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Tsukasa Tawada

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Tsukasa Tawada
多和田吏
Born (1965-03-24) March 24, 1965 (age 59)
Occupations
Years active1987–present
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentPiano

Tsukasa Tawada (多和田吏, Tawada Tsukasa, born March 24, 1965) is a Japanese video game composer and sound effects designer best known for scoring several Pokémon games.

Biography

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In 2003, Tawada composed the music to Pokémon Colosseum, a video game made by the development studio Genius Sonority.[1] He has since scored the subsequent Pokémon titles developed by the company: the sequel to Pokémon Colosseum, Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness (2005),[2] the puzzle video game, Pokémon Trozei! (Pokémon Link! in Europe),[3] and Pokémon Battle Revolution (2006).[4]

Works

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All works listed below were composed by Tawada unless otherwise noted.

Video games

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Year Title Notes
1988 Druid Famicom version
Dogfight Spirit
Maniac Mansion Famicom version
1989 Plus Alpha
1990 Rod Land
Cadillac
JaJaMaru Gekimaden: Maboroshi no Kinmajou
1991 Dungeon Master (SNES version) with Hikoshi Hashimoto
Earth Defense Force
Fortified Zone
Whomp 'Em
1992 Moon Crystal
1993 Ihatovo Monogatari
Thoroughbred Breeder
Keio Flying Squadron[5]
1994 Dungeon Master II with Hikoshi Hashimoto
Thoroughbred Breeder II
1995 Dragon Quest VI sound design
1996 Keio Flying Squadron 2
Thoroughbred Breeder III
Dragon Quest III (SFC version) sound design
1997 Universal Nuts
1998 Dungeon Master Nexus with Hikoshi Hashimoto
Rami-chan no Ōedo Sugoroku: Keiō Yūgekitai Gaiden
ZigZag Ball
2000 Dragon Quest VII sound design
2001 Dragon Quest IV (PS1 version)
2003 Pokemon Colosseum
2005 Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Pokémon Trozei!
2006 Pokémon Battle Revolution
2009 Wacky World of Sports
2014 Pokémon Battle Trozei[6]
Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley
2015 Pokémon Shuffle[7]
2016 Harvest Moon: Skytree Village
2017 Harvest Moon: Light of Hope
2019 Harvest Moon: Mad Dash
2020 Pokémon Café Mix
2021 Harvest Moon: One World
2023 Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos

Other works

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  • Ten Plants (1998) – with many others

References

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  1. ^ "Pokemon Colosseum Tech Info". GameSpot. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness Tech Info". GameSpot. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Pokemon Trozei! Tech Info". GameSpot. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  4. ^ "Pokemon Battle Revolution Tech Info". GameSpot. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  5. ^ "Translation result for http://www.twdstudio.com/profile.html". Babelfish.yahoo.com. Retrieved 24 May 2011. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  6. ^ "Tsukasa Tawada's Twitter account". Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Tsukasa Tawada's Twitter account". Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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