Osamu Ohta
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Osamu Ohta is a Japanese composer and sound designer. Osamu attended the Kanazawa College of Art. He started working for Toaplan around 1987. While at Toaplan, Ohta not only composed music and sound effects for their games, but also was a programmer for most of the titles that he worked on. He wrote the music to a great deal of their arcade games. His most popular soundtracks include Pyros, Rally Bike, and Snow Bros.
Osamu was also a part of Taito's Zuntata for a short period of time, voicing the Air Traffic Controller in Jet de Go! 2 (PS2) and Jet de Go! Pocket (PSP). However, he did not write music or sound effects for their games.
He now goes by the name Osam Ohta and lives in Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, Japan. It appears he has removed himself from social media.
Audio Development
Osamu's musical style largely consists of rock and funk, with some Latin elements and percussion in his music. He has also done a couple songs in the reggae style, like Dixie Line in Rally Bike, or Nodoka from Pyros.
Arcade
Ohta used a sound driver by Masahiro Yuge. The music was written in Music Macro Language.
Gameography
| Released | Title | Sample | Notes |
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| 1986-??-?? | Mahjong Sisters (ARC) (麻雀シスターズ) | ||
| 1987-12-01 | Pyros (ARC) (ワードナの森) | |
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| 1988-03-25 | Wardner no Mori (FDS) (ワードナの森) | |
Arranged by Noboru Koshinaka and/or Isao Mizuguchi. |
| 1988-??-?? | Rally Bike (ARC) (ダッシュ野郎) | |
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| 1989-??-?? | Twin Hawk (ARC) (大旋風) | ||
| 1990-06-15 | Rally Bike (NES) (ダッシュ野郎) | |
Unknown arranger. |
| 1990-06-23 | Twin Hawk (SMD) (大旋風) | Unknown arranger, possibly Ohta himself. | |
| 1990-12-14 | Daisenpuu (PCE) (大旋風) | Arranged by Shigeharu Isoda. | |
| 1990-??-?? | Snow Bros. (ARC) (スノーブラザーズ) | ||
| 1991-04-25 | Wardner (GEN) (ワードナの森SPECIAL) | |
Arranged by Kazuo Okabayashi. |
| 1991-05-23 | Dash Yarou (X68) (ダッシュ野郎) | Unknown arranger. | |
| 1991-05-24 | Snow Brothers Jr. (GB) (スノーブラザーズ) | Unknown arranger, possibly Junichi Saito. | |
| 1991-11-?? | Snow Bros. (NES) (スノーブラザーズ) | |
Arranged by Mikiko Suzuki. |
| 1993-05-28 | Snow Bros. (SMD) (スノーブラザーズ) | Arranged by Noriyuki Iwadare. |
Aliases
Osamu was usually never credited, as Toaplan did not put credits in their games. However, the soundtracks his music is featured in sometimes used the name "Ree Ohta", which is an alternate pronunciation of the kanji of his given name, 理 (Ri).
Links
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facebook.com/osam.ota.9 - Facebook (Closed). - w.atwiki.jp/gamemusicbest100/pages/2431.html - Atwiki.jp (Japanese).
