| Sakuraba Motoi, born August 5, 1965) has composed music for various Japanese video games, anime series, and TV dramas as well as independent progressive rock albums.Biography and Career
Motoi Sakuraba was born in Akita Prefecture, Japan.Sakuraba broke into the music scene as composer and keyboard player of the progressive rock band Deja Vu, which released an album, "Baroque in the Future", in 1988.The band later disbanded, and Sakuraba went on to release a solo progressive rock album, "Gikyoku Onsou", in 1990.During his work as video game composer he continued to produce heavily extended arrangements of his compositions.In late 1989, Sakuraba began work as main composer for Wolf Team, a subsidiary of Telenet Japan.While this team eventually splintered into several others, the professional friendships formed here have resulted in a great demand for Sakuraba's composing abilities, as seen in the following:
In 1994, former Wolf Team director and composer Masaaki Uno started working at Camelot Software Planning as coordinator and sound director, developing games for Sony, Sega and Nintendo.Sakuraba was called upon as a composer for various Camelot games, including the Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, and Golden Sun series.Eventually the remnants of Wolfteam morphed into the Namco Telenet joint subsidiary Namco Tales Studio in 2003.Ace with financial backing from Enix.The Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile games have been their keystone productions.Crescendo began game development in 2001.Crescendo started working on Baten Kaitos; Namco provided the financial backing.Hatsushiba, as director and main programmer of the project, again called upon Sakuraba's composing services.Live Performances
During July 2003, Sakuraba held a live concert in Tokyo, Japan.He performed progressive rock interpretations of music from the PlayStation games Star Ocean: The Second Story and Valkyrie Profile.His bandmates for this concert were bassist Atsushi Hasegawa (a member of the band Gerard) and drummer Toshihiko Nakamura.At the same time as they were rehearsing for the concert, Hasegawa and Nakamura assisted in recording new material for the Director's Cut of Star Ocean: Till the End of Time.Unfortunately, this concert was not officially recorded.Ace's new Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria title.Musical Style
Motoi Sakuraba takes the baroque and melodic Japanese progressive rock of the 1980s and expands it with his own trademark complex rhythms, emotional flutes, use of male choir and heavy reverb.The lighter side of his style is a crossover between symphonic progressive rock, cinematic orchestra and new age.In recent years he has made a serious effort toward expanding his style even further.He plays some game music and teaches Karyl "Golden Voice."Alvanista in Tales of Phantasia is named "Sakuraba," and will play music for the player if desired.This page was last modified 19:07, 3 January 2008.Estilo e Influencias
3 Sus obras
3.Bandas Sonoras de Videojuegos
3.Bandas Sonoras de Series TV
3.Compositor, Arranger y Teclista.Trabajo Favorito:
Gikyoku Onsou.Vu)
Pazzo Fanfano di Musica (compilation)
Sing!!Motoi SakurabaDeveloper BIOMotoi Sakuraba has composed and performed music for various Japanese video games, anime series, and TV dramas as well as independent albums and concerts.Vu, which released an album, Baroque in the Future, in 1988 and took part in many live and recording projects with progressive rock bands, one of the last being the effort good enough to see a live compilation, Crime Syndicate.The band disbanded in 1989 over a dispute about development of the second album which was in progress at that time.And with him he had several other artists from the same record company, Crime.During his work as video game composer he continued to produce heavily extended arrangements of his own video game compositions.In 1995, Wolfteam developed the break through game Tales of Phantasia for Namco, starting the third most successful video game series in Japan behind Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.Ace with financial backing of Enix, creating the Star Ocean series as well as Valkyrie Profile and, again, employing Sakuraba as exclusive composer and arranger for all games.Crescendo started working on Baten Kaitos together with Monolith and with financial backing of Namco, Hatsushiba as director and main programmer and Sakuraba, you guessed it, again as composer and arranger.Through the TEAM Entertainment company founded by Taku Kitahara in 1999 to promote and license the work of artists he is now also doing more guest arrangements of other composers video game music works.During July 2003, Sakuraba held a live concert in Tokyo, Japan.Japanese website of Motoi Sakuraba at TEAM Entertainment.Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth (2006), Square Enix Co.Mario Golf: Advance Tour (2004), Nintendo Co.Star Ocean: Till the End of Time (2003), Square Enix Co.Mario Tennis (2000), Nintendo Co.Mario Tennis (2000), Nintendo Co.Mario Golf (1999), Nintendo Co.Neugier: Umi to Kaze no Koudou (1993), Telenet Japan Co.Errors and omissions on this page may be reported to the MobyGames approvers.Do not duplicate or redistribute in any form.DepartmentComposer:2000s1990sTrusty Bell: Chopin no yume (2007) (VG) ...Eternal Sonata (USA) Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria (2006) (VG) Baten Kaitos II: Hajimari no tsubasa to kamigami no shishi (2006) (VG) ...Baten Kaitos Origins (USA) Mario Tennis GC (2004) (VG) ...Baten kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (USA) Mario Golf: Family Tour (2003) (VG) ...Shitsu warate jidai (2002) (VG) ...TV series (unknown episodes)Tales of Eternia (2000) (VG) ...Tales of Destiny II (USA) Mario Tennis (2000) (VG) Valkyrie Profile (1999) (VG) ...Valkyrie Profile (International: English title: literal title) Mario Golf 64 (1999) (VG) ...Department:2000s1990sTales of Symphonia (2003) (VG) (sound engineer: Namco Tales Studio) Min'na no gorufu (1997) (VG) (sound effects) ...You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers.They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update.With our Resume service you can add photos and build a complete resume to help you achieve the best possible presentation on the IMDb.Terms and Privacy Policy under which this service is provided to you.Projects
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