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Yuzo Koshiro (古代祐三 Koshiro Yūzō, born December 12 1967, in Tokyo, Japan) is one of the well-known faces of Japanese video game music. In the 1980s and 1990s, he created the melodies for productions such as the popular Mega Drive titles The Revenge of Shinobi, Bare Knuckle (Streets of Rage) and The Story of Thor, following up with the score for the Super Nintendo game ActRaiser. His latest work includes compositions for the highly acclaimed games Shenmue and Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2. Koshiro is also responsible for composing the original Ys soundtrack for the popular series of roleplaying games. Unfortunately, Koshiro does not own the rights to any of his famous Ys compositions, and has indicated in interviews that he is bitter about that fact and finds their resulting international acclaim ironic.

Yuzo Koshiro is one of the pioneers in releasing soundtracks with his own music. The live orchestral version of ActRaiser was one of the industry's first of its kind. A live performance of this music could be heard in 2004 at the second Symphonic Game Music Concert in Leipzig, Germany and in 2005 at the first Chamber Music Game Concert in Leipzig, Germany. Recently it has been announced that Yuzo Koshiro is participating on PLAY! A Video Game Symphony, a symphonic world-tour featuring video game music. His arrangement of music from Sonic The Hedgehog will be presented in every concert all over the world. Yuzo Koshiro confirmed his attendance at the concert on May 27 2006 in Chicago.

Game List

Yuzo Koshiro has contributed music to the following video games, among others:

Xanadu Scenario II - PC-88 , PC-98

Romancia - PC-88
Dragon Slayer IV / Legacy of the Wizard - Famicom / NES

Ys - PC-88 , PC-98
Sorcerian - PC-88 , PC-98

Algarna - Sharp X1
Bosconian - Sharp X68000

Ys II - PC-88 , PC-98
The Scheme - PC-88

Misty Blue - PC-88
The Stickman is Back -
The Super Shinobi / Revenge of Shinobi - Mega Drive / Genesis

Thrice (Slice) - Sharp X68000
Bare Knuckle / Streets of Rage - Mega Drive / Genesis

ActRaiser - Super Famicom / Super Nintendo
ActRaiser 2 - Super Famicom / Super Nintendo

Super Adventure Island - Super Famicom / Super Nintendo
Super Adventure Island 2 - Super Famicom / Super Nintendo

Sonic the Hedgehog - Sega Master System , Game Gear
Bare Knuckle II / Streets of Rage 2 - Mega Drive / Genesis

Slapfight - Mega Drive
Miracle Casino Paradise - Super Famicom

The GG Shinobi - Game Gear
The GG Shinobi II - Game Gear

Batman Returns - Game Gear , Sega Master System
Bare Knuckle III / Streets of Rage 3 - Mega Drive / Genesis

The Story of Thor / Beyond Oasis - Mega Drive / Genesis
Eye of the Beholder - Mega CD / Sega CD

Zork I - Sega Saturn / Playstation
The Story of Thor 2 / The Legend of Oasis - Sega Saturn

Vatlva - Sega Saturn
Culdcept - Sega Saturn

Shenmue - Sega Dreamcast
Wangan Midnight - Arcade , PlayStation 2

Car Battler Joe - Game Boy Advance
Island of Kaiju - GameCube

Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune - Arcade
Wangan Midnight: Maximum Tune 2 - Arcade

Namco X Capcom - PlayStation 2
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 (USA) - PlayStation 2 (He provided the song "You Gotta Move It" with Julie Rugaard performing vocals.)

Dancing Stage Max (PAL) - PlayStation 2 (He provided the song "You Gotta Move It" with Julie Rugaard performing vocals.)

He has also recently produced music for the Merregnon 2 project, and the Street Fighter II Tribute Album.

Trivia

His sister, Ayano Koshiro, is responsible for many of the character designs in the games for which Yuzo has composed music. One of the more popular examples is the Bare Knuckle (Streets of Rage) series on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. She also worked on character design of Ys and Actraiser.

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