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Hideki Sakamoto

Japanese composer

Hideki Sakamoto 坂本英城
Born	(1972-11-14) November 14, 1972 (age 51) Japan
Genres	Video game music
Years active	1998–present

Website	hideki-sakamoto.com

Musical artist

Hideki Sakamoto (坂本英城, Sakamoto Hideki, born November 14, 1972) is a Japanese music composer, best known for his contributions in video games. He serves as the representative director of Noisycroak, a Tokyo-based sound design company focused on game soundtracks. Echochrome II holds the Guinness World Record for the longest single musical track in a video game, lasting 75 minutes and 7 seconds.^[1]

Early life and education

Sakamoto started playing classical piano at the age of 4. He graduated from WASEDA University in 2004.^[2]

Works


Year	Game	Notes	Ref.
2005	Shinobido: Way of the Ninja	with Keisuke Ito	^[3]
2006	Bomberman	with Keisuke Ito	^[3]
2006	Yakuza 2	with several others	^[3]
2007	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness		^[3]
2008	Yakuza Kenzan		^[3]
	Echochrome		^[3]
	Aquanaut's Holiday: Hidden Memories		^[3]
	Castlevania Judgment	music director	^[3]
2009	428: Shibuya Scramble	with Naoki Sato and Shingo Yasumoto	^[4]
	Yakuza 3	with several others	^[3]
	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky		^[3]
2010	Echochrome II		^[3]
2010	Patchwork Heroes		^[5]
2012	Time Travelers		^[3]
2013	Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale		^[3]
2013	Toukiden		^[3]
2014	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U	arrangements	^[6]
2015	Kakuriyo no Mon	with several others	^[3]
	Hakuōki: Shinkai - Furi no Shou		^[3]
	Monster Strike		^[3]
2016	Fortune Tellers Academy		^[3]
	TumeTume Lord		^[3]
	Kumapara		^[3]
2018	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	main theme "Lifelight"	^[7]^[8]
2020	Project Dreams: How to Build Mazinger Z's Hangar		^[9]
2021	Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars		^[9]

References

^ "echochrome ii Music Sets Guinness World Record, Special Soundtrack Offer on PSN". PlayStation.Blog. 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
^ "HIDEKI SAKAMOTO | Official Site". HIDEKI SAKAMOTO Official Site. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "坂本英城". noisycroak (in Japanese). Retrieved December 29, 2020.
^ "Noisycroak Staff Page (Japanese language)". Noisycroak. Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
^ "アニプレックス、PSP「100万トンのバラバラ」と「勇者のくせになまいきだ:3D」のサントラを発売" (in Japanese). Game Watch. 2010-02-22. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
^ "Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U: Music". smashbros.com. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
^ "Noisycroak Twitter Status". Noisycroak. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
^ Sounders, Mike (2 November 2018). "Check out all the new music from yesterday's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct". Destructoid. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Hideki Sakamoto". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-04-20.