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MUSICIAN HERO:
KOJI KONDO
by Martin from Camarillo
Koji Kondo is my hero because he is a wonderful composer of wonderful music. He has written the music for many Nintendo games including Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda.
One day, Koji saw in a newspaper that the Nintendo game company was looking for a composer to write music for their songs. After some thought, Koji took the job. He became attached to writing music for games even though the sound card technology limited him to three instrumental sounds: melody, harmony, and percussion. He sometimes also used the sound effects track to give him a total of four sounds. Here is a list of games for which Koji has composed music.
Is it not amazing?
Super Mario Bros (1985)
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Written by
Martin from Camarillo
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wikipedia: koji kondo online encyclopedia explains more about Mr. Kondo |
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Jonathan. "The MIDI Shrine." [Online] Available http://www.midishrine.com/index.php?bio=Koji%20Kondo. |
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Last changed on:5/15/2005
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