Michiru Yamane

Michiru Yamane (山根 ミチル, Yamane Michiru, born September 23, 1963) is a Japanese video game composer and pianist. She is known primarily for her work in the Castlevania series, and other Konami games, including Suikoden. Her debut project was King's Valley II. She left Konami in 2008, and became a freelance composer.

Contents

• Tribute to ayami kojima and michiru yamane castlevania
• Skullgirls special announcement michiru yamane
• Concerts
• Works
• References

Concerts

Yamane performed music from the Castlevania series live on cembalo and – as a surprise act – on pipe organ at the Symphonic Game Music Concert series in Leipzig, Germany in 2006 and 2007. She also performed at "Castlevania – The Concert" in Stockholm, Sweden in February 2010.

Works

1988

King's Valley II (with Kazuhiko Uehara, Masahiro Ikariko, Kinuyo Yamashita, and Motoaki Furukawa)

1989

Ganbare Goemon 2

Nemesis 3: The Eve of Destruction (with Motoaki Furukawa, Kazuhiko Uehara, Yukie Morimoto, and Masahiro Ikariko)

Motocross Maniacs (with Tsuyoshi Sekito)

Space Manbow (with Tsuyoshi Sekito and Yuji Takenouchi)

1990

Ganbare Goemon Gaiden: Kieta Ogon Kiseru (with Tsutomu Ogura, Harumi Ueko, and Satoko Minami)

Nemesis (with Tomoya Tomita)

SD Snatcher (with Masahiro Ikariko, Mutsuhiko Izumi, Motoaki Furukawa, Yuji Takenouchi, Harumi Ueko, Yuko Kurahashi, Tomoya Tomita, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Kazuhiko Uehara)

Lightning Fighters (with Kenichi Matsubara)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan

1991

Detana!! TwinBee (with Hidenori Maezawa and Masae Nakashima)

Vendetta

1992

Astérix (with Mutsuhiko Izumi, Junya Nakano, Mariko Egawa, and Akiko Hashimoto)

Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa

1993

Pop'n TwinBee (with Kazuhiko Uehara, Masahiro Ikariko, Tomoya Tomita, Nobuyuki Akena, Masae Nakashima, Saiko Miki, Harumi Ueko, and Yukie Morimoto)

Rocket Knight Adventures (with Masanori Oouchi, Aki Hata, and Masanori Adachi)

1994

Castlevania: Bloodlines

Contra: Hard Corps (with Akira Souji, Akira Yamaoka, and Hirofumi Taniguchi)

Sparkster (with Kazuhiko Uehara, Masahiro Ikariko, Minako Matsuhira, and Akira Yamaoka)

Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2 (with Akira Yamaoka)

1996

Ganbare Goemon: Uchū Kaizoku Akogingu (with Akira Yamaoka, Takayuki Fujii, Motoaki Furukawa, Tappi Iwase, Latino, Hiroshi Tamawari, and Shoichiro Hirata)

1997

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

1999

Gungage (with Sota Fujimori)

2000

Elder Gate (with Sota Fujimori and Hidenori Onishi)

2001

Pro Evolution Soccer (with Norikazu Miura)

2002

DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 6thMix ("Forever Sunshine")

Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance ("boss rush mode" and "Vampire Killer 2002 remix" only)

Suikoden III (with Takashi Yoshida and Masahiko Kimura)

Pro Evolution Soccer 2 (with Sota Fujimori)

2003

Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (with Takashi Yoshida and Soshiro Hokkai)

Castlevania: Lament of Innocence

2004

Suikoden IV (with Masahiko Kimura and Norikazu Miura)

Rumble Roses ("Immortal Revenger" and "The Thorn of Justice")

2005

The Sword of Etheria

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (with Masahiko Kimura)

Castlevania: Curse of Darkness

2006

Elebits (with Naoyuki Sato)

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (with Yuzo Koshiro)

Rumble Roses XX ("Immortal Revenger", "The Thorn of Justice", "The Thorn of Justice (Double Destiny)", and "The Thorn of Justice (a Women In Mask Mix)")

2007

beatmania IIDX 14: Gold ("Camilo Una Mendes")

pop'n music 15 Adventure ("Akumajo Dracula Medley ~Hybrid Version~")

2008

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (with Yasuhiro Ichihashi)

Otomedius G (with many others)

Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero (with Naoyuki Sato)

2010

Mushihimesama Bug Panic (with Mica Nozawa, Daisuke Matsumoto, and Takeshi Miyamoto)

2011

Otomedius Excellent (with many others)

2012

Skullgirls (with Vincent Diamante, Blaine McGurty, and Brenton Kossak)

2014

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (arranged "Fight 1 (Fire Emblem Gaiden)" and "Saria's Song/Middle Boss Battle")

2016

NightCry (with Nobuko Toda)

2017

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom (with Yuzo Koshiro, Motoi Sakuraba, Keiki Kobayashi, Takeshi Yanagawa, and Haruka Shimotsuki)

2018

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (with Ippo Yamada and Jake Kaufman)