is a Japanese video game composer. Some of his work include the Langrisser, Lunar, Grandia, and Ace Attorney series.
Biography Iwadare was born in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. He began to compose video game music after years of being involved with university bands. He began composing for Toaplan, arranging their arcade video game soundtracks for their Sega Mega Drive home console ports, notably the Mega Drive version of Zero Wing (1990), before composing for other companies such as Game Arts on their Lunar and Grandia series.
The first award he won was the Best Game Music award, the Mega Drive/Genesis category for Lunar: The Silver Star in 1991. He also won the Best Game Music award in the Sega Saturn Music category for Grandia in 1997 and in the Dreamcast category for Grandia 2 in 2000. Iwadare first composed music for Tokyo Disney Resort, in addition to Japanese dance programs, television programs, and radio programs. He dreams to have orchestral arrangements of his musical works, which he himself has done several times, as with the Gyakuten Meets Orchestra arrangements (orchestral arrangements of the Ace Attorney series music).
He was a special guest at the 11th French Japan Expo that was held in July 2010 in Paris.
Works Year Title Role1990Space Invaders: Fukkatsu no Hi Space Invaders '90Zero Wing (Mega Drive) ArrangementsAfter Burner II (Mega Drive)Arrangements1991Wings of Wor Langrisser with Hiroshi Fujioka and Isao MizoguchiBlue Almanac with several othersHead Buster with Hiroshi Fujioka and Isao MizoguchiParasol Stars Ys III: Wanderers from Ys (Mega Drive) Arrangements with Yoshiaki Kubodera1992Steel Empire with Isao Mizoguchi and Yoshiaki KuboteraSotsugyou: Graduation Gley Lancer with Masanori Hikichi, Yoshiaki Kubotera, and Isao MizoguchiLunar: The Silver Star with Hiroshi Fujioka, Isao Mizoguchi, and Yoshiaki Kubotera1993Kishi Densetsu with Isao MizoguchiMaten no Soumetsu with Isao MizoguchiSimEarth (Sega CD) Tanjou: Debut Langrisser: Hikari no Matsuei with several othersAlien vs Predator: The Last of His Clan 1994Crusader of Centy Sound programmerUrusei Yatsura: Dear My Friends (Mega-CD) ArrangementsLangrisser II with Isao MizoguchiWing Commander (Sega CD) with Isao Mizoguchi, Kenichi Okuma, Maki TanimotoLunar: Eternal Blue Sotsugyou II: Neo Generation with Maki Tanimoto, Kenichi Okuma, Isao MizoguchiMighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (Game Boy) with Kenichi OkumaMercurius Pretty 1995Der LangrisserDōkyūsei "Opening Theme" 1996Lunar: Walking School MonstaniaTanjou S Lunar: Silver Star Story Doukyuusei if "Opening Theme"True Love Storywith Kenichi Okuma, Maki Tanimoto, Ataru Sumiyoshi1997Doukyuusei 2 (Sega Saturn) "Opening Theme" Langrisser IV with Makoto Asai, Yuichiro HondaMagic School Lunar! Grandia 1998Langrisser V: The End of Legend Lunar 2: Eternal Blue 1999True Love Story 2Yuukyuu no Eden Growlanser 2000Grandia II Mercurius Pretty: End of the Century 2001True Love Story 32002Grandia XtremeWind: A Breath of Heartwith Maki Tanimoto2003True Love Story: Summer Days, and Yet… Mega Man X7 "Higher The Air ~ Air Force Stage"2004Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations 2005Radiata Stories2006Grandia III KimiKiss Project Wiki Kanji no Wataridori2007Elvandia Story with Norihiko HibinoKimiKiss: Pure Rouge with Hikaru Nanase and Masaru Yokoyama2008Super Smash Bros. Brawl ArrangementsTrue Fortune 2009AmagamiAce Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth with Yasuko YamadaLunar: Silver Star Harmony 2010Grandia Online 2011Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor's Gambit Otomedius Excellent with several others2012Kid Icarus: Uprising with several others2013Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies 2014Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Arrangements2015Langrisser Re:Incarnation Tensei Zombie Tokyo with Michiko Naruke2016Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney − Spirit of Justice with Toshihiko Horiyama and Masami OnoderaReco Love: Blue Ocean and Gold Beach2018Super Smash Bros. UltimateArrangements2019Rakugaki Kingdom "Spiral Power Bomb"2020Ninjala with several others2023Loop8: Summer of Gods2024Project MBR2025Kirby Air Riderswith Shogo Sakai
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External links
Noriyuki Iwadare's official English website