Yoshio Kobayashi
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Yoshio Kobayashi is a Japanese composer and sound designer. He studied sound design with Kenji Konishi and Yasushi Utsunomiya while he was a student. In the late 80s to early 90s, Kobayashi started working at Crosstalk in Hiroshima, in which he was their main composer. While working there, he created music, sound effects, and even arranged others' music.
For over a decade, Kobayashi has served as a part-time lecturer at the Hiroshima Computer College for Music Production.
Today, while Kobayashi no longer works on video games, he continues to work with music. He works with synthesizers and also creates acoustic music. Yoshio currently plays in the band "Kami-Yagi IBM" (上八木IBM).
Yoshio's favorite bands include Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Isao Tomita.
Audio Development
MSX2/NES
For both his MSX2 and NES music, Yoshio sequenced his music, which was then given to Kazuhisa Mitani to program into the game. Kobayashi was aware of the four monophonic voices he was allowed to use, and composed/arranged his music accordingly.
Yoshio later recalled the software he used as Musium, or its successor Musium 2. A video of the program working can be seen here.
SNES
Yoshio used a variant of Nintendo's Kankichi-kun sound driver. The variant may have belonged to Crosstalk, and he may have made the variant himself.
X68
For DragonStrike, Yoshio used OPMDRV which was a MML-based editor popular with X68000 games.
Gameography
Released | Title | Sample | Notes |
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1988-??-?? | Hacker (MSX2) (ハッカー) | ||
1989-03-17 | Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou (FC) (爆笑!!人生劇場) | ||
1989-??-?? | Arctic (MSX2) (アークティック) | |
Arranger |
1990-02-23 | Arctic (FC) (アークティック) | |
Arranger |
1990-08-30 | Jangou (FC) (雀豪) | |
Arranger |
1990-11-30 | Brettone Lays (X68) (ブルトン・レイ) | Synthe Manipulator | |
1991-03-21 | Hillsfar (NES) (ヒルズファー) | |
Arranger |
1992-03-21 | DragonStrike (PC98) (ドラゴンストライク) | |
With Yasuhiro Kawasaki. |
1992-03-21 | DragonStrike (X68) (ドラゴンストライク) | |
With Yasuhiro Kawasaki. |
1992-??-?? | Mah-jong (CDI) (麻雀) | ||
1993-01-14 | Burai: Hachigyoku no Yuushi Densetsu (SFC) (ブライ「八玉の勇士伝説」) | ||
1993-10-29 | Shougi Fuurinkazan (SFC) (将棋風林火山) | |
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1994-11-25 | Naruhodo! The World (SFC) (なるほど!ザ・ワールド) | ||
1997-04-25 | Sparkling Feather (PCFX) (スパークリングフェザー) | Sound | |
Unknown | Horoscope: Seiyou Senseijutsu (CDI) (ホロスコープ 西洋占星術) |
Image Gallery
Links
- https://hiroshimatangerine.amebaownd.com/ - Official website.
- facebook.com/yoshio.kobayashi.54 - Facebook.
- youtube.com/watch?v=YIewy4OKdao - Yoshio Kobayashi performs using various synthesizers.
- youtube.com/user/jimmy3952/ - YouTube.