Hirokazu Tanaka

Hirokazu Tanaka

*1957 JP, Kyoto
Composer of Electronic and Soundtrack
A.k.a. Chip Tanaka

A Japanese composer that works heavily with Nintendo of Japan. Hirokazu Tanaka started out by doing the musical works from the arcade games Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr and Donkey Kong 3. Then for the NES / Famicom era he did the music for the games Wrecking Crew, Urban Champion, Wild Gunman, Duck Hunt, Balloon Fight, Metroid, Kid Icarus, Mother and Dr Mario. He also did the music for the first Gameboy games Tetris and Super Mario Land. More recently he has been composing music for the Pokemon animated cartoon and a few other NHK kids shows.

Genres

Electronic
Soundtrack
Dance
Folk
World

Popular Tracks

Fennec - Remix on Desatar by Chip Tanaka

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Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
Dr. Mario: The Chronic Illness	Hirokazu Tanaka	2016	Single
In The Collaborations 03	Baiyon, Hirokazu Tanaka	2010	Album
Game Sound Museum ~Famicom Edition~ S-2 Donkey Kong 3	Hirokazu Tanaka	2004	Album
Famicom 20th Anniversary Arrange Sound Tracks	Koji Kondo, Hirokazu Tanaka, Kenji Yamamoto	2004	Album
Game Sound Museum ~Famicom Edition~ 04 Balloon Fight	Hirokazu Tanaka	2004	Album
Game Sound Museum ~Famicom Edition~ 13 Palutena No Kagami	Hirokazu Tanaka	2004	Album
Game Sound Museum ~Famicom Edition~ 07 Light Gun Series - Wild Gunman / Duck Hunt / Hogan's Alley	Hirokazu Tanaka	2004	Album
Game Sound Museum ~Famicom Edition~ 12 Metroid	Hirokazu Tanaka	2004	Album
Game Sound Museum ~Famicom Edition~ 09 Block Set / Gyro Set	Hirokazu Tanaka	2004	Album
Game Sound Museum ~Famicom Edition~ 05 Wrecking Crew	Hirokazu Tanaka	2004	Album
Mother 1+2 Original Soundtrack	Keiichi Suzuki, Kimitaka Matsumae, Tomoko Kataoka, Kenji Kondo, Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu	2003	Compil.
Super Metroid "Sound In Action" = スーパーメトロイド "サウンドInアクション"	Kenji Yamamoto, Minako Hamano, Hirokazu Tanaka	1994	Compil.
Mother 2 (ギーグの逆襲)	Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu	1994	Album
MOTHER	Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka	1989	Album
Kid Icarus / Metroid Original Soundtrack Orchestra Version	Hirokazu Tanaka	1987	Single

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