A while ago I found this page:

http://www.geocities.com/imperial_ubiqtorate/composers.html

It's a list with (Japanese) game music composers, and the titels they worked on. Sadly there's only one name associated with an MSX game: Arcus II. I think it would be nice to have an extensive list with names and titles for MSX games. Does any of you know some names and MSX titles they worked on? It would be nice info to know. It also good information to have if you're looking for current titles by those same composers (because you like their style etc.). Hopefully some of you can help me out here.

After some browsing in the dsk/rom images I found these, however, I don't make any guarantees

space manbow (sound and music, according to the end-demo)
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t. sekito
k. euhara
y. manno


firebird/peng.adv/samurai ?? (I have a disk with these 3 titles on it, according to the 'info' in the dsk image, the game is from 1987, and cracked by martos)
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moai sasaki


psycho world
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kenji yamazaki
yuko yamazaki

ys, ys2 (and ys 3 ?)
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YUZO KOSHIRO
MIEKO ISHIKAWA

xak 1
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TADAHIRO NITTA

one name i cannot forget.. its also the only 1 i know...

masahiro ikariko

Don't forget Michiru Yamane

And for which games did they do the music?

I took these from KSS files (not really sure if it is ok) and game endings. Some of them are not composers, just sound creators.

Metal Gear 2
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Masahiro ikariko, Piston Uehara, Izumi Mutsuhiko, Pekito, Tekunouchi

Space Manbow
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SEKITO, K.UEHARA, Y.MANNO, Piston Uehara, Mansan, Pekito, Tekunouchi

Metal Gear
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IKU MIZUTANI, SHIGEHIRO TAKENOUCHI, MOTOAKI FURUKAWA

Quarth
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Playback Hanzawa, Mansan, Gorgeous Tommy, Tekunouchi

Penguin Adventure
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Ken-ichi MATSUBARA, Moai SASAKI

Vampire Killer
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K.YAMASHITA, S.TERASHIMA

Hinotori
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MOAI SASAKI, SG.FURUKAWA

King's Valley 2
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k.uehara, m.ikariko, y.manno, t.furukawa, k.yamashita

Salamander
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MIKI-CHANG, IKACHAN, Furukawa Motoaki

SD-Snatcher
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IKACHAN, Piston Uehara, Furukawa Motoaki, Izumi Mutsuhiko, Gorgeous Tommy, Pekito
ChiruChiru Yamane, Tekunouchi

Snatcher
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IKACHAN, Izumi Mutsuhiko

Parodius
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IKACHAN

Nemesis 3
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Piston Uehara, Furukawa Motoaki, ChiruChiru Yamane, Morimoto Yukie

Nemesis 2
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Furukawa Motoaki, IKACHAN

Yes, but none of them are popular musicians, or am I wrong?

Ryuichi Sakamoto is, for instance, a popular japanese musician.

Isn't it Kazuhiko Uehara in stead of Piston Uehara?

Quote:

Isn't it Kazuhiko Uehara in stead of Piston Uehara?

I think it is the same person. "Piston" is just a nick.

Maybe, the name is used for the guy in charge of the sound effects. I'm creating a dabase at the moment. Will put a list here soon.

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| ChiruChiru Yamane | SD-Snatcher | MSX | Music Composer |
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| ChiruChiru Yamane | Gradius II Gofer | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Furukawa Motoaki | Gradius II Gofer | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Furukawa Motoaki | SD-Snatcher | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Furukawa Motoaki | Salamander | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Furukawa Motoaki | Gradius II | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Furukawa Motoaki | Metal Gear | MSX | Sound Effects |
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| Furukawa Motoaki | King Valley II | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Furukawa Motoaki | Firebird | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Gorgeous Tommy | Quarth | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Gorgeous Tommy | SD-Snatcher | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Goro Kin | F1 Spirit 3D Special | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Ika Chan | F1 Spirit | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Ika Chan | Salamander | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Ika Chan | Gradius II Gofer | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Ika Chan | Snatcher | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Ika Chan | SD-Snatcher | MSX | Sound Effects |
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| Ika Chan | Parodius | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Ika Chan | Metal Gear II | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Iku Mizutani | Metal Gear | MSX | Sound Effects |
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| Izumi Mutsuhiko | Snatcher | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Izumi Mutsuhiko | SD-Snatcher | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Izumi Mutsuhiko | Metal Gear II | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Kazuhiko Uehara | Shalom | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Kazuhiko Uehara | SD-Snatcher | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Kazuhiko Uehara | Metal Gear II | MSX | Sound Effects |
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| Kazuhiko Uehara | King Valley II | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Kazuhiko Uehara | Gradius II Gofer | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Kazuhiko Uehara | Space Manbow | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Ken-ichi Matsubara | Penguin Adventure | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Kenji Yamazaki | Psycho World | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Kinuyo Yamashita | Vampire Killer | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Kinuyo Yamashita | King Valley II | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Kinuyo Yamashita | Gradius II | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Mansan | Pennant Race II | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Mansan | Space Manbow | MSX | Sound Effects |
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| Mansan | Quarth | MSX | Sound Effects |
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| Mansan | King Valley II | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Masahiro Ikariko | Metal Gear II | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Masahiro Ikariko | King Valley II | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Masahiro Ikariko | Salamander | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Masahiro Ikariko | Gradius II | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Masahiro Ikariko | F1 Spirit | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Masahiro Ikariko | Snatcher | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Michiru Yamane | Twinbee | NES | Music Composer |
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| Michiru Yamane | Gradius II Gofer | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Michiru Yamane | SD-Snatcher | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Mieko Ishikawa | YS 1 | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Mieko Ishikawa | YS 2 | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Miki Chang | Salamander | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Miki Chang | Knightmare | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Moai Sasaki | Samurai | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Moai Sasaki | Firebird | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Moai Sasaki | Penguin Adventure | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Morimoto Yukie | Gradius II Gofer | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Norio Hanzawa | Quarth | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Piston Uehara | Maze of Galious | MSX | Sound Effects |
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| Piston Uehara | Shalom | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Piston Uehara | Pennant Race II | MSX | Sound Effects |
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| Piston Uehara | Metal Gear II | MSX | Sound Effects |
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| Piston Uehara | King Valley II | MSX | Sound Effects |
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| Piston Uehara | Gradius II Gofer | MSX | Sound Effects |
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| Piston Uehara | Space Manbow | MSX | Sound Effects |
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| Piston Uehara | SD-Snatcher | MSX | Sound Effects |
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| Piston Uehara | F1 Spirit | MSX | Sound Effects |
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| S.Terashima | Vampire Killer | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Shigehiro Takenouchi | Metal Gear | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Shigehiro Takenouchi | Space Manbow | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Shigehiro Takenouchi | Pennant Race II | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Shigehiro Takenouchi | SD-Snatcher | MSX | Sound Effects |
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| Shigehiro Takenouchi | Metal Gear II | MSX | Sound Effects |
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| Shigehiro Takenouchi | Quarth | MSX | Music Composer |
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| T. Sekito | Space Manbow | MSX | Music Composer |
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| T. Sekito | Space Manbow | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Tadahiro Nitta | XAK | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Y. Manno | King Valley II | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Y. Manno | Space Manbow | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Yuko Yamazaki | Psycho World | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Yuzo Koshiro | YS 1 | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Yuzo Koshiro | YS 1 | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Zenji Pekito | Space Manbow | MSX | Music Composer |
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| Zenji Pekito | Metal Gear II | MSX | Sound Effects |
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| Zenji Pekito | SD-Snatcher | MSX | Music Composer |
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Well, this is what I have gathered until now. If you see anything not on this list, or serious errors, please respond here. I'm aware that this looks like a konami only list for now, hopefully this will change (with your help )

I suppose ChiruChiru is a nickname for Michiru Yamane...

uhm, don't the sd-snatcher credits in that long intro say that Ikariko is the composer ?

Indeedy, I always thought he was the SD-Snatcher composer... The name Masahiro Ikariko is even displayed on some billboard in the game (the area where the Casino is located)