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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 Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Original Soundtrack: December 18, 1998 [124] CD 82-track album released by Pony Canyon. [124] The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Hyrule Symphony: January 27, 1999 [125] CD 13-track remix album released by Players Planet. Contains orchestral remixes of songs from previous games. [125]
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.
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.
The three best-selling franchises on the platform have been Mario at 244.70 million units sold, Pokémon at 103.36 million units, and The Legend of Zelda at 70.52 million units. Other major selling franchises include Splatoon which sold 25.56 million units and Kirby which sold 13.36 million units.
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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".
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