Hidenori Shoji
Hidenori Shoji 庄司 英徳 | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mito, Ibaraki, Japan |
| Genres | Video game music |
| Occupation(s) |
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| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Hidenori Shoji (庄司 英徳, Shōji Hidenori) is a video game music composer who has contributed to such Sega titles as Fighting Vipers 2 (1998) and F-Zero GX (2003). He is perhaps best known for his work as the music director of the Yakuza series and its Judgment spin-off series. He is a member of H., a band composed of Sega sound designers.[1]
Live performances
Shoji performed two songs from the Yakuza series at the 2008 Tokyo Game Show.[2] Together with H., he performed several rock arrangements of Out Run and Fantasy Zone themes at music event in October 2008.[3]
Works
All works listed below were composed by Shoji unless otherwise noted.
| Year | Game | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Sega Touring Car Championship | with various others |
| 1998 | Fighting Vipers 2 | |
| SpikeOut | with Shunsuke Suzuki | |
| 2000 | SlashOut | |
| 2001 | Super Monkey Ball | with Haruyoshi Tomita and Sakae Osumi |
| 2002 | Super Monkey Ball 2 | with Haruyoshi Tomita |
| 2003 | F-Zero GX | with Daiki Kasho |
| 2005 | Yakuza | with various others, also music director |
| 2006 | Yakuza 2 | with Hideki Sakamoto, Norihiko Hibino, and Takahiro Izutani, also music director |
| 2008 | Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! | with Hideki Sakamoto, Hiroyoshi Kato, and Keisuke Ito |
| 2009 | Yakuza 3 | with various others |
| 2010 | Yakuza 4 | |
| Kurohyo: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho | ||
| 2012 | Binary Domain | sound director |
| Yakuza 5 | with various others | |
| 2014 | Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! | |
| 2015 | Yakuza 0 | with various others, also chief sound producer |
| 2016 | Yakuza Kiwami | |
| Yakuza 6: The Song of Life | with various others, also sound production lead | |
| 2017 | Yakuza Kiwami 2 | with various others, also music director |
| 2018 | Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise | music director |
| Judgment | with various others, also music director | |
| 2019 | Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD | with Chihiro Aoki and Yuri Fukuda |
| 2020 | Yakuza: Like a Dragon | with various others, also music director |
| 2021 | Lost Judgment | |
| Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania | with various others |
References
- ^ Teioh (2007-11-03). "Hidenori Shoji - VGMdb". VGMdb. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ "TOKYO GAME SHOW 2008 SEGA OFFICIAL SITE". Archived from the original on 2008-10-30. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ^ "EXTRA - HYPER GAME MUSIC EVENT 2008". Retrieved 2008-11-12.
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