Shinji Hosoe

, also known as MEGATEN and SamplingMasters MEGA, is a Japanese video game composer and musician most famous for scoring Ridge Racer, Keyboardmania 3rd mix and many early 1990s Namco arcade games. He also created the in-game music for Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse. He was assisted by Yuki Kajiura on the project, though he did not return as a composer for Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra. He also runs the VGM company Super Sweep Records, along with long-time collaborator Ayako Saso.
Discography
*Dragon Spirit (1987)
*Final Lap (1987)
*Quester (1987)
*Assault (1988) - with Kazuo Noguchi
*Metal Hawk (1988) - with Kazuo Noguchi
*Ordyne (1988)
*Dirtfox (1989)
*Final Lap 2 (1990)
*Pistol-Shogun - Pistol Daimyo no Bouken (1990) - with Seiichi Sakurai and Yoshie Takayanagi
*Dragon Saber (1990)
*Galaxian³: Project Dragoon (1990) - with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
*StarBlade (1991)
*Fighter & Attacker (1992) - with Takayuki Aihara
*Ridge Racer (1993) - with Ayako Saso and Nobuyoshi Sano
*Ridge Racer 2 (1994) - with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Takayuki Aihara
*' (1994) - with Ayako Saso
*Attack Of The Zolgear (1994) - with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Hiroto Sasaki
*Cyber Sled (1994)
*Tekken (1995) - music arrangements for the Playstation port, with Namco Sound Team, original score by Yoshie Arakawa and Yoshie Takayanagi.
*Rave Racer (1995) - with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Takayuki Aihara
*Cyber Cycles (1995) - with Ayako Saso, Yuri Misumi, Nobuyoshi Sano and Takayuki Aihara
*Xevious 3D/G (1995) - with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Hiroto Sasaki
*Street Fighter EX (1996) - with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
*Bushido Blade (1997) - with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
*Fighting Layer (1998) sound effects only, music composed by Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
*Street Fighter EX2 (1998) - with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
*Tetris: The Grand Master (1998) - with Ayako Saso
*iS: internal section (1999) - with Ayako Saso
*Custom Robo (1999) - with Ayako Saso and Yasuhisa Watanabe
*Custom Robo V2 (2000) - with Ayako Saso, Yasuhisa Watanabe and Yousuke Yasui
*Street Fighter EX3 (2000) - with Ayako Saso, Takayuki Aihara and Yasuhisa Watanabe
*Technictix (2001) - with Ayako Saso, Takayuki Aihara, Yasuhisa Watanabe, Yousuke Yasui and Hiroto Saitoh
*Driving Emotion Type-S (2001) - with Ayako Saso and Takayuki Aihara
*Technic Beat (2002) - with Ayako Saso, Hiroto Saitoh, Yousuke Yasui, Nakayama Raiden and Takayuki Aihara
*Custom Robo GX (2002) - with Ayako Saso and Yasuhisa Watanabe
*The Naruto: Clash of Ninja series
*Megaman Network Transmission (2003) - with Ayako Saso and Yousuke Yasui
*Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse (2004) - with Yuki Kajiura
*Mushihime-sama (2004) - with Hitoshi Sakimoto, Masaharu Iwata, and Manabu Namiki
*Ibara (2005)
*Under Defeat (2005)
*' (2005) - with Ayako Saso, Yousuke Yasui, Masashi Yano, Norihiro Furukara and Takayuki Aihara
*Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner (2006) - with , Yasunori Mitsuda, Hitoshi Sakimoto, and
*Super Dragon Ball Z (2006)
*Folklore (2007) - with Kenji Kawai, Ayako Saso and Hiroto Saitoh
*Let's Tap (2008) - with various composers
*Impetuth (2008) - with Shoichiro Sakamoto
*Tekken 6 (2009) - with various composers
*Kyokugen Daisshutsu 9 Jikan 9 Jin 9 no Tobira (2009)
Other Works
*Oriental Magnetic Yellow (6 albums, 1994-2001) - Tribute band of Yellow Magic Orchestra, with Nobuyoshi Sano, Takayuki Aihara and Hiroto Sasaki
*Manikyua-Dan (1993-1998) - Electro-pop band formed with the vocalist Ikuko Ebata, with Ayako Saso, Hiroto Sasaki and Nobuyoshi Sano
*Sampling Masters (4 albums, 1996-2001) - compilation of techno music, with Ayako Saso, Nobuyoshi Sano and Takayuki Airaha
*Nanosweep (9 albums, 2004-present) - mini-albums which contains techno music composed by the staff of Super Sweep and nanosounds
*Hatsune Miku - Mugen no Yami-echo of the past (2009), Vocaloid cover with a video clip featuring Clamp illustrations, original song by haru*nya and composed by Shinji Hosoe.
*MEAT OR DIE - cartoon series - sound design
 
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