"I did the music in Soldier Blade"

[nodtveidt]

If I remember correctly, the Jackie Chan Action Kung Fu music/sound design was also done by a female... maybe this same lady?

[kazekirifx]

Women composing video game music? Pssshh! Don't be silly. Hormonal fluctuations wouldn't allow for that. Obviously these people are men posing as women for extra bonus points. Now excuse me, I am late for my misogynists anonymous meeting.

[turbokon]

Thanks for sharing, stage 4 & 5 is one of my favorites.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Women composing video game music? Pssshh! Don't be silly. Hormonal fluctuations wouldn't allow for that. Obviously these people are men posing as women for extra bonus points. Now excuse me, I am late for my misogynists anonymous meeting.

Haha, yeah!  No but seriously, some of my favorite composer's are of the female type.  Castlevania, Suikoden, & Wild Arms all come to mind for female composers.

[Tatsujin]

If I remember correctly, the Jackie Chan Action Kung Fu music/sound design was also done by a female... maybe this same lady?

If that lady who did the Jackie Chan Action Kung Fu music, must be the same lady that did the final soldier music then.

[kazekirifx]

If that lady who did the Jackie Chan Action Kung Fu music, must be the same lady that did the final soldier music then.

Yeah. There's no way there could be more than one female composer at Hudson. Must be the same lady.

[Tatsujin]

Lol, you don't get the point. Lissen to both BGMs and you may get the point

[Black Tiger]

If that lady who did the Jackie Chan Action Kung Fu music, must be the same lady that did the final soldier music then.

Yeah. There's no way there could be more than one female composer at Hudson. Must be the same lady.     

Although today's Japan may be at the forefront of women's rights and overall equality, as hard as it is to believe, there was once a time when the country was partially sexist.

[kazekirifx]

Lol, you don't get the point. Lissen to both BGMs and you may get the point

Come to think of it, those two games do sound a bit similar. You may have a point there.

[ParanoiaDragon]

If that lady who did the Jackie Chan Action Kung Fu music, must be the same lady that did the final soldier music then.

Yeah. There's no way there could be more than one female composer at Hudson. Must be the same lady.     

Although today's Japan may be at the forefront of women's rights and overall equality, as hard as it is to believe, there was once a time when the country was partially sexist.

Only partially?

[Joe Redifer]

Hoshi and I were like a tag-team on that game, and listening to the tracks now, I'm not quite sure whose tracks are whose. Lol.

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Getting down to details, I did Stages 4 and 5, the last boss, the ending, the credits, and the 2 and 5 minute caravan modes. Hoshi did everything else.

LOLz.

[Tatsujin]

Volle kanne hoshi.

[esteban]

Found the blog of one of the composers. Actually, she put it under construction, so I got this from a cache.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:5-gBn7Sll5cJ:ameblo.jp/makirica-music/entry-10773815637.html+&cd=10&hl=ja&ct=clnk&gl=jp&client=firefox-a

A quick and dirty translation:

Let's reminisce on Soldier Blade.
2011-01-20

This is a story from when I worked at Hudson.

...

He was the composer of music in many popular games, both before and after then. PCE fans probably know him. He wrote straightforward
Setting aside the sound, Soldier Blade was a game that was produced by a 100% in-house group of the most elite programmers and designers at Hudson.

As the Super Famicom and other next-generation hardware kept coming out, everyone wanted to show the world the capabilities of Hudson's own PC Engine. I remember how that was the fighting spirit everyone had as we moved forward with the project.

...

It knocks me out that there are people out there who like the Soldier Blade soundtrack.

FIRST, thanks for doing this! It was fantastic to read.

I love how the PCE developers wanted to squeeze every molecule of awesome out of the PCE hardware! Take that SFC and MD!

I wonder if she knows she has fans outside of Japan, too

[roflmao]

Very good read.  Thank you.

[SamIAm]

I left a nice little note on her blog saying we love her and hinting not to hesitate to tell any other Hudson stories. I don't think she checks her blog very much anymore, though. Her facebook isn't open to private messages either. Hmmm.

Anyway, glad you all enjoyed reading.

She did say that she also did music editing/compilation for the Momotaro Dentetsu series on all consoles. I bet that was her first job. She made a whole blog post about it, actually, but it's really long and rambles a lot, so I'd rather not go through all of it.