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Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka (田中 宏和, Tanaka Hirokazu^?, born December 13, 1957)^[1] is a Japanese composer and musician, best known for his scores for various video games produced by Nintendo. He is also the current President of Creatures, Inc.

Video game soundtracks [link]

• Radar Scope (1979)
• Space Firebird (1980) (sound effects only)
• Pac-Man Fever (1982) (album; sound effects only)
• Urban Champion (1984)
• Balloon Fight (1984)
• Wild Gunman (1984)
• Hogan's Alley (1984)
• Duck Hunt (1985)
• Gyromite (1985)
• Stack-Up (1985)
• Wrecking Crew (1985)
• Gumshoe (1986)
• Kid Icarus (Hikari Shinwa: Palthena no Kagami) (1986)
• Metroid (1986)
• Famicom Wars (1988)
• Tetris (1989)
• Yakuman (1989)
• Super Mario Land (1989)
• Mother (with Akio Ohmori, Ritsuo Kamimura, and Keiichi Suzuki) (1989)
• Balloon Kid (Balloon Fight GB in Japan) (1990)
• Dr. Mario (1990)
• Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi (with Yuka Tsujiyoko) (1990)
• EarthBound (Mother 2, 1994, with Keiichi Suzuki)
• Snoopy Concert (with Minako Hamano) (1995)
• Game Boy Camera (1998)
• Chee-Chai Alien (2001)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) (with many other composers)
• Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (with Yuka Tsujiyoko) (2008)

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Other [link]

• Fire Emblem Gaiden (1992 Supervisor)
• Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo (1994 Special Thanks)
• Fire Emblem Character theme (1990 CD Production)
• Various songs for the Pokémon anime including the songs on the Meowth's Party single.
• Play For Japan: The Album (2011)

References [link]

• Brandon, Alexander (25 Sep 2002). "Shooting from the Hip: An Interview with Hip Tanaka". Gamasutra. https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2947/shooting_from_the_hip_an_.php. Retrieved 24 Jul 2010. 

External links [link]

• Official website (Japanese)
• Artist profile at OverClocked ReMix
• Hirokazu Tanaka @ HearJapan
• Article at TvTropes

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