Takahiro Wakuta
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Takahiro Wakuta is a Japanese composer and sound designer. He started off working for Human Entertainment around 1989, and is considered one of the first composers to work for the company, along with Masaki Hashimoto and Masamichi Yamazaki. During his time at Human, he primarily composed for the NES, Game Boy, and SNES. He is perhaps best known for his work on Ultraman, which has been highly acclaimed, as well as SD Gundam Gaiden: Lacroan Heroes. Around 1991, Wakuta left Human Entertainment and started working for Affect, primarily composing their home console games. For Affect, he is known for his works such as Kendo Rage and Cacoma Night in Bizyland. He worked for Affect for over 10 years, composing the music to a great deal of their games.
Audio Development
NES
To create music on the NES, Wakuta wrote the music in a custom MML in a sound driver written by Human's Tohru Hayashi. He only worked on two games, Gilligan's Island and Kabuki Quantum Fighter, both of which he worked with Masaki Hashimoto.
SNES
Takahiro used instruments from a Korg M1.
Kendo Rage uses the DBOOT VER1.03 driver, possibly modified by Affect, while Cacoma Knight in Bizyland uses a unique build of it. Ultraman uses a custom sound driver, likely by Human.
Gameography
Note: Though Takahiro Wakuta worked on Kaiketsu Zorori: Mezase! Itazura King (PS2), he was not involved with the audio, so it is not listed here.
| Released | Title | Sample | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990-03-24 | SD Gundam: SD Sengokuden: Kunitori Monogatari (GB) (SD戦国伝 国盗り物語) | ||
| 1990-04-27 | Formation Soccer: Human Cup '90 (TG16) (フォーメーションサッカー ヒューマンカップ'90) | With Masaki Hashimoto. | |
| 1990-07-?? | The Adventures of Gilligan's Island (NES) | With Masaki Hashimoto. | |
| 1990-09-14 | HAL Wrestling (GB) (プロレス) | ||
| 1990-10-06 | SD Gundam Gaiden: Lacroan Heroes (GB) (SDガンダム外伝 ラクロアンヒーローズ) | ||
| 1990-12-20 | Vasteel (TGCD) (バスティール) | With Ryoji Amano. | |
| 1990-12-21 | Kabuki Quantum Fighter (NES) (地獄極楽丸) | Sound Effects | |
| 1991-04-06 | Ultraman (SFC) (ウルトラマン 空想特撮シリーズ) | ||
| 1991-07-02 | Nolan Ryan's Baseball (SNES) (スーパースタジアム) | Verified by composer. | |
| 1991-08-23 | Shodan Morita Shougi (SFC) (初段森田将棋) | |
Verified by composer. Arranged Haru no Umi. |
| 1991-??-?? | Ultraman (ARC) (ウルトラマン) | Sound Effects with Tohru Hayashi and M. Satomi. | |
| 1992-06-26 | Koushien 2 (SFC) (甲子園２) | Verified by composer. | |
| 1992-11-21 | Cacoma Knight in Bizyland (SNES) (カコマナイト) | ||
| 1993-01-22 | Kendo Rage (SNES) (負けるな！魔剣道) | ||
| 1993-06-18 | Hayazashi Nidan Morita Shougi (SFC) (早指し 二段森田将棋) | Verified by composer. Arranged Haru no Umi. | |
| 1993-04-09 | Ultraman: Fancy Special Effects Series (SMD) (ウルトラマン 空想特撮シリーズ) | With Tohru Hayashi and Masaki Hashimoto. | |
| 1994-03-25 | Super Real Mahjong PIV (SFC) (スーパーリアル麻雀PIV) | Verified by composer. | |
| 1994-11-25 | Zenkoku Koukou Soccer (SFC) (全国高校サッカー) | Verified by composer. Arranged Furimukuna Kimi ha Utsukushī. | |
| 1995-05-26 | Hayazashi Nidan Morita Shougi 2 (SFC) (早指し 二段森田将棋2) | Uses music from first game. | |
| 1996-??-?? | Wakakusa Monogatari Mahjong Yonshimai (ARC) (麻雀四姉妹 若草物語) | ||
| 1998-01-08 | Real Robots Final Attack (PS1) (リアルロボッツ ファイナルアタック) | Sound | |
| 1999-07-15 | Finger Flashing (PS1) (ふぃんがあ ふらっしんぐ) | ||
| 1999-11-11 | Hikari no Shima: Seven Lithographs in Shining Island (PS1) (光の島) | ||
| 2000-01-27 | Card Captor Sakura: Clow Card Magic (PS1) (カードキャプターさくら クロウカードマジック) | Sound | |
| 2000-01-27 | Chaos Break (PS1) (カオスブレイク) | With Norihiro Furukawa. | |
| 2000-05-18 | Phix: The Adventure (PS1) (ピックスの大冒険 磁石で飛んじゃう?!) | ||
| 2000-08-10 | Tetris with Cardcaptor Sakura: Eternal Heart (PS1) (テトリス ウィズ カードキャプターさくら エターナルハート) | ||
| 2004-12-22 | AI Igo (PSP) (ＡＩ囲碁) | ||
| 2005-01-20 | AI Shogi (PSP) (ＡＩ将棋) | Verified by composer. | |
| 2008-09-11 | Hoshizora no Comic Garden (NDS) (星空のコミックガーデン) | Director |
Picture Gallery
Takahiro's Soundcloud.
Links
- facebook.com/takahiro.wakuta - Facebook.
- soundcloud.com/takahiro-wakuta - SoundCloud.
- w.atwiki.jp/gamemusicbest100/pages/8160.html - Atwiki.jp (Japanese).
- twitter.com/DeathcubeW - Twitter.
