Kenji Hiramatsu

From Xeno Series Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
v • t • e
Kenji Hiramatsu
Kenji Hiramatsu.jpg
Japanese name 平松 建治
Gender Male
Role Composer
Musician
Recording coordinator
Contributions Xenoblade Chronicles
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Torna ~ The Golden Country
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Kenji Hiramatsu is a Japanese sound programmer and composer of video game and anime music.

Biography[edit]

Hiramatsu was born on the 11th of February in Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan.[1] He grew up playing video games and experimenting with electronic music, and enjoyed transcribing scores from magazines into electronic format on a personal computer as a child.[2] He got into music seriously when he formed a band during high school. Before composing for Xenoblade he performed as a keyboardist for several artists.[3] He has also worked on writing music for commercials and anime.

CHiCO has described Hiramatsu as a "die-hard Nintendo fan" and a "hardcore gamer".[2] He approaches soundtrack-writing from both an auditory perspective and from finding and adapting his pieces to subtle details in a game's story, based upon his experience with video games.

In ACE+[edit]

Main article: ACE+

For the music of Xenoblade Chronicles, Hiramatsu worked closely with the duo ACE during the composition process, forming a trio known as ACE+. All tracks composed by any of the three are credited in the game's track listing under the name 'ACE+'.

Relevance to the Xeno series[edit]

Hiramatsu has composed music for the numbered Xenoblade games; many of his compositions are among the most popular tracks in the series. He primarily composes battle music and energetic, driving cutscene music, although he has also composed area music and several of the more subdued pieces in some games.

Xenoblade Chronicles[edit]

Xenoblade Chronicles 2[edit]

Torna ~ The Golden Country[edit]

Future Connected[edit]

Xenoblade Chronicles 3[edit]

Future Redeemed[edit]

  • Composer & Arranger
  • Musician: Piano/Organ, Hand Clap

Other media[edit]

Wiki icon - Incomplete.svg This page or section is incomplete.
In other words, yes we know it's unfinished; we just didn't want to leave it blank in the meantime. You can help complete it.

Symphonic Game Music Concert feat. Kenji Hiramatsu[edit]

Symphonic Game Music Concert feat. Kenji Hiramatsu[5] was a live concert that featured Hiramatsu’s works on May 3rd, 2024. Several pieces from the Xenoblade series were performed.

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ All of Hiramatsu's contributions were under the name ACE+; this list contains contributions later credited specifically to Hiramatsu.[4]
  2. ↑ Tracks credited to ACE+ which were not later credited to Hiramatsu.[4] Hiramatsu and ACE worked together during the music-making process, although the extent of this is unknown.
  3. ↑ Co-credited alongside Yasunori Mitsuda, possibly because the track uses a melody from Mitsuda's Off-Seer - Mio.

Gallery[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Kenji Hiramatsu - VGMdb
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Iwata Asks: Xenoblade Chronicles, vol. 1: Sound, part 2: 'Towards a Common Goal'
  3. ↑ Xenoblade2 Original Soundtrack deluxe edition booklet, p. 66.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Procyon Studio: Xenoblade2 Original Soundtrack
  5. ↑ https://www.onikuru.jp/performance/2992/
v • t • e
Staff of the Xeno series
Credits per game Xenogears
Xenosaga Episode I • Xenosaga Episode II • Xenosaga Episode III
Xeno-comi • Pied Piper • Xenosaga I + II • Xenosaga: The Animation
Xenoblade Chronicles (3D • Definitive Edition • Future Connected) • Xenoblade Chronicles X (Japanese) • Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Torna ~ The Golden Country) • Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Future Redeemed)
Writers Lisa Gomamoto • Masato Kato • Soraya Saga • Castro Satoshi • Tetsuya Takahashi • Yuichiro Takeda
Artists CHOCO • Yasuyuki Honne • Tetsuya Nomura • Masatsugu Saito • Kunihiko Tanaka
Composers Mariam Abounnasr • ACE • Kenji Hiramatsu • Shinji Hosoe • Yuki Kajiura • Manami Kiyota • Satoru Kosaki • Yutaka Kunigo • Yasunori Mitsuda • Hiroshi Okubo • Ayako Saso • Hiroyuki Sawano • Yoko Shimomura • TWO FIVE • Kousuke Yamashita
Arrangers Rio Fujii • Natsumi Kameoka • Ivan Linn • Tsutomu Narita • Ryotaro Yagi • Takayuki Yoshimura
Singers Sarah Àlainn • ANÚNA • Emily Bindiger • Jen Bird • Aimee Blackshleger • CHiCO • Emily Curtis • Cyua • Margaret Dorn • Mayumi Gojo • Joanne Hogg • Eri Itoh • Manami Kiyota • Mika Kobayashi • Deb Lyons • Ai Maeda • mpi • Rumi Shishodo • Mariko Suzuki • Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus • Sara Weeda • David Whitaker
Other Hirohide Sugiura • Monopon
Retrieved from "https://www.xenoserieswiki.org/w/index.php?title=Kenji_Hiramatsu&oldid=242823"