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The Rise of VGM

Directed by Nick Dwyer, Tu Neill
TV-G
S1 • E1    Sep 3, 2014    20m
In this episode we look at the birth and rise of music in video games. From the earliest sounds and melodies to the first fully formed continuous music to be pioneered in the arcade games from Namco. We meet Junko Ozawa, one of Namco’s earliest sound team composers, and also the legendary Hirokazu ‘Hip’ Tanaka, who joined Nintendo in 1980 and was responsible for composing some of the giant’s most loved classics like Metroid and Tetris.

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Cast of The Rise of VGM

  • Haruhisa TanakaHimself
  • Yuichi UchizawaHimself
  • Peter BerkmanHimself
  • Phillipa Margaret BrownHerself
  • Justin SmithHimself
  • Jason JacksonHimself
  • Flying LotusHimself
  • Junko OzawaHerself
  • Hirokazu TanakaHimself
  • Hiroshi OkuboHimself
  • Nick DwyerDirector
  • Tu NeillDirector
  • Nick DwyerWriter

 

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