Yasuaki Iwata

Yasuaki Iwata
Born		1989
Occupation		Composer

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"
• "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)