Seiya Murai

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Seiya Murai
Seiya Murai - 01.jpg
Local 村井 聖夜 (むらい せいや)
Born 1965-02-01
Birth Place Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Nationality Japanese   Japan.svg
Aliases Kiyoshi Murai, K-Mu, Kiyoshi‑μ, Kiyoshi‑H, WORLD SEQUENCE, Five Hammer, V.C.O.
Website geocities.jp/mu_station

Seiya Murai (born Kiyoshi Murai (村井潔)) is a Japanese composer and sound designer who worked for Konami. He joined the company around 1992, and his first work was writing a stage theme for Gradius II for the PC Engine. He worked on a variety of platforms, but mostly worked on the PC Engine and arcade. He is known for his works on Tokimeki Memorial. He also became an audio director for the company when he worked Pop'n Music 4. Since then, he has worked on a number of the Bemani series.

Up until 2019, he kept his real first name a secret. Murai continues to compose and perform music, and has even written software such as "SynthEdit".

Audio Development

Genesis

Murai used the Vampire Killer version of Konami's sound driver by Atsushi Fujio and Osamu Kasai.

Gameography

Released Title Sample Notes
1992-02-28 Detana!! Twinbee (PCE) (出たな!!ツインビー )
1992-12-18 Gradius II: Gofer's Ambition (PCE) (グラディウスII GOFERの野望)
1993-12-17 Martial Champion (PCCD) (マーシャルチャンピオン)
1994-05-27 Tokimeki Memorial (PCCD) (ときめきメモリアル)
1994-??-?? Animaniacs (GEN)
1994-??-?? Tiny Toon Adventures: ACME All-Stars (GEN)
1997-03-27 Breeding Stud: Bokujou de Aimashou (PS1) (ブリーディングスタッド ~牧場で逢いましょう~)
1997-09-25 Paro Wars (PS1) (パロウォーズ)
1998-03-19 Mitsumete Knight (PS1) (みつめてナイト)
1999-12-20 pop'n stage ex (ARC)
1999-??-?? Pop'n Stage EX (ARC)
2000-01-01 KEYBOARDMANIA (ARC)
2000-03-16 pop'n music 4 (ARC)
2000-07-01 KEYBOARDMANIA 2ndMIX (ARC)
2000-09-21 KEYBOARDMANIA (PS2)
2000-11-17 pop'n music 5 (ARC)
2001-01-01 KEYBOARDMANIA 3rdMIX (ARC)
2001-05-11 pop'n music 6 (ARC)
2001-11-22 pop'n music 7 (ARC)
2002-05-30 pop'n music 8 (ARC)
2002-12-26 pop'n music 9 (ARC)
2003-03-19 ee'MALL (ARC)
2003-08-06 pop'n music 10 (ARC)
2003-12-17 ee'MALL 2nd avenue (ARC)
2004-03-24 pop'n music 11 (ARC)
2004-12-08 pop'n music 12 Iroha (ARC) (pop'n music 12 いろは)
2005-02-24 Toy'sMarch (ARC)
2005-09-07 pop'n music 13 Carnival (ARC) (pop'n music 13 カーニバル)
2005-11-24 GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2 (ARC)
2006-03-15 beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD (ARC)
2006-05-17 pop'n music 14 FEVER! (ARC)
2006-09-28 pop'n music 13 Carnival (PS2) (pop'n music 13 カーニバル)
2007-02-21 beatmania IIDX 14 GOLD (ARC)
2007-04-25 pop'n music 15 ADVENTURE (ARC)
2007-07-12 pop'n music 14 FEVER! (PS2)
2007-12-19 beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS (ARC)
2008-03-24 pop'n music 16 PARTY♪ (ARC)
2008-11-19 beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS (ARC)
2009-03-04 pop'n music 17 THE MOVIE (ARC)
2009-08-05 jubeat ripples (ARC)
2009-08-06 pop'n music (Wii) (ポップンミュージック)
2009-10-21 beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS (ARC)
2010-01-20 pop'n music 18 Sengoku Retsuden (ARC) (pop'n music 18 せんごく列伝)
2010-03-10 GuitarFreaksXG & DrumManiaXG (ARC)
2010-07-07 DanceDanceRevolution X2 (ARC)
2010-07-29 jubeat knit (ARC)
2010-09-15 beatmania IIDX 18 Resort Anthem (ARC)
2010-11-04 REFLEC BEAT (ARC)
2010-12-09 pop'n music 19 TUNE STREET (ARC)
2011-03-09 GuitarFreaksXG2 & DrumManiaXG2 Groove to Live (ARC)
2011-09-15 beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle (ARC)
2011-11-16 DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX (ARC)
2011-12-07 pop'n music 20 fantasia (ARC)
2012-02-23 GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3 (ARC)
2012-03-14 jubeat copious APPEND (ARC)
2012-09-19 beatmania IIDX 20 tricoro (ARC)
2012-09-25 jubeat saucer (ARC)
2012-12-05 pop'n music Sunny Park (ARC)
2013-02-14 Gitadora (ARC)
2013-03-14 Dance Dance Revolution (ARC)
2013-03-18 REFLEC BEAT colette -Spring- (ARC)
2013-06-20 Miraidagakki FutureTomTom (ARC)
2013-12-11 REFLEC BEAT colette -All Seasons- (ARC)
2014-06-25 pop'n music Lapistoria (ARC) (pop'n music ラピストリア)
2016-12-14 Pop'n Music Usagi to Neko to Shounen no Yume (ARC) (pop'n music うさぎと猫と少年の夢)

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