From rssfeeds@jmason.org Mon Oct 7 12:05:21 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C8AD16F79 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 12:03:59 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 07 Oct 2002 12:03:59 +0100 (IST) Received: from dogma.slashnull.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g9780eK23245 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 09:00:40 +0100 Message-Id: <200210070800.g9780eK23245@dogma.slashnull.org> To: yyyy@example.com From: gamasutra Subject: Shooting from the Hip: An Interview with Hip Tanaka Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2002 08:00:39 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; encoding=utf-8 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-933.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,T_NONSENSE_FROM_40_50 version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: URL: http://www.newsisfree.com/click/-0,8613662,159/ Date: 2002-10-06T18:12:58+01:00 In 1986, we in the U.S. were playing the Nintendo Entertainment System (known as the Famicom in Japan), and roughly a third of the music for its first set of games was written by Hirokazu "Hip" Tanaka, then with Nintendo Co. Ltd.He has written music for countless other games as well as designing the Game Boy Camera and Printer, and also scored the soundtrack to the Pokemon TV series. Alexander Brandon catches up with the legendary composer.