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Native name
  
川上 康広

Years active
  
1987-1998

Role
  
Composer

Record labels
  
DigiCube, NTT Publishing

Instruments
  
Guitar

Name
  
Yasuhiro Kawakami

Genres
  
Jazz, Chiptune

Occupation(s)
  
Composer, sound programmer

Albums
  
Final Fantasy USA: Mystic Quest Sound Collections

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Tobal no 1 disused mine


Yasuhiro Kawakami (川上 康広, Kawakami Yasuhiro) is a Japanese video game composer and sound programmer who was employed at Square from 1991 to 1999. Before he joined Square, he worked at Sega. Kawakami frequently collaborated with fellow composer Ryuji Sasai.

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Biography

Yasuhiro Kawakami joined Sega in 1987 and was promptly given the task to create the music for the original Shinobi. He later went on to do the music to Scramble Spirits, the arcade version of Tetris, and Crack Down. Yasuhiro Kawakami left Sega and joined Square (now Square Enix) in 1991 where he was assigned to compose the 1992 title Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (known as Mystic Quest Legend in Europe) alongside Ryuji Sasai. Kawakami was responsible for most of the setting themes, while Sasai contributed the rock-based tracks. In 1996 he collaborated with Sasai again as the sound programmer for Rudra no Hiho; Sasai created the score.

For the PlayStation game Tobal No. 1 (1996), Kawakami was part of one of the largest number of composers to have ever been featured on a Square soundtrack. The other composers were Yasunori Mitsuda, Sasai, Masashi Hamauzu, Junya Nakano, Kenji Ito, Noriko Matsueda, and Yoko Shimomura. He created three compositions for the game, and helped to ensure that the console's resources were tested fully before working on the score. The track "Disused Mine" was included on the score's arranged album, Tobal No. 1 Remixes Electrical Indian. Kawakami composed the soundtrack to the 1998 title Chocobo's Dungeon 2, alongside Kumi Tanioka, Tsuyoshi Sekito, and Ito. He created about a third of the pieces in the game, handling mostly setting themes. After working on this game, he left Square and became a freelance composer.

Songs

Rock Theme
City of Forest
RE-MIXTIC QUEST
BGM 1
BGM 2
ENDING
Mystic ReQuest II
City of Wind Windaria
Shrine of Light
City of Fire Faeria
BONUS STAGE
Disused Mine
Dungeon of Ice
Dungeon and Waterfall
Urban Sight
BGM 3
BGM 4
STAGE CLEAR
BOSS 1
BOSS 2
MISSION CLEAR
Victory Fanfare
Mystic Ballad
AMBUSH
OPPRESSION
EYE CATCH
BREAK UP
CRACK DOWN
KILL OFF
FAR OUT
RUSH
Toridon!!

References

Yasuhiro Kawakami Wikipedia