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KOHTA TAKAHASHI
高橋コウタ

Game Music Composer
Sound futurist
Ridge Racer Series (4,V,6,s) / Klonoa 1&2 / Ace Combat 2 / RESONATE 1794 / RESONATOR

Ridge Racer Type 4 "Move Me" "Naked Glow" "The Ride" "Urban Fragments" "Revlimit Funk"
Ridge Racer V "Euphoria" "SAMURAI ROCKET" "Dareveil" "Junx" Ridge Racers "Synthetic Life" "Night Stream" Ridge Racer6 "Galactic Life"

Klonoa1&2 "Baladium's Drive" "Cursed Leorina" "Welcome to Lunatea"

BIOGRAPHY
Kohta Takahashi started playing piano at the age of 4 for 6 years, programming at the age of 12, and guitar at the age of 22. He has been working for Namco since 1995, composing music for Ace Combat 2, Kaze no Klonoa series, and Ridge Racer series. Retired from Namco in 2001. In 2001, Kohta Takahashi left the company to become an independent musician, and while working as a contract artist for the WarnerMusic techno label, the label disappeared. Since then, He has been working as a freelance musician, Composes, arranges, performs, records, mixes, and produces music for Dub, HipHop, Rock, Electro music, and game soundtracks.

For more information👉https://vgmdb.net/artist/1565

 

4歳から6年間ピアノ、12歳からプログラミング、22歳からギターを始め、1995年からナムコでエースコンバット2、風のクロノアシリーズ、リッジレーサーシリーズなどの作曲を担当する。2001年に独立し、ワーナーミュージックのテクノレーベルの契約アーティストとして活動中、レーベルが消滅。以後フリーランスのミュージシャンとして、Dub、HipHop、Rock、Electro music、ゲームサウンドトラック等の作曲、編曲、演奏、録音、ミキシング、プロデュース等を行う。

■Business Email
kohtasolid+biz@gmail.com

■作曲などのご依頼・ご相談は上記メールにて受け付けております

For commissions and inquiries, please contact me at the email address above.
作曲、編曲、リミックス、ギター、映像と同期した音楽
Composition, Arrangement, Remix, Guitar, Music Synced with Video

■New licensed titles!! 新着ライセンス販売作品

Audiostock English https://audiostock.net/artists/17397
Audiostock Japanese https://audiostock.jp/artists/62712
RUSH
CHOOSE YOUR MACHINE
CHOOSE YOUR MACHINE 90s House Mix

■Music
Spotify Kohta Takahashi | Spotify

Bandcamp http://solidstatejapan.bandcamp.com

BOOTH https://solidstate.booth.pm/
Youtube http://youtube.com/user/kohtasolid

niconico https://www.nicovideo.jp/user/3781950


■SNS

Twitter https://twitter.com/kohta09

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/solidstatejapan

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kohta09

note https://note.com/kohta09

 

■Membership / Subscription
[Limited Music] [Music Production Advice] [Limited Articles]

Patreon https://www.patreon.com/kohta09

pixivFANBOX https://kohta09.fanbox.cc

NAMCO
Joined Namco as a sound creator in 1995
Since then, he has been in charge of composition and sound effects for the following works
1997 Ace Combat 2
1997 Klonoa
1998 Ridge Racer Type 4
2000 Ridge Racer V
2001 Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
In Ridge Racer Type 4, he was in charge of the music and sound effects for the opening movie as well as the background music.
For Ridge Racer V, he also served as sound director for outside artists in addition to BGM.
Winner of the Playstation Awards 2000 Gold Prize / Sound Award for the same work.

SELF-EMPLOYMENT

Sound Production, Compose, Arrange, Remix, Game Sound Direction
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Drum'n Bass, Dub, Hiphop, Ambient, Soundtrack etc.

■Game Music Participation Works
2003 TAITO Space Raiders
2004 KONAMI beatmaniaIIDX11 IIDX RED
2004 NAMCO Ridge Racers
2005 NAMCO Tekken 5
2005 NAMCO Ridge Racer 6
2009 CAVE "Dodonpachi Daioujou" Arranged Album
2010 CAVE "Death Smiles" Arranged Album
2010 BandaiNamco ACE COMBAT 2 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
2010 CAVE "DODONPACHI RESURRECTION" Arranged Album
2011 5pb. Bullet Soul
2011 KONAMI pop'n music 20 fantasia
2012 Gref KOKUGA Original Soundtrack
2014 SweepRecord RIDGE RACER 20TH ANNIVERSARY REMIX
2014 Nintendo Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Super Smash Bros. for Wii U)
2017 TAITO Darius Burst Chronicle Savers Limited Edition
2017 SweepRecord Gempei Toumaden~30th Anniversary Soundboard
2019 SweepRecord R4 -THE 20TH ANNIV. SOUNDS-

■Music Production Works
2001 Polydor - GLAY Dome Tour 2001-2002 One Love - Live Stage Track
2005 CRUE-L RECORDS - Classic Dub Classics / Hiroshi Fujiwara
2006 Mori Building - Omotesando Hills Land Song
2006 Manhattan Records - Steph Pockets "My Crew Deep" Hiroshi Fujiwara Remix
2006 PonyCanyon - Michio Hoshino Alaska - Hoshi no Yona Monogatari (A Story Like a Star)
2010 TUNE BAKERY - in DUB with LUV

■Recent Releases
2023.11.28 REIWA TYPE V
2023.5.30 REIWA TYPE 4​.​5 RACING SIDE Single
​2022.7.2 REIWA TYPE 4

2021.8.12 CHOOSE YOUR MACHINE

2021 12.14 Looking For Air Pirates

2021.5.7 Prologue
2020.1.26 2001: DISK SPACE ODYSSEY - UNIT 1
2020.1.10 Dr.Neon

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