Toru Minegishi

Toru Minegishi
Born		1975 Shibukawa, Gunma, Japan
Occupation		Composer, sound director, musician

Toru Minegishi (峰岸透, Minegishi Tōru, born 1975) is a composer at Nintendo. He is most well known for his work on The Legend of Zelda and Splatoon series, among others.

Minegishi was responsible for composing the indoor music in Doubutsu no Mori, Animal Crossing, and Doubutsu no Mori e+ (including most of K.K. Slider's songs), most of which has reappeared in every mainline game in the Animal Crossing series. He stated that composing over 50 tracks from many different genres was a new experience and challenge for him as a composer.

Works

• Doubutsu no Mori/Animal Crossing – Indoor BGM
• Doubutsu no Mori e+ – BGM

Song list

Songs are listed by the first game they appeared in, though they may have reappeared in future games.

In Doubutsu no Mori

Minegishi worked on the following background music tracks for Doubutsu no Mori:

• "Working for Tom Nook"
• "Nook's Cranny"
• "Nook 'n' Go"
• "Nookway"
• "Nookington's"
• "Nook's at Closing"
• "Crazy Redd's Tent"
• "Post Office (Day)"
• "Post Office (Night)"
• "Police Station"
• "Katrina's Tent"
• "Igloo"
• "Summer Camper"

K.K. Slider songs

Minegishi composed and arranged 54 K.K. Slider songs for Doubutsu no Mori. He also arranged K.K. Song, which was composed by Kazumi Totaka.

• "K.K. Chorale" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. March" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Waltz" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Swing" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Jazz" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Fusion" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Étude" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Lullaby" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Aria" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Samba" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Bossa" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Calypso" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Salsa" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Mambo" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Reggae" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Ska" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Tango" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Folk" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Aloha K.K." (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Lucky K.K." (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Condor" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Steppe" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Imperial K.K." (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Casbah" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Safari" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Faire" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Rock" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Rockin' K.K." (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Ragtime" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Gumbo" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "The K. Funk" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Blues" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Soulful K.K." (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Soul" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Cruisin'" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Love Song" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. D&B" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Technopop" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "DJ K.K." (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Only Me" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Country" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Surfin' K.K."aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Ballad" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Comrade K.K."aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Lament" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Go K.K. Rider!" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Dirge" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Western" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Mr. K.K." (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Café K.K." (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Parade" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Señor K.K." (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Song" (aircheck) — Arrangement
• "I Love You" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Two Days Ago" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement

In Animal Crossing

• "Able Sisters"
• "Museum"

In Doubutsu no Mori e+

• "Tom Nook at Night"

K.K. Slider songs

In addition to his original K.K. Slider compositions from Doubutsu no Mori, Minegishi composed and arranged the following:

• "My Place" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Forest Life" (aircheck) — Arrangement
• "To the Edge" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Pondering" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Dixie" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Marathon" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "King K.K." (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Mountain Song" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Steep Hill" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Neapolitan" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "Agent K.K."aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Rally" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement
• "K.K. Metal" (aircheck) — Composition & Arrangement

References

Companies and personnel

Companies Nintendo • DeNA • iQue • NDcube • OLM, Inc. • Prima Games • Sanrio • Shogakukan Developers Katsuya Eguchi • Aya Kyogoku • Isao Moro • Hisashi Nogami • Takashi Tezuka • Makoto Wada Composers Atsuko Asahi • Sayako Doi • Shiho Fujii • Asuka Hayazaki • Yasuaki Iwata • Manaka Kataoka • Toru Minegishi • Kenta Nagata • Shinobu Nagata • Masato Ohashi • Yumi Takahashi • Kazumi Totaka Voice actors Mari Adachi • Hisao Egawa • Takaya Hashi • Saori Hattori • Yurika Hino • Yui Horie • Mitsup Iwata • Takatoshi Kaneko • Mika Kanai • Yuichi Kimura • Yū Kobayashi • Takashi Miike • Fukuen Misato • Yuko Mizutani • Kenichi Ogata • Shun Oguri • Fumiko Orikasa • Otoha • Tetsuo Sakagachi • Akio Suyama • Wataru Takagi • Yasuhiro Takata • Kazuya Tatekabe • Junpei Takiguchi • Naoki Tatsuta • Masaki Terasoma • Yuji Ueda • Kappei Yamaguchi Other personnel Reggie Fils-Aimé • Jōji Shimura Category (companies) • Category (personnel)