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Diggin' In The Carts is a new documentary series from Red Bull Music Academy exploring the secret history of Japanese video game music.
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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PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY NICK DWYER & TU NEILL
WRITTEN BY NICK DWYER
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY – TIM FLOWER
EDITED BY TU NEILL
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
HIROKAZU ‘HIP’ TANAKA
JUNKO OZAWA
HIROSHI OKUBO
HALLY
ROLLING UCHIZAWA
J-ROCC
ANAMANAGUCHI
LADYHAWKE
HAVOC
FLYING LOTUS
KODE 9
GAME FOOTAGE AND MUSIC
XEVIOUS
©BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2
©SEGA
SPACE HARRIER
©SEGA
CASTLEVANIA II – SIMON’S QUEST
(c)Konami Digital Entertainment
SPACE INVADERS
©TAITO CORPORATION
RALLY-X
MUSIC COMPOSED BY NOBUYUKI OHNOGI
©BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc
PAC-MAN
MUSIC COMPOSED BY TOSHIO KAI
©BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc
GAPLUS
COMPOSED BY JUNKO OZAWA
©BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc
THE TOWER OF DRUAGA
COMPOSED BY JUNKO OZAWA
©BANDAI NAMCO Games Inc
ADDITIONAL MUSIC
TAPPY
INTRO MUSIC
DAISUKE TANABE / TAPPY
ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE
SET JAPAN
KINOFILMS
PATRICKSCOTTPATTERSON.COM
SPECIAL THANKS
SET
CHIKKI MEDIA INC.
HIROAKI HONMA
TAKASHI SAWAI
(BANDAI NAMCO GAMES)
HIROKO MINAMOTO
(8-4)
YOHEI KITABAYASHI
(SUPER POTATO)
TOFUKU-JI TEMPLE
RUB-A-DUB KYOTO
8BIT CAFE
NATIVE AUDIO
TOYBOX
KINOFILMS
PATRICK SCOTT PATTERSON
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