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Hirokazu TanakaDeveloper BIOHirokazu Tanaka was Nintendo's first sound engineer and composer. He joined the company in 1980 after seeing an advertisement for the job. For years, he was the head composer for games developed by Nintendo's R&D1 division. Although game music was popular, he still tried to keep sound effects and the compositions sounding similar and not competing with each other. His best work would be the soundtrack for Metroid. He also worked on the music for the Pokémon TV series in Japan, but none of this would leave for North America. Although Nintendo did not directly run the TV series, he was told to leave this job, he then quit Nintendo in 1998. Today, he is the president of Creatures Inc., a game developer that works on the Pokémon series and produces the Pokémon cards.
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Games CreditedPokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia (2008), Pokémon Company, The
Super Smash Bros.: Brawl (2008), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Mother 3 (2006), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Metroid: Zero Mission (2004), Nintendo of America Inc.
Pokémon Channel (2003), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Balloon Fight (2002), Nintendo of America Inc.
Machop at Work (2001), Media Factory, Inc.
Super Smash Bros.: Melee (2001), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Super Smash Bros. (1999), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Game & Watch Gallery (1997), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Mario's Tennis (1995), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Teleroboxer (1995), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
EarthBound (1994), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo (1993), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Hello Kitty World (1992), Character Soft
Mario Paint (1992), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Fire Emblem Gaiden (1991), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Balloon Kid (1990), Nintendo of America Inc.
Dr. Mario (1990), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Fire Emblem (1990), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Mother (1989), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Super Mario Land (1989), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Famicom Wars (1988), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Kid Icarus (1986), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
Metroid (1986), Nintendo of America Inc.
Gyromite (1985), Nintendo Co., Ltd.
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