Mario Tennis Open Music

World Open Set Point - The music played before earning a set point in the World Open. Media:Mario Tennis Open Music - Tournament Set Point (Soundtrack - Nintendo 3DS).oga World Open Match (First.

.Koji Kondo (: 近藤 浩治,: Kondō Kōji, born August 13, 1961) is a Japanese music, and sound director who works for the company. He is best known for his involvement in numerous contributions in the and series of video games, among others produced by the company. Kondo was hired by Nintendo in 1984, becoming the first person hired by them to specialize in. Shortly after, Kondo was assigned as the sound designer on the 1985 game His sound design for the game, especially the, has often been cited as among the most memorable in video game history.

Contents.Biography Early life Kondo was born in, Japan, on August 13, 1961. He began taking lessons on the from the age of five. He improved his skills in the instrument in a that played. Kondo studied at the Art Planning Department of, but was never classically trained or academically dedicated to music.With a love of such as and the early series, he said video games were the only place where he could find the kind of sound creation that he was looking for. He gained some experience in composing and arranging pieces, using the piano, and a computer by programming sounds in BASIC.

Kondo at the Game Developers Conference 2007In 1984, during Kondo's senior year, sent his university a message recruiting for music composition and sound programming. He successfully applied for the job without requiring any.

He recalls, 'I found my way to Nintendo by looking at the school's job placement board. You're supposed to apply to many different companies, but I saw the Nintendo ad, and had a love of making synthesizers, and loved games, and thought – that's the place for me. Tribes 2. I interviewed with one company, Nintendo, and that's where I've been ever since.' Kondo is the third person hired by Nintendo to create music and sound effects for its games, joining and Yukio Kaneoka. However, he is the first at Nintendo to actually specialize in musical composition.Even before officially joining Nintendo, his first product is the audio for Nintendo's arcade game (1984). By creating mostly jingles and sound effects, he was able to overcome the challenges of early arcade sound hardware. As the had become highly popular in Japan since its 1983 launch, Kondo was assigned to compose music for the console's subsequent games at Nintendo's new development team, (EAD).

His second Nintendo product is the instruction manual on how to program Japanese into the Famicom using the peripheral. To conclude his first year at Nintendo, he created some of the music of, alongside Akito Nakatsuka. In 1985, Nintendo started marketing the Famicom abroad as the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) to capitalize on the that had devastated and other companies. He composed the music for the hit releases (1985) and (1986), of which 60 million copies were sold in total and which established some of the most well-known melodies in the.Super Mario Bros., for many years the best-selling video game of all time for a single platform, is Kondo's first major score. The game's melodies were created with the intention that short segments of music could be endlessly repeated during the same gameplay without causing boredom. Kondo's soundtrack to Super Mario Bros. Gained worldwide recognition, and is the most well-known video game score in history.

Is iconic in popular culture and has been featured in more than 50 concerts, been a best-selling ringtone, and been remixed or by various musicians. Kondo's work on The Legend of Zelda scores has also become highly recognized.

He produced four main pieces of background music for the first installment of the series; the overworld theme has become comparable in popularity with the Super Mario Bros. After the success of The Legend of Zelda, he provided the score for two Japanese-exclusive games, (1986) and (1987). He created the soundtrack to (1987), which was later rebranded outside Japan as in 1988.Kondo returned to the Super Mario series to produce the scores to (1988) and the launch title (1990). Directed a jazz arrangement album of Super Mario World 's music and oversaw its performance at the first in 1991. After finishing the soundtrack to Super Mario World, Kondo was in charge of the sound programming for (1990), while also composing the 'Helicopter Theme' for it, and created the sound effects for (1993). In 1995, he composed for the sequel to Super Mario World,.

Until the early 2000s, Kondo would usually write all compositions by himself on a project, with 's being the last one Kondo worked on alone. Since then, he has been collaborating with other staff members at Nintendo, advising and supervising music created by others, as well as providing additional compositions for games, including,. He also served as the sound director and lead composer of and its sequel,. Concerts Kondo attended the world premiere of at the in in May 2006, where his music from the and series was performed by a full symphony orchestra. He also attended and performed in a series of three concerts celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda series in late 2011.

He performed piano with the American rock band live at ceremony in December 2014. Musical style and influences Kondo's music for Super Mario Bros. Was designed around the feeling of motion that mirrors the player's physical experience. This followed the philosophy of series creator and designer, who demanded that audio for the game be made 'with substance' and are synchronized with elements of the game. As a result, Kondo based a number of the score around genres that are primary used for dancing, such as and the.In the first The Legend of Zelda, Kondo juxtaposes the game's overworld theme with the theme that plays in dungeons. Kondo remarked on the importance of projecting distinct characters through music, so that players know almost immediately where they are within the game. Kondo used this contrast in other games he worked on, including Super Mario Bros.

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