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Koji Kondo (Japanese: 近藤 浩治, Hepburn: Kondō Kōji, born August 13, 1961) is a Japanese composer and senior executive at the video game company Nintendo.He is best known for his contributions for the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series, with his Super Mario Bros. theme being the first piece of music from a video game included in the American National Recording Registry.
The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
In September 2015, the Nintendo World Store in New York City hosted a Zelda Symphony event, which consisted of a live musical performance by a string quartet from The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, an ocarina demo by David Ramos (a.k.a. DocJazz), photo opportunities of cosplaying fans, and Zelda Symphony merchandise.
Video game soundtracks considered the best Year Game Lead composer(s) Notes Ref. 1985 Super Mario Bros. Koji Kondo: The Super Mario Bros. theme was the first musical piece from a video game to be inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry.
"Power of the Triforce" is a 2023 song by British power metal band DragonForce. It was released as the second single from their ninth studio album, Warp Speed Warriors . [ 2 ] Vocalist Marc Hudson said it was inspired by the 1991 Nintendo video game, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past , although its lyrics contain references to other The ...
A collaboration between Tecmo Koei and Nintendo, and contains elements of Zelda and Tecmo Koei's Dynasty Warriors series. It is a spiritual successor to Hyrule Warriors, but the plot acts as a prequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Although a prequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the game is set in an alternate timeline.
Theoretically, if one song were streamed 1.5 billion times on YouTube, the single would receive Diamond and the whole album could be certified Platinum, [7] thus creating a combined total of 11 million certified units without any sales.
Toru Minegishi (峰岸透, Minegishi Tōru, born 1975) is a Japanese video game composer known for his work on Nintendo games, most notably in The Legend of Zelda and Splatoon series. He was raised in a musical family and developed an interest in video games and their music from an early age.