II: Legacy of Llylgamyn - The Third Scenario (FC) (ウィザードリィII・リルガミンの遺産)
1990-03-09 Wizardry: Knight of Diamonds - The Second Scenario (NES) (ウィザードリィIII・ダイヤモンドの騎士)
1992-10-25 Wizardry V: Heart of the Maelstrom (SFC) (ウィザードリィV 災渦の中心)
1995-09-29 Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge (SFC) (ウィザードリィⅥ 禁断の魔筆)
1997-06-06 Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Ai Oboete Imasu ka (SAT) (超時空要塞 マクロス 愛・おぼえていますか)
1998-02-26 Wizardry: Llylgamyn Saga (PS1) (ウィザードリィ リルガミン サーガ)
1999-05-27 Choujikuu Yousai Macross: Ai Oboete Imasu ka (PS1) (超時空要塞 マクロス 愛・おぼえていますか) Composer?
1999-10-28 Wizardry: New Age of Llylgamyn (PS1) (ウィザードリィ ニューエイジオブリルガミン)
2003-10-23 Chou-jikuu Yousai Macross (PS2) (超時空要塞マクロス)

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