Ayako Saso
| Ayako Saso | |
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| Born | 5 March 1967 (Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) |
| Japanese name | 佐宗 綾子 |
| Gender | Female |
| Role | Composer Sound designer |
| Affiliations | Namco (1989-1996) Arika (1996-2000) SuperSweep (2000-present) |
| Contributions | Xenosaga Episode II Xenosaga Freaks |
Ayako Saso is a Japanese composer of video game music. She, along with Shinji Hosoe, is a member of the group SuperSweep.
Biography[edit]
Saso was born on the 5th of March, 1967, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. She studied many instruments from a young age: by high school, she played the piano, electronic organ, euphonium, and keyboard. Via these instruments, she was introduced to a variety of musical styles, such as classical, Latin American, jazz, fusion, and (particularly) computer-generated music. She attended the SHOBI College of Music, and joined Namco after graduating, where she met Shinji Hosoe. She continued to work at Namco until 1996, at which point she joined Arika for four years before starting SuperSweep with Hosoe.[1]
Relevance to the Xeno series[edit]
Saso composed for Xenosaga Episode II and Xenosaga Freaks; however, her individual contributions are uncredited and therefore largely unknown. Curiously, she was not credited at all in the Episode II credits, although Yuki Kajiura and Shinji Hosoe were.
Xenosaga Episode II[edit]
- Composer
- E.S. Battle[2]
- Character Battle
- Major Boss Battle
- Minor Boss Battle
- Final Battle
- Victory Theme[3]
- Game Over
- First Words
- Fanfare of Second Miltia
- Sergius & Margulis
- U-TIC
- Eavesdropping
- Yuriev's Shadow
- Unsubtle Approaches
- Names and Memories
- Tertiary Weapons System
- Thoughts with Ziggy #2
- The Sacrificed Ones #2
- Hide and Seek
- Former Doctor in the House
- Empty Graves
- Brother and Sister
- Brand New Day
- MOMO's sorrow
- Rubedo's promise
- Thoughts with Ziggy
- Worry
- Dive Preparation
- The Sacrificed Ones
- Clinging Onto Life
- Having Fun
- Pale Rider
- Hostile Incoming
- Yuriev
- White Rider
- Innocence of the Immortal
- Old Miltia's Reappearance
- Visions of the Zohar
- A Cryptic Message
- Brute Force
- Matthews and his Crew
- Orgulla's Confessional
- Truth of the Conflict
- Yuriev's Order
- Unsubtle Approaches #2
- Jr's Promise
- Wraith Virus
- The Dark Professor
- Sound design
Xenosaga Freaks[edit]
- Sound production
External links[edit]
- Personal blog for cat pictures
- Wikipedia (Japanese)
- VGMdb
- IMDB
- X/Twitter (business)
- X/Twitter (personal)
- Bluesky
- MySpace
References[edit]
- ↑ Squareenixmusic.com interview
- ↑ Saso: "I did the battle tracks, event music and sound effects."
- ↑ This track and all below have an unconfirmed composer, but are believed to be the work of Ayako Saso due to her having composed "event music" (see previous reference), and because of stylistic similarities.