Toru Minegishi

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Toru Minegishi
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Born 1975
Shibukawa, Gunma, Japan
Occupation Composer, sound director, musician
Notable work Animal Crossing
The Legend of Zelda series
Super Mario 3D World
Splatoon series

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.[1]

Works

Song credits

Songs are listed by the first game they appeared in, though they may have reappeared in future games. Credits are not necessarily exhaustive and reflect only what can be sourced.

In Doubutsu no Mori

Minegishi worked on the following background music tracks for Doubutsu no Mori:[2]

K.K. Slider songs

Minegishi composed and arranged 54 K.K. Slider songs as airchecks for Doubutsu no Mori.[1] Kazumi Totaka rearranged and expanded upon them for the live performance versions.[3]

In Animal Crossing

In Doubutsu no Mori e+

  • "Tom Nook at Night"[8]
K.K. Slider songs

In addition to his original K.K. Slider compositions from Doubutsu no Mori, Minegishi composed and arranged the following:[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nintendo Power. "Inside Zelda: Volume 204 - part 23". Zelda Universe.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Animal Crossing credits
  3. ↑ http://shmuplations.com/animalcrossing
  4. ↑ https://vgmdb.net/album/2043
  5. ↑ https://vgmdb.net/album/10379
  6. ↑ https://vgmdb.net/album/4341
  7. ↑ Nintendo (August 23, 2007). "Animal Crossing: Go K.K. Rider!". Smash Bros. DOJO!!.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Doubutsu no Mori e+ credits
  9. ↑ https://vgmdb.net/album/2426


Companies and personnel
Companies Nintendo • DeNA • iQue • NDcube • OLM, Inc. • Prima Games • Sanrio • Shogakukan Tom Nook NH.png
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
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