
As the ’80s give way to the ’90s, 16-bit technology arrives and video games become more vivid and more dynamic than ever before. A generation of young composers who grew up inspired by the game music of the previous generation take video game music to new heights, with the new systems allowing for game music to sound more cinematic than ever before. At the same time, video games are experiencing a boom across the globe thanks to titles like Street Fighter 2 which ensured that the music of composer Yoko Shimomura was blaring out of news agents, fish and chips shops, and – of course – arcades the world over.
PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY NICK DWYER & TU NEILL
WRITTEN BY NICK DWYER
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY – TIM FLOWER
EDITED BY TU NEILL
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS – TORSTEN SCMIDT & MANY AMERI
LINE PRODUCER - ADRIAN GREY
ASSISTANT LINE PRODUCER - TOMO HOJO
PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR – CHIKAYO MORIJIRI
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT – KENJI CHRIS GREEN
SOUND RECORDIST AND VIBES MASTER – JEFFREY JOUSAN
GAMING INDUSTRY SUPPORT
ROLLING UCHIZAWA
FIELD TRANSLATION
KENJI CHRIS GREEN, JEFFREY JOUSAN, NIKKI KININMONTH
BUSINESS AFFAIRS
JAMES MATSUKI
DRIVERS
MARCIO EDAGI
KEIJI YOSHIMOTO
RUNNER
DAI HOFUKU
POST TRANSLATION
MIO TANAKA
KEITA YAMAGUCHI
NIKKI KININMONTH
ADDITIONAL CAMERA (JAPAN)
KATEB HABIB
ADDITIONAL CAMERA (LA)
DEAN CORNISH
UAV OPERATORS
BRANDON STRACK
PETER MAJTAN
SCRIPT ASSISTANCE
TU NEILL
RESEARCH
NICK DWYER
PRIMARY INTERVIEWER
NICK DWYER
ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWERS
OH NO - DEAN CORNISH
SOUND POST SERVICES
NATIVE AUDIO
SOUND MIX
NICK BUCKTON
ONLINE SERVICES
TOYBOX
POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS
AL MCKAY
TU NEILL
COLORIST
DAVID GIBSON
GRAPHICS
BRANDON STRACK
MIO TANAKA
JACK WADHAM
ASSISTANT EDITOR
ICHI WATANABE
VFX ARTIST
LEONI WILLIS
BRANDON STRACK
MIO TANAKA
DATA MANAGER
PASENE FAIFUA
PROJECT TRANSLATORS
ERI NODA
CHIKAYO MORIJIRI
EMIKO MURAKUMO
HIROKO MINAMOTO
JAMES MATSUKI
CONTRIBUTORS
HALLY
ROLLING UCHIZAWA
HAYATO MATSUO
HITOSHI SAKIMOTO
YOKO SHIMOMURA
LADYHAWKE
FLYING LOTUS
IKONIKA
DIZZEE RASCAL
OH NO
ANAMANAGUCHI
THUNDERCAT
GROUNDISLAVA
GAME FOOTAGE AND MUSIC
XEVIOUS
© BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2
© SEGA
SPACE HARRIER
© SEGA
CASTLEVANIA II – SIMON’S QUEST
©Konami Digital Entertainment
KING OF DRAGONS
©CAPCOM
DRAGON SPIRIT
© BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc
REVENGE OF SHINOBI
© SEGA
© EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING
MASTERS OF MONSTERS
© UNIVERSAL MUSIC
© EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING
MAGICAL CHASE
(c) (p)1991 SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. All Rights Reserved.
SHINMACHI
COMPOSED BY HITOSHI SAKIMOTO
STRIDER
©MOTO KIKAKU.
©CAPCOM
STREET FIGHTER 2
©CAPCOM U.S.A., INC.
AIRPLANE
COMPOSED BY HITOSHI SAKIMOTO
INTRO MUSIC
DAISUKE TANABE / TAPPY
ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE
SET JAPAN
KINOFILMS
PATRICKSCOTTPATTERSON.COM
SPECIAL THANKS
SET
CHIKKI MEDIA INC.
BASISCAPE
ANCIENT
SQUARE ENIX
PATRICK SHIELDS
HIROAKI HONMA
TAKASHI SAWAI
(BANDAI NAMCO GAMES)
YASUHIRO TAKAMATSU
SEITARO TANAKA
YUKIKO KUSANO
(SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.)
YADASTAR
NDILYO NIMINDE
TODD BURNS
STUART TURNER
HIROKO MINAMOTO
(8-4)
YOHEI KITABAYASHI
(SUPER POTATO)
Expo '70 Commemorative Park
Edoya Sushihachi
Kobe Chinatown
CITY OF KOBE KOBE FILM OFFICE
Umeda Sky Building Osaka Japan
Hie Jinja
NATIVE AUDIO
TOYBOX
KINOFILMS
PATRICK SCOTT PATTERSON