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Revision as of 00:05, 12 October 2014

Osamu Kasai
Osamu Kasai - 2.jpg
Local 笠井治 (かさい おさむ)
Born September 24, 1960 (Age 53)
Birth Place Japan
Nationality Japanese   Japan.svg
Aliases
  • O.Kasai

Osamu Kasai is a Japanese composer, sound designer, and audio producer who has been working on video game music for over 20 years. Osamu started his video game music career in the 1980's when he worked for Advance Communication Company. While working there, him and Masaaki Harada composed the music for many of their titles, mostly for the Famicom. Since Advance Communication ported the Ys games to the NES and SNES, him and Masaaki had to re-arrange the original tracks to the NES, which was a difficult task. Kasai and Harada later started working as audio directors for Konami and have been working there ever since. Besides audio, Kasai has also been credited for game design and programming.

Kasai no longer composes music, but he still plays it on the piano.

Music Development

FDS/NES

Osamu utilized a sound driver by Michiharu Hasuya titled "Sound Routine No. 4". Music was written in 6502 assembly machine code.

SNES

Osamu used a sound driver by Michiharu Hasuya, but it is unknown how he created music and sound data.


Gameography

Released

Title

Sample

1988-08-26 Ys (FC) (イース)
1989-02-23 Tama & Friends: 3 Choume Daibouken (FDS) (タマ&フレンズ 3丁目大冒険)
1989-07-25 Gourmet: The Ultimate Three-Game Menu (FC) (美味しんぼ 究極のメニュー三本勝負)
1989-08-08 Burn! Older Brother (FC) (燃える!お兄さん)
1989-12-08 Spirit Hunter (FC) (星霊狩り)
1990-03-23 Sansara Naga (FC) (サンサーラ・ナーガ)
1990-04-?? Dynowarz: The Destruction of Spondylus (NES)
1990-05-25 Ys II (FC) (イースⅡ)
1990-07-?? Circus Caper (NES)
1990-11-10 Last Armageddon (FC) (ラストハルマゲドン)
1990-12-26 Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special (SMD) (ヘビーユニット メガドライブ・スペシャル)
1991-02-22 Silk Road of the Rainbow: Zigzag Chronicle (FC) (虹のシルクロード 〜ジグザグ冒険記〜)
1991-06-28 Life Game Legend (GB) (人生ゲーム伝説)
1991-07-31 Constellation of the Geeks: An Adventure in the Otaku Galaxy (FC) (おたくの星座)
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)
1992-07-03 Light Fantasy (SFC) (ライトファンタジー)
1992-09-25 Legend of the Galactic Heroes (SFC) (銀河英雄伝説)
1992-11-13 Paladin's Quest (SNES) (Lennus:古代機械の記憶) Sound Effects
1992-12-04 Mecarobot Golf (SNES) (芹沢信雄のバーディトライ)
1993-08-05 Rocket Knight Adventures (GEN) (ロケットナイトアドベンチャーズ(サウンドプログラム))
1993-12-02 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (GEN) Sound Producer
1994-03-17 Castlevania: Bloodlines (GEN) (バンパイアキラー(サウンドプログラム))
1994-11-30 Snatcher (SCD)
1996-10-25 Vandal Hearts (PS1)

Picture Gallery

Links

  • Japanese Gameography: [1]
  • Facebook: [2]
  • Interview: (In Japanese) [3]