Kenji Yamamoto

Kenji Yamamoto is a Japanese video game musician working for Nintendo. He was born on April 25, 1964. Yamamoto is notable for composing music in many titles of the Metroid series, mainly Super Metroid and the Prime trilogy. Yamamoto also plays a role as a music director at Nintendo, overseeing the audio for several Nintendo games.

Discography

Yamamoto is credited with creating the soundtracks of the following Metroid games:

• 1994, Super Metroid (with Minako Hamano)
• 2002, Metroid Fusion (as sound designer)
• 2002, Metroid Prime (with Kouichi Kyuuma)
• 2004, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
• 2004, Metroid: Zero Mission (with Minako Hamano)
• 2005, Metroid Prime Pinball (with Masaru Tajima)
• 2006, Metroid Prime Hunters (as sound supervisor)
• 2007, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (with Minako Hamano and Masaru Tajima)

He has also worked on the following Nintendo titles:

• 1987, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
• 1988, Famicom Tantei Club: Kieta Kōkeisha
• 1989, Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo
• 1995, Galactic Pinball
• 1999, Famicom Bunko: Hajimari no Mori
• 2001, Mario Kart: Super Circuit (sound support)
• 2002, Sakura Momoko no Ukiuki Carnival (sound support)
• 2005, Advance Wars: Dual Strike (with Yoshito Hirano)
• 2006, Excite Truck (with Masaru Tajima)
• 2010, Donkey Kong Country Returns

Kenji Yamamoto contributed with other video game composers for Super Smash Bros. Brawl.