Minako Hamano (born 1969, Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese music composer who works for the video game company, Nintendo. At the company, she composed music for The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) which won awards for its music, and later for Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, ', and many more. Her work has been published on CD and arranged for orchestra. The London Philharmonic Orchestra included a recording of her piece, "A Super Metroid, A Symphonic Poem" (co-created with Kenji Yamamoto) on its album The Greatest Video Game Music, Vol. 2, which was released in 2012. Notable works * The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993) - composer * Super Metroid (1994) - composer * Mobile Golf (2001) - sound programmer * Metroid Fusion (2002) - composer * Wario World (2003) - composer * Metroid: Zero Mission (2004) - composer * Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2007) - composer * Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010) - composer * Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (2013) - composer * ' (2015) - sound assistant * Metroid: Samus Returns (2017) - sound coordinator
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