Koji Kondo

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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.

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He was born in Osaka, Japan. When growing up, Koji would compose short, powerful tunes that were very catchy! When he was seventeen, he decided to pursue music professionally and set off to study music. He studied mosty in his spare time while working a part-time job.

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)
Soccer (1985)
Kung Fu (1985)
Family BASIC (1985)
The Legend of Zelda (1986)
Nazo no Murasamejoh (1986)
Ice Hockey (1988)
The Legend of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (1988)
Super Mario USA (Super Mario Bros. 2) (1988)
Super Mario Bros 3 (1988)
Super Mario World (1990)
PilotWings (1990)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)
Super Mario Kart (with Soyo Oka and Taro Bando) (1992)
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)
StarFox (with Hajime Wakai) (1993)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (with Nobuo Uematsu and Yoko Shimomura) (1996)
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble (1996)
Super Mario 64 (1996)
Mario Kart 64 (1996)
StarFox 64 (Lylat Wars) (with Hajime Wakai) (1997)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
Super Smash Bros (with several others) (1999)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (2000)
Mario Tennis (2000)
Wave Race: Bluestorm (2001)
Star Fox Adventures (2002)
Super Mario Sunshine (2002)
Super Smash Bros. Melee (with several others) (2002)
Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003)