Opus
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| Founded | 1990-03-06 |
| Closed | 2024-04-04 |
| Headquarters | Shinjuku, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan |
Opus (株式会社オーパス Kabushikigaisha Ōpasu) is a Japanese video game developer. Various Japanese game developers have sometimes outsourced their sound to them. The company's CEO Takayuki Suzuki was also a composer. He is formerly an employee of Goblin Sound, which was the predecessor of this company.
The company declared bankruptcy on April 4, 2024.
Music Development
NES
The company used their own sound driver, possibly by Hiroki Nakayama. It was used in Magic Darts, Silva Saga, and the unreleased Bio Force Ape. Only Silva Saga has credits in the game, and Opus is credited. However, Yoh Ohyama also composed music to the game as well.[1]
Suzuki mentioned working on a Hydlide game for the Famicom, but doesn't remember which one exactly. However, it was most likely Hydlide 3, as the game was developed by Jorudan, who worked with Opus. However, that game uses a custom sound driver and only credits Shigeru Tomita for composition and Jorudan's president Hiroshi Sakaguchi as the arranger.
SNES
Takayuki Suzuki and Noboru Miyanari programmed SQ & DBOOT. It appears to be MIDI-based, based on the off-timing of notes and channel allocation/switching.
Audio Personnel
- Hiroki Nakayama
- Jun Enoki - Composer and sound designer.
- Masanao Akahori - Composer and sound designer.
- Satoshi Ohta - Sound designer.
- Takayuki Suzuki - Composer and sound designer.
- Tomoo Yamaguchi - Sound programmer.
- Yoh Ohyama - Composer for Silva Saga.
Links
- opus.co.jp - Official website.
- w.atwiki.jp/gamemusicbest100/pages/9918.html - Atwiki.jp (Japanese).
