Osamu Kasai
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Osamu Kasai is a Japanese composer, sound designer, and audio producer who has been working on video game music for over 20 years. He attended the Faculty of Literature, Department of Western History at Kyoto University. Kasai practiced jazz piano and was studying Czerny. He also worked part-time at a record store. Osamu started his video game music career in the 1980's when he worked for Advance Communication Company. While working there, him and Masaaki Harada composed the music for many of their titles, mostly for the Famicom. Since Advance Communication ported the Ys games to the NES and SNES, him and Masaaki had to re-arrange the original tracks to the NES, which was a difficult task. Around 1993, Kasai started working as an audio director for Konami alongside Harada. There, he started off working on the company's Genesis games, and even helped develop their audio engine for the system. Besides audio, Kasai has also been credited for game design and programming.
Kasai no longer composes music, but he still plays it on the piano.
Music Development
FDS/NES
Osamu utilized a sound driver titled Sound Routine. Music was most likely written in either 6502 assembly machine code or Music Macro Language. Some note octave errors in Sansara Naga (FC) suggest the latter. However, Michiharu had said his music was written in assembly.
Also, Osamu may have had a hand in programming the sound driver, as he has been credited for programming.
Gameography
Picture Gallery
Japanese interview.
Japanese interview.
Osamu July 7, 2013; Osamu's Facebook.
Links
- www16.atwiki.jp/gmclw/pages/20.html - Japanese Gameography.
- facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000299133196 - Facebook.
- 4gamer.net/games/032/G003260/20070927024 - Interview (In Japanese).
