Hirokazu Tanaka

"Hip" Tanaka.

Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka (田中 宏和 Tanaka Hirokazu) is a Japanese composer and musician, who is well known for his work on various video games created by Nintendo. Aside from being a composer and musician, he is the president of Creatures, Inc. Tanaka was the composer for Kid Icarus, and he was listed as "Very Special Thanks" in the credits of Kid Icarus: Uprising.

List of soundtracks Tanaka worked on

• Radar Scope (1979)
• Space Firebird (1980) (sound effects only)
• Pac-Man Fever (1982) (album; sound effects only)
• Urban Champion (1984)
• Balloon Fight (1984)
• Wild Gunban (1984)
• Hogan's Alley (1984)
• Duck Hunt (1985)
• Gyromite (1985)
• Stack-Up (1985)
• Wrecking Crew (1985)
• Gumshoe (1986)
• Kid Icarus (1986)
• Metroid (1986)
• Famicom Wars (1988)
• Tetris (1989)
• Super Mario Land (1989)
• Mother (1989)
• Balloon Kid (Balloon Fight GB in Japan) (1990)
• Dr. Mario (1990)
• Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi (1990)
• EarthBound (1994)
• Snoopy Concert (1995)
• Chee-Chai Alien (2001)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) (with many other composers)
• Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (2008)
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U (2014) (with many other composers)

External Links

• Official Website
• Tanaka's Twitter page (Japanese)
• Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix
• Hirokazu Tanaka @ HearJapan
• Hirokazu Tanaka at MobyGames
• Hirokazu Tanaka at RAWG.io

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