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Koji Kondo (Japanese: 近藤 浩治, Hepburn: Kondō Kōji, August 13, 1961) is a Japanese music composer, pianist, and sound director for the video game company Nintendo. He is best known for his many contributions to the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series of video games, among others produced by the company.
Koji Kondo is a legendary Japanese sound director and video game composer. He is most famous for having composed the scores to the ‘Super Mario’ and ‘The Legend of Zelda’ Series. Koji Kondo was born on August 13, 1961 in Nagoya, Japan.
Koji Kondo is a long-time sound director and composer at Nintendo and a Senior Officer at Nintendo EPD. As one of the most popular music composers for video games, his most known works are featured in franchises like Mario, The Legend of Zelda and Star Fox series.
Feb 26, 2024 · Kondo rode the early wave of the electronic music revolution, taking up the keys for a band during high school and college. And like many in Japan, he loved video games.
Jun 19, 2023 · An introduction to OG Nintendo super-composer Koji Kondo. From Super Mario Bros’ hyper-melodic 8-bit bleeps to the blissed-out diazepam-core of The Legend of Zelda, we select nine of the legend’s greatest soundtracks. After the critical and commercial disaster that was 1993’s Super Mario Bros Movie, few might have predicted that 30 years ...
Feb 27, 2024 · When it comes to videogame music, there’s no bigger name than Koji Kondo. Even if people don’t know Kondo by name, they certainly know his music. He’s the man responsible for crafting tunes that have defined a generation, such as the main theme to Super Mario Bros. and countless other titles.
Dec 15, 2014 · Koji Kondo has made some of the most iconic music in all of pop culture, let alone all of video game history.
Koji Kondo (近藤 浩治, born August 13, 1961) is a Japanese music composer, pianist, and music director who is among the most prominent composers of music for Nintendo and the video game industry as a whole.
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Apr 9, 2023 · Nintendo icons Shigeru Miyamoto and Koji Kondo on why you need to watch ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ five times (or more) to truly catch everything.
Nov 17, 2008 · Born on August 13, 1961 in Nagoya, Japan, Koji Kondo is an iconic figure widely known for his soundtracks to Nintendo's Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda franchises. The backbone to Koji Kondo's musicality came from taking lessons in the Electone organ from the age of five.
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