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SOYO OKA | COMPOSER

About Soyo Oka

Career to date

Graduated from Osaka College of Music with a major in classical composition. Joined Nintendo Corporation as a sound composer and contributed to numerous hit titles (Notable works include: “Super Mario Kart”, “SimCity”, “Pilot Wings”). Since becoming independent, provided music for animation, commercials, and games. Also authored numerous books.
経歴

Career

Composer / Arranger / Lecturer at College of Music

Nintendo

19871995

Family Computer / Disk System

Ice Hockey

NES Grand Prix II 3D Hot Rally

VS Excite Bike

Famicom Old Tales Yu-Yu-Ki

Wario no Mori

 

​Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Pilot Wings

SimCity

Super Mario Kart

Super Mario Collection

Freelance

90’s1995-

GAME

Playstation SME Lagnacur 1997

Playstation Battle Bucks 1997

Many more

CM, VP, Web,  Events, etc.

So-net Corporation

Fujitsu Limited

Hitachi, Ltd.

MAPLE, Inc.

Gakken

Tsukuda Original

Panasonic Wonder Entertainment

Frog Cafe

And many more

2000’s

GAME

PS2 Nurse Witch Komugi-chan Magical Te 2004

GBA TDK Core Gakko no Kaidan 2004

and Many others

CM, VP, Web,  Events, etc.

Mitsubishi Estate

Daishin Food

Kyocera Corporation

Yamaha Corporation

Asahi Corporation

Edison Life Insurance Company

East Japan Railway Company

Toride Box

UCC Coffee

NTT West

SEIKO

Sony Pictures

TV Tokyo

Animax, Inc.

Tokyo Big Sight

CYBIRD

Toshiba Corporation

and many others

Music provided

Ending music for the anime “Nurse Witch Wheat Girl Magical”, 2002

CD Nurse Witch Wheat Girl Magical, 2 songs composition and arrangement

Ending song for anime “Sunabozu”, 2005

​Participation works

Several CDs of Nurse Witch Wheat Girl series

Other

Instrument Maker Development

Copyright-free sound source development

2010

GAME

Arcade Konami pop’n music 20 fantasia “JiGSaW!

Nintendo DS Chunsoft “Zombi Daisuki” 2011

Participating works

CAVE Deathsmiles Remix Album 2010

Taito Dariusburst Remix Wonder World 2010

KONAMI Castlevania Tribute 2011

KEY Planning Rewrite Arrange Album ‘Soil’ 2011

Lecturer

1996 2020

avex artist academy

Konami School

Bantan Group Vocational School

Shobi University

​Komazawa Women’s University

2017

SENZOKU GAKUEN COLLEGE of MUSIC
Album

SECOND BRAIN 2007年

4star orchestra Thema BGM CD Cobito Story 2011​年

Book

楽らくひける 9 すぐわかる楽譜とコード 1998

どうなっている?コンピューターと音楽(共著)1998

かんたん講座 ぱそこんで音楽しよう! 2001

曲が弾きたい!キーボードコード基礎ブック 2005 First edition(2011)

知りたい!弾きたい!キーボード 2007 First edition(2014)

ピアノで始める やさしい作曲法(モティーフ作りからアレンジまで) 2008

DTM に役立つ音楽ハンドブック 2011

初心者のピアノ基礎教本 2011

弾きながらマスター! ピアノコード入門 2011(2005 first release

キーボードの知識奏法がわかる本 2014(2007 first release)

ポピュラー・ピアノ作曲術2014

サントラ、BGM の作曲法 2016

つくれるサントラ BGM(CD 付き) 2017

歌もの・インストの作曲法(CD 付き) 2019

Magazine Coverage
Serialization

Sound & Recording Magazine

Hello, Waveform December 1999- November 2001

Keyboard Magazine February 2000 issue

and many othes​

arranging musical
scores

Yamaha Music Media

Shinko Music