Michiko Naruke
Native name成毛美智子 (なるけ みちこ)
Backgroundnon_performing_personnel
OriginJapan
InstrumentKeyboards
Birth dateAugust 13, 1967 (age 59)
Birth placeChiba Prefecture, Japan
GenreVideo game music
OccupationComposer
Years active1990–present
LabelSPE Visual Works, King
WebsiteSasakure.net

Michiko Naruke (なるけ みちこ, Naruke Michiko) (born August 13, 1967) is a Japanese video game music composer, well known for her work in the Wild Arms series.

Composing career

She used to work for Telenet Japan and Riot, but many people who worked for these two companies left, and along with Naruke, later started working for Media.Vision. She has composed music for games outside of the Wild ARMs series, such as Psycho Dream on the Super Famicom and the Tenshi no Uta series on the PC Engine. While it was speculated that Naruke composed under the pseudonym "Hassy" for the @MIDI albums, the composer herself has stated that Hassy is a separate individual (Hiroya Hatsushiba).[1]

She has made a number of songs for Media.Vision's Wild ARMs series. Occasionally, the main theme and ending theme of the Wild ARMs songs will contain lyrics, formerly being sung by Machiko Watanabe and Kaori Asoh. Most recently, for the tenth anniversary, a new vocalist has been introduced, Nana Mizuki. Her compositions in the Wild ARMs series include her signature whistling parts, whistled by Naoki Takao. Naruke has composed more than 400 songs for the Wild ARMs series. However, during the development of Wild ARMs: The 4th Detonator, Naruke fell ill, marking the first time in the Wild ARMs series that she did not compose the entire soundtrack.

In an interview for Wild ARMs: Piece of Tears, Naruke revealed items which she values, including her keyboard and rhythm machine, a pamphlet of Jerry Goldsmith, a figure of Kurokishi from "Gingaman", an original score of Bach, and a memorial vinyl disc.

Works

Video games

YearTitleRole
1990LegionMusic with Hiroto Otsubo, Shinobu Ogawa, and Takaharu Umezu
Dekoboko Densetsu: Hashiru Wagamanmaarrangement with Hiroto Otsubo, Minoru Yuasa, and Shingo Murakami
1991Valis III (Mega Drive)arrangement with Takaharu Umezu and Minoru Yuasa
High GrenadierMusic with Takaharu Umezu
Tenshi no UtaMusic with Shinobu Ogawa
1992Mirai Shounen ConanMusic
Psycho DreamMusic
1993Tenshi no Uta II: Datenshi no SentakuMusic
1996Wild ArmsMusic
1999Wild Arms 2Music
2002Wild Arms 3Music
2003Wild Arms Alter Code: FMusic
2005Wild Arms 4Music with Masato Kouda, Nobuyuki Shimizu, and Ryuta Suzuki
2008Super Smash Bros. BrawlArrangements[a]
The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road"RIZ-ZOAWD!", "My Home on the Hills"
2010GuwangeArrangement[b][2]
2011Noora to Toki no Koubou: Kiri no Mori no MajoMusic
Half-Minute Hero: The Second Coming"To a Space Faraway", "Battle of Godwave"
2014Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii UArrangements[c]
2015Zombie TokyoMusic with Noriyuki Iwadare
20167'scarlet"Koboresou na Tsuki"
Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey"Beyond the Tempest"
2018Super Smash Bros. UltimateArrangements[d]
Wild Arms: Million MemoriesMusic with Saki Furuya, Naoki Chiba, and Kyohei Ozawa
2019Rakugaki Kingdom"Regaining"
2024Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred HeroesMusic with Motoi Sakuraba[3]
2025Armed FantasiaMusic with Noriyasu Agematsu[4]

Other

YearTitleRole
2006FM Sound Module ManiaxMusic with several others
2009Griotte no Nemuri Hime ~FEL ARY LU EN TINDHARIA~Music with several others
2013FeedbackMusic
Feedback 2ndMusic
Feedback 3rdMusic
Feedback 4thMusic
2014Game Music Prayer IIMusic with several others
THE LEGEND ARTISTS Otakara Hakken!Music with several others
Feedback 5th.Music
Feedback 6th.Music

Notes

  1. ^ "Ocarina of Time Medley" and "Bramble Blast"
  2. ^ "Departure (Select)"
  3. ^ "Full Steam Ahead (Spirit Tracks)", and "Cut Man Stage"
  4. ^ “Bloody Tears/Monster Dance”, "Mad Monster Mansion", and "Let's Go to Seoul! (Fatal Fury 2)"

References

  1. ^ "I have an idea of who Hassy might be," says the composer, referring to the pseudonym attributed to her on Wikipedia. "I think we might have even worked together a long time ago." Jeriaska (2008-12-20). "Michiko Naruke's Wild Arms, From Console to Stage". RPGFan. Archived from the original on 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
  2. ^ "GUWANGE Arrange Album + Original Sound Track". VGMdb. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  3. ^ Webster, Andrew (24 July 2020). "Suikoden's creators are crowdfunding a spiritual successor". The Verge. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Music". wildbunchproductions.co.jp. Retrieved 22 April 2023.