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JamesE
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 Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:27 pm Post subject: [FKW'07]What was with early 90s Konami sound hardware? |
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You know what I'm talking about, that really distinctive quality Konami Chipsound used to have. Sort of an orchestral striking noise, farted through a vocoder in Sunset Riders, Turtles, etc?
I loved that shit! |
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Deets
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 12:17 am |
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| Excellent sound hardware + Kukeiha Club |
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Sushi D
Joined: 05 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:34 am |
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what exactly is the kukeiha club?
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diplo
Joined: 18 Dec 2006
Location: Brandy Brendo's bungalow
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:46 am |
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The Konami Kukeiha Club band was formed by Motoaki Furukawa, a composer working for the game firm Konami, after his work on Gradius III back in 1990. It was formed by members of Konami's music production department, mirroring similar bands at the time from other game companies such as Falcom and Sega.
The band even has two official albums: A self-titled back in 1990 featuring 5 original songs and five cover tracks and a second album entitled HOPE in 1993 featuring 10 original tracks.
Afterward, they became a cover/in-house band and thus was born Konami Kukeiha Club. The band has done many songs, including the famous rock version of the Metal Gear Solid 2 for the hidden mini-game, and the Castlevania album Dracula Best Battle Perfect Selection in 1994.
The members consist of:
* Motoaki Furukawa: All Guitars & Programming
* Mami Asano : Keyboards
* Kenichi Mitsuda : Keyboards
* Tappy (Tappi Iwase): Drums & Percussion |
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Slonie
Joined: 07 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:21 am |
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Konami did love the orchastral hit in the late 80s and early 90s. It really added some punch to Super C on the NES, too
Sorry for not adding much, I just wanted to see if my FKW sig/avatar are all in order. Which they are, I see.
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Dark Age Iron Savior
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Joined: 06 Dec 2006
Location: Spacecraft, Juanelia Country
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| Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:41 am |
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| Contrary to popular beliefs, music was never credited to "Kukeiha Club" in any early Konami game. |
Hmmm. But does that hold true for soundtracks? An awful lot of old Konami albums are credited to the KKC, including stuff that isn't arranged. Maybe people have just been lazy about translating credits?
Thinking about that a bit more, isn't the case that Kukeiha Club doubled as a term for both the actual band and for Konami composers in general? Isn't the same true of Alph Lyla?
I should probably ask this at one of the game music forums I frequent, heh.
Hmm. I'm not quite ready for FKW.
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showka
Joined: 04 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:51 am |
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| diplo wrote: |
| including the famous rock version of the Metal Gear Solid 2 for the hidden mini-game |
Which game is this? |
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Dark Age Iron Savior
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Joined: 06 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:03 am |
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| showka wrote: |
| diplo wrote: |
| including the famous rock version of the Metal Gear Solid 2 for the hidden mini-game |
Which game is this? |
I'm pretty sure it's the skateboarding one.
You can hear the full song here. It's from the... *deep breath* ... Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance Limited Sound Track Ultimate Sorter Edition. As far as I know, TAPPY is the only one who worked on the song.
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