Tatsuyuki Maeda
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Tatsuyuki Maeda is a Japanese musician and sound producer with Wave Master. He is best known for his numerous works at Sega, composing the music for Dragon Force, Skies of Arcadia, and Sonic 3D Blast. Alongside Masaru Setsumaru, he created most of the sound effects utilized in various Sega games. He was also the sound director for two handheld gaming systems: the Pico and the Game Boy Advance.
Nowadays, he takes an even more background role in the sound department, only occasionally composing music for Sega games.
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Background
Maeda became first interested in music when he was five. He graduated from a professional school with an electric organ course, and wrote his first song at the age of 18. Early on, Maeda was influenced by his father's record collection.[1]
He joined Sega of Japan in 1992, first working on the unreleased title Devi & Pii with the assistance of a fellow member at the time, Chikako Kamatani. Maeda's first team collaboration would be Golden Axe III. During that time, early in his career, Maeda occasionally had issues grasping the sound driver but received kind and careful guidance. Furthermore, his team was guided on how to make music on the Sega Genesis sound beautiful, and to think of the system as a musical instrument. Fellow member Naofumi Hataya would continuously praise Maeda highly for their co-composition, "Wilderness", calling it very lively and dynamic.[2][3]
Music Development
GEN
Maeda used SMPS sound driver.
GG
Maeda wrote in Music Macro Language using the 8-bit version of SMPS.
GBA
Maeda used Nintendo's MP2K sound driver.
Equipment
- Software: Logic Audio, Sound Designer, Sound Forge[1]
- Music Instruments: Roland JV-2080, Roland JUNO106, Korg 01W[1]
Gameography
| Released | Title | Sample | Notes |
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| Unreleased | Devi & Pii (SMD) | Sky Area
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| 1992-12-18 | Kuni-chan no Game Tengoku Part 2 (GG) | ||
| 1993-06-25 | Golden Axe III (GEN) (ゴールデンアックスIII) | Wilderness (Stage 1)
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With Naofumi Hataya, Haruyo Oguro, and Tomonori Sawada. |
| 1994-02-02 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (GEN) (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ3) | Sega Sound Team with various others. | |
| 1994-07-15 | J. League Pro Striker 2 (SMD) (プロストライカー２) | Opening Theme
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| 1994-10-18 | Sonic & Knuckles (GEN) (ソニック＆ナックルズ) | Sega Sound Team with various others. | |
| 1995-04-28 | Astal (SAT) (輝水晶伝説アスタル) | Multiple audio roles. | |
| 1995-05-26 | Super Columns (GG) (スーパーコラムス) | ||
| 1995-07-21 | Ninku (GG) | ||
| 1995-11-03 | Ninku Gaiden: Hiroyuki Daikatsugeki (GG) (忍苦外伝 ヒロユキ大活劇) | Sound Director | |
| 1996-03-29 | Dragon Force (SAT) (ドラゴンフォース) | ||
| 1996-03-29 | Victory Goal '96 (SAT) | Theme of S-League '96
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"Theme of S-League '96" originally from J. League Pro Striker 2, composed by him. Arrangement by Jun Senoue |
| 1996-11-05 | Sonic 3D Blast (GEN) (ソニック 3D フリッキーアイランド) | Rusty Ruin Act 1
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With Jun Senoue, Masaru Setsumaru, and Seiro Okamoto. |
| 1996-??-?? | Drive Pico (PICO) | ||
| 1997-??-?? | Sanrio Puroland (PICO) | ||
| 1997-??-?? | Dumbo (PICO) | ||
| 1997-??-?? | Peter Pan Neverland e Ikou! (PICO) (ピーターパン ネバーランドへ いこう!) | ||
| 1998-04-04 | Sakura Taisen 2 (SAT) (サクラ大戦２ ～君、死にたもうことなかれ～) | Sound Effects with Yutaka Minobe. | |
| 1998-12-23 | Sonic Adventure (DC) (ソニック アドベンチャー) | Sound Effects with Masaru Setsumaru, Yutaka Minobe, and Takashi Endo. | |
| 1999-09-23 | Atsumare! GuruGuru Onsen (DC) (あつまれ! ぐるぐる温泉) | With Hideki Abe, Masaru Setsumaru, Teruhiko Nakagawa, Seirou Okamoto, Fumie Kumatani, Yutaka Minobe, Hideki Naganuma and Hideaki Kobayashi. | |
| 2000-10-05 | Skies of Arcadia (DC) (エターナル アルカディア) | Battle Theme
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With Yutaka Minobe. |
| 2000-12-21 | Daytona USA (DC) (デイトナＵＳＡ ２００１) | With Keiichi Sugiyama, Naofumi Hataya, Junko Shiratsu, Hidehiro Kobayashi, and Hirofumi Murasaki. | |
| 2001-12-22 | Sonic Advance (GBA) (ソニックアドバンス) | With Yutaka Minobe. | |
| 2002-03-18 | GunValkyrie (XBOX) | Sound Creator with Takashi Endo and Masaru Setsumaru. | |
| 2002-05-12 | Shinobi (PS2) (忍) | Sound Creator with Teruhiko Nakagawa, Fumie Kumatani, Yutaka Minobe, and Seiro Okamoto. | |
| 2002-11-15 | From TV animation - One Piece: Nanatsu Shima no Daihihou (GBA) (From TV animation - One Piece: ナナツ島の大秘宝) | With Yoshiaki Kashima, Yutaka Minobe and Nobuyoshi Sano. | |
| 2002-12-19 | Sonic Advance 2 (GBA) (ソニックアドバンス2) | With Yutaka Minobe and Teruhiko Nakagawa. | |
| 2002-12-26 | Skies of Arcadia: Legends (GC) (エターナルアルカディア レジェンド) | BGM with Yutaka Minobe. Sound Effects with various others. | |
| 2003-05-27 | Sonic Pinball Party (GBA) (ソニックピンボールパーティー) | With Teruhiko Nakagawa and Yutaka Minobe. | |
| 2003-06-18 | Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut (GC) (ソニックアドベンチャーＤＸ) | Sound Effects with Masaru Setsumaru, Yutaka Minobe, and Takashi Endo. | |
| 2003-09-11 | Drakengard (PS2) (ドラッグオンドラグーン) | Sound Effects with Seiro Okamoto. | |
| 2003-10-06 | Sonic N (NGAG) | With Yutaka Minobe. | |
| 2003-12-04 | Sonic Battle (GBA) (ソニックバトル) | With Kenichi Tokoi and Hideaki Kobayashi. | |
| 2003-12-30 | Sonic Heroes (GC) (ソニックヒーローズ) | Sound Effects with Jun Senoue, Takashi Endo, and Tomonori Sawada. | |
| 2003-12-30 | Sonic Heroes (PS2) (ソニックヒーローズ) | Sound Effects with Jun Senoue, Takashi Endo, and Tomonori Sawada. | |
| 2004-03-26 | Licca-chan no Oshare Nikki (GBA) (リカちゃんのおしゃれ日記) | Composer? | |
| 2004-06-07 | Sonic Advance 3 (GBA) (ソニックアドバンス3) | With Kenichi Tokoi, Hideaki Kobayashi, Masaru Setsumaru, Fumie Kumatani, and Tomoya Ohtani. | |
| 2004-12-09 | Yoshi Topsy-Turvy (GBA) (ヨッシーの万有引力) | With Masaru Setsumaru and Mariko Nanba. | |
| 2005-02-17 | Swords of Destiny (PS2) (天星 SWORDS OF DESTINY) | Sound Director | |
| 2005-08-11 | Sonic Gems Collection (GC) (ソニック ジェムズコレクション) | ||
| 2005-08-18 | Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol. 18: Dragon Force (PS2) (セガ エイジス２５００シリーズ ドラゴンフォース) | ||
| 2006-08-31 | Phantasy Star Universe (PS2) (ファンタシー スター ユニバース) | Acoustic Effects with Masaru Setsumaru. | |
| 2007-12-13 | NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (WII) | ||
| 2020-05-07 | Sonic at the Olympic Games (AND) | Sound Section: Sound Editor with Teruhiko Nakagawa. | |
| 2023-02-21 | Like a Dragon: Ishin! (PS5) (龍が如く 維新！ 極) | Cutscene Sound Effect Production with Takashi Nagasaka, Tomoo Sekine, and Masaru Setsumaru. | |
| 2023-10-17 | Sonic Superstars (SW) (ソニックスーパースターズ) | With various others. |
Image Gallery
ca. 2019; Wayô Records website for Skies of Arcadia.
Links
- web.archive.org/web/20040326163136/http://www.wave-master.com/wm/company/staff/s_maeda.html - Archived web site.
- w.atwiki.jp/gamemusicbest100/pages/9595.html - Atwiki.jp (Japanese).
