Yasuaki Iwata

Yasuaki Iwata
Born		1989
Occupation		Composer
Notable work		Super Mario 3D World Mario Kart 8 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Yasuaki Iwata (岩田恭明, Iwata Yasuaki) is a composer at Nintendo, who worked on the soundtrack of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. He is also known for his work on Mario Kart 8 as well as the soundtrack for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (which he worked on with Manaka Kataoka).

Works

• Mario Kart 8 – Music
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Music

Song credits

In Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Iwata was credited for the following tracks on the official soundtrack release for New Horizons:

• "Opening Theme"
• "12 AM"
• "3 AM"
• "6 AM"
• "1 PM"
• "3 PM"
• "6 PM"
• "8 PM"
• "11 PM"
• Rain and snow versions of above hourly themes
• "Island Life Orientation 1"
• "Island Life Orientation 2"
• "Island Life Orientation 3"
• "Island Life Orientation 5"
• "Island Life Orientation 6"
• "Island Life Orientation 7"
• Rain and snow versions of 5, 6, and 7
• "Bunny Day" (arrangement)
• "Wedding Season (Reese and Cyrus)" (arrangement, composed by Atsuko Asahi)
• "Wedding Season (Party)"
• "Fireworks Show"
• "Halloween" (arrangement, composed by Shinobu Nagata)
• "Toy Day (Northern Hemisphere)" (arrangement, composed by Shinobu Nagata)
• "Toy Day (Southern Hemisphere)" (arrangement, composed by Shinobu Nagata)
• "Countdown (11:00 PM)"
• "Countdown (11:30 PM)"
• "Countdown (11:50 PM)"
• "Countdown (11:50 PM)"
• "New Year (Happy New Year)"
• "New Year (12:00 AM)"
• "New Year (2:00 AM)"
• "New Year's Day"
• "Nook Inc. Immigration Procedure Counter"
• "K.K. Slider Dream"
• "Facility Completion Ceremony"
• "Radio Jingle (Noon 1)"
• "Radio Jingle (Noon 6)"
• "Radio Jingle (Bunny Day)"
• "Radio Jingle (Halloween)"
• "Radio Jingle (Toy Day)"
• "Radio Jingle (Countdown)"
• "Opening Theme (Remote Performance)"
• "Welcome Horizons"

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)