Anyways here is today's (well... yesterday's...), Nintendo Facts! About Koji Kondo! The best composer EVER and my personal hero!
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Koji Kondo was the person who did the amazing music in most of Nintendo's games. Including the amazing score in Super Mario Galaxy.
He also composed the Mario Theme and Legend of Zelda Theme. He is a legend and I love his music!
Kondo's Past:
Koji Kondo was born on August 13, 1960. He took to music at an early age, writing simple tunes for fun even when young. At seventeen years of age, he decided to pursue music professionally. He took Classical training, and learned to play several instruments.
In the early 1980s he heard that some strange un heard of company (not for long) called Nintendo were looking for a composer for their new games console the "Famicom" (or NES outside of a Japan). He never really considered composing for video games but decided to give Nintendo a chance, and was hired in 1983.
But the following bit is what makes Konda the legend he is!
due to limitations of the NES's sound chip, he was limited to only 4 instruments: two monophonic pulse channels, a monophonic triangle wave channel which could be used as a bass, and a noise channel used for percussion.
So he got a freind called Daltonious to help him with his task. And although Nintendo managed to add another channel (normally reserved for sound effects), his music was still very limited on the system.
Yet despite all this he has gone on to compose music for a STAGGERING 37 GAMES!!!
here is the full list:
Duck Hunt (1984)
Golf (1984)
Famicom BASIC (1984)
Devil World (with Akito Nakatsuka) (1984)
Soccer (1985)
Wrecking Crew (1985)
Kung Fu (1985)
Super Mario Bros. (1985)
Nazo no Murasamejo (1986)
The Legend of Zelda (1986, 1987)
Shin Onigashima (1987)
Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (Super Mario Bros. 2 outside of Japan) (credited as Konchan)
(1987)
Ice Hockey (1988)
Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986)[3]
Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988, 1990)
Pilotwings (with Soyo Oka) (1990)
Super Mario World (1991)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (with Yoko Shimomura and Nobuo Uematsu) (1996)
Super Mario 64 (1996)
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (with Eveline Fischer and David Wise) (1996)
Star Fox 64 (with Hajime Wakai) (1997)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
Super Smash Bros. (with several others) (1999)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (with Toru Minegishi) (2000)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (with several others) (2001)
Super Mario Sunshine (with Shinobu Tanaka) (2002)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (with Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, and Toru Minegishi) (2003)
New Super Mario Bros. (with Asuka Ohta and Hajime Wakai) (2006)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (with Toru Minegishi and Asuka Ohta) (2006)
Super Mario Galaxy (with Mahito Yokota) (2007)
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (with several others) (2008)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)
Kondo YOU LEGEND! anyways I'll be back on Sunday the 29th! I can't do it for the next couple of days because I am VERY busy then! so BYE FOR NOW!
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