Tsukasa Tawada
Born (1965-03-24) March 24, 1965
Japan
GenresJazz, rock Classical
Occupation(s)Composer, sound effects designer
Instrument(s)Piano

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

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

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

Video games

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

  • Ten Plants (1998) – with many others

References

  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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