Masaaki Harada

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Masaaki Harada
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Local 原田 昌亮(はらだ まさあき)
Born c. 1955
Birth Place Japan
Nationality Japanese   Japan.svg
Aliases Harada Masaaki, M Harada, R.Harada, Mr.Harada

Masaaki Harada is a Japanese composer and sound designer. Around 1988, he joined Advance Communication Company. There, he worked primarily on the NES alongside Osamu Kasai and Michiharu Hasuya. Since he was never credited on his own, it is unknown what exactly his role was. Around 1991, he left Advance Communication and had a brief stint with Compile working on Puyo Puyo.

He is currently an audio director at Konami with Kasai.

Music Development

NES

Masaaki used the in-house music software at Advance Communication Company called Sound Routine. The music was either written in hexadecimal or Music Macro Language.

SNES

For Ys III, he used a custom version of Nintendo's Kankichi-kun. For his other work, he used Advance Communication's custom audio engine, possibly by Hasuya.

Gameography

Released Title Sample Notes
1988-08-26 Ys (FC) (イース)
With Osamu Kasai.
1988-08-30 Keith Courage in Alpha Zones (TG16) (魔神英雄伝ワタル)
With Michiharu Hasuya and Osamu Kasai.
1989-02-23 Tama & Friends: 3 Choume Daibouken (FDS) (タマ&フレンズ 3丁目大冒険)
With Osamu Kasai.
1989-07-25 Oishinbo: Kyukyoku no Menu 3bon Syoubu (FC) (美味しんぼ 究極のメニュー三本勝負) Composer?/Arranger?
1989-08-08 Circus Caper (NES) (燃える!お兄さん)
With Michiharu Hasuya and Osamu Kasai.
1989-10-20 Tatsu no Ko Fighter (TG16) (竜の子ファイター) With Michiharu Hasuya, Osamu Kasai, and Nobuhito Nakayama.
1989-11-24 Jack Nicklaus Turbo Golf (TG16) (ジャック・ニクラウス チャンピオンシップ・ゴルフ)
With Osamu Kasai.
1989-12-08 Seirei Gari (FC) (星霊狩り) With Osamu Kasai.
1990-02-23 Tiger Road (TG16) (虎への道) With Osamu Kasai and Shinji Nakayama
1990-03-23 Sansara Naga (FC) (サンサーラ・ナーガ)
With Kenji Kawai, Osamu Kasai, and Shinji Nakayama.
1990-04-?? Dynowarz: The Destruction of Spondylus (NES)
With Osamu Kasai and Nobuhito Nakayama.
1990-05-25 Ys II (FC) (イースⅡ)
With Osamu Kasai and Shinji Nakayama.
1990-11-09 Kattobi! Takuhai-kun (PCE) (カットビ!宅配くん) With Osamu Kasai and Hiroyasu Nishiyama.
1990-11-10 Last Armageddon (FC) (ラストアルマゲドン) With Michiharu Hasuya, Osamu Kasai, and Hiroyasu Nishiyama.
1990-12-07 Chibi Maruko-chan Okodzukai Daisakusen! (GB) (ちびまる子ちゃん おこづかい大作戦!) Composer?
1990-12-26 Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special (GEN) (ヘビーユニット メガドライブスペシャル) With Michiharu Hasuya and Osamu Kasai.
1991-02-22 Niji no Silkroad: Zigzag Boukenki (FC) (虹のシルクロード 〜ジグザグ冒険記〜) Sound Programming with Osamu Kasai and Michiharu Hasuya.
1991-03-15 Fushigi no Umi no Nadia (FC) (ふしぎの海のナディア)
With Michiharu Hasuya.
1991-06-21 Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (SFC) (イースⅢ ワンダラーズフロムイース) Arranged music from the computer versions with Michiharu Hasuya and Osamu Kasai.
1991-06-28 Jinsei Game Densetsu (GB) (人生ゲーム伝説) With Michiharu Hasuya and Osamu Kasai.
1991-07-31 Otaku no Seiza: An Adventure in the Otaku Galaxy (FC) (おたくの星座) With Osamu Kasai.
1991-09-27 Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (FC) (イースⅢ ワンダラーズフロムイース)
Arranged music from the computer versions with Michiharu Hasuya and Osamu Kasai.
1991-10-25 Puyo Puyo (FDS) (ぷよぷよ) With Einosuke Nagao and Masanobu Tsukamoto.
1991-12-20 Wakusei Woodstock: Funky Horror Band (MCD) (ファンキー・ホラー・バンド 惑星ウッドストック) Composer?
1992-10-?? Puyo Puyo (ARC) (ぷよぷよ) Arranged by Masanobu Tsukamoto and Einosuke Nagao.
1992-12-18 Puyo Puyo (SMD) (ぷよぷよ)
Arranged by Masanobu Tsukamoto and Einosuke Nagao.
1993-07-23 Puyo Puyo (FC) (ぷよぷよ) With Einosuke Nagao and Masanobu Tsukamoto.
1995-07-14 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu '95 Kaimakuban (PS1) (実況パワフルプロ野球'95) With various others.
1995-07-28 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu '95 Kaimakuban (SAT) (実況パワフルプロ野球'95) Sound Programmer.

Aliases

In Ys III for the SNES, he is credited as R. Harada. It is unknown why there is an R instead of an M, but it is thought to be a mistranslation. The original Japanese version credits his kanji name.

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