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Tomoya Ohtani (大谷 智哉 Ōtani Tomoya?) is a composer who has worked for Sega. He has made music for various Sonic the Hedgehog games, and has had the position of sound director multiple times.
History[]
Tomoya Ohtani joined Sega in 1999, with ChuChu Rocket! being the first game he composed music for. The first Sonic the Hedgehog game he worked on was Sonic Adventure 2 in 2001, when he composed several tracks under the direction of Jun Senoue. He was given the position of sound director for the first time for Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), and continued to serve as the sound director for Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Colors, Sonic Lost World and Sonic Forces. He also worked with Senoue on remixing past tracks for Sonic Generations.
Outside of Sonic, Ohtani has composed music for a range of other Sega games. Examples include Space Channel 5: Part 2, Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg, Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution, Sega Rally 2006, and NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams. He was also the sound director for Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll and Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure.
Credits[]
Soundtracks[]
- Sonic Adventure 2
- Sonic Heroes
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
- Sonic Rush Adventure
- Sonic Unleashed
- Sonic Colors
- Sonic Generations
- Sonic Lost World
- Sonic Runners
- Sonic Forces: Speed Battle
- Sonic Forces
- Team Sonic Racing (composer)
- "Sky Road: Intro Fly-by"
- "Sky Road: Lap Music"
- "Sky Road: Final Lap/Goal"
- "Team Ultimate: Silver"
- Sonic Colors: Ultimate
- Sonic Frontiers
Trivia[]
- Many notable tracks composed by Ohtani commonly feature the Amen break drum beat such as in stage tracks from Wave Ocean, Cool Edge, Tropical Resort, Aquarium Park, Rooftop Run, Hang Castle and others.[1]
- The first track Tomoya Ohtani worked in the Sonic series was "A Ghost's Pumpkin Soup" from Sonic Adventure 2. With the Sonic Adventure 2 Chao Race music also being one of his first.
- Tomoya Ohtani's favorite Sonic game is Sonic Unleashed, and his favorite songs from the series are Rooftop Run (Classic and Modern)[2], "That's the Way I Like It"[3], the music for Rouge's stages in Sonic Adventure 2[3], "Dive into the Mellow"[3], "Super Sonic Racing"[3] and "Escape from the City "[3].
- Additionally, in an interview with him about the music of Sonic Frontiers, his favourite Sonic song is "Endless Possibility".[3]
- Tomoya Ohtani's favourite game to compose for was Sonic Runners.[3]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Tomoya Ohtani ~The Reused Beat~. YouTube. Perp3tual (1 July 2012). Retrieved on 6 November 2022.
- ↑ Tomoya Ohtani / 大谷 智哉. X (formerly Twitter). Tomoya Ohtani / 大谷 智哉 (March 2010).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Sonic Frontiers - Making the Music. YouTube. Sonic the Hedgehog (2 November 2022). Retrieved on 6 November 2022.
External links[]
- Biography of Tomoya Ohtani on Game-ost.com
- Tomoya Ohtani on Twitter
- Self-Biography of Tomoya Ohtani on Sonic Channel
- Tomoya Ohtani at the Internet Movie Database
- Tomoya Ohtani at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Producers | Akinori Nishiyama · Takashi Iizuka · Yuji Naka · Yoji Ishii |
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Programmers | Takahiro Hamano · Takeshi Sakakibara · Tetsu Katano · Yuji Naka · Yoshihisa Hashimoto |
Designers | Eitaro Toyoda · Hirokazu Yasuhara · Kazuyuki Hoshino · Makoto Yonezu · Manabu Kusunoki · Naoto Ohshima · Nobuhiko Honda · Hiroshi Miyamoto · Sachiko Kawamura · Shinichi Higashi · Shiro Maekawa · Shun Nakamura · Takashi Yuda · Yasushi Yamaguchi · Yoshitaka Miura · Yuji Uekawa |
Directors | Hiroshi Nishiyama · Kenjiro Morimoto · Morio Kishimoto · Takashi Iizuka |
Sound engineers | Hideaki Kobayashi · Jun Senoue · Kenichi Tokoi · Mariko Nanba · Masaru Setsumaru · Naofumi Hataya · Takahito Eguchi · Tatsuyuki Maeda · Teruhiko Nakagawa · Tomoya Ohtani |
Other | Yui Karasuno |