Yasuhiro Kawakami

Yasuhiro "Y.K" Kawakami (川上 泰広) is a former Sega sound composer who worked on some of its late 80s titles, including Shinobi, Crack Down, Tetris, E-SWAT: City Under Siege and Scramble Spirits. He later left the company and joined Square (now Square Enix) in 1991, remaining there throughout the decade. He is best known for composing music for Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest alongside Ryuji Sasai, his coworker for most of his employment with Square.

He has since become an employee for Warner Music Japan.

Production History

• Shinobi (Arcade Version) (1987)
• Tetris (Arcade Version) (1988)
• Scramble Spirits (Arcade Version) (1988) — Sound Design (as Yatchan)
• Crack Down (Arcade Version) (1989) (as Y.K)
• E-SWAT: City Under Siege (Arcade Version) (1989)
• Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest (1992) — Sound Composer
• Rudra no Hihou (1996) — Sound Engineer (as Y.Kawakami)
• Tobal No. 1 (1996) — Composer (Other Staff)
• Chocobo's Dungeon 2 (1998) — Music Composer (Square Co., Ltd.)
• Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (2007) — A & R Director (Why) (Warner Music Japan) (Sound)

Song Credits

Shinobi (Arcade Version)

• Credit — Music & Arrangement
• Mission Start — Music & Arrangement
• BGM 1 (Mission 1-1) — Music & Arrangement
• Stage Clear — Music & Arrangement
• BGM 2 (Mission 1-2) — Music & Arrangement
• Boss 1 — Music & Arrangement
• Mission Clear — Music & Arrangement
• Bonus Stage — Music & Arrangement
• BGM 3 (Mission 2-1) — Music & Arrangement
• BGM 4 (Mission 2-2) — Music & Arrangement
• Boss 2 — Music & Arrangement
• Ending (Game Over) — Music & Arrangement

Tetris (Arcade Version)

• Credit — Music & Arrangement
• BGM Speed-1 (Level 0 ~ 1) — Music & Arrangement
• BGM Speed-2 (Level 2 ~ 3) — Music & Arrangement
• BGM Speed-3 (Level 4 ~ 5, 10 ~ 11) — Music & Arrangement
• BGM Speed-4 (Level 6 ~ 7, 12 ~ 13) — Music & Arrangement
• BGM Speed-5 (Level 8 ~ 9, 14 ~ 99) — Music & Arrangement
• Deadlock (Hurry) — Music & Arrangement
• Out — Music & Arrangement
• Game Over — Music & Arrangement
• Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
• Extra (La cinquantaine) — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]

Scramble Spirits (Arcade Version)

• BGM 1 — Music & Arrangement
• Descent — Music & Arrangement
• BGM 2 — Music & Arrangement
• BGM 3 — Music & Arrangement
• Boss — Music & Arrangement
• Round Clear — Music & Arrangement
• Ending — Music & Arrangement

Crack Down (Arcade Version)

• Crack of Doom [Demo BGM] — Music & Arrangement
• Crack Down [BGM 1] — Music & Arrangement
• Ambush [BGM 2] — Music & Arrangement
• Oppression [BGM 3] — Music & Arrangement
• Kill Off [BGM 4] — Music & Arrangement
• Rush [Boss Scene] — Music & Arrangement
• Eyecatch [Round Clear] — Music & Arrangement
• Break Up [Ending-1P] — Music & Arrangement
• Far Out [Ending-2P] — Music & Arrangement

E-SWAT: City Under Siege (Arcade Version)

• Credit — Music & Arrangement
• Wanted — Music & Arrangement
• BGM 1 (Stage 1, 4, 7, 10, 13) — Music & Arrangement
• Boss — Music & Arrangement
• ESWAT — Music & Arrangement
• BGM 2 (Stage 2, 5, 8, 11, 14) — Music & Arrangement
• BGM 3 (Stage 3, 6, 9, 12, 15) — Music & Arrangement
• Ending — Music & Arrangement