Yasuhiro Kawakami

Yasuhiro "Y.K" Kawakami (川上康広) 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.

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
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

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