Kōji Kondō

For the footballer, see Koji Kondo (footballer).

In this Japanese name, the family name is Kondo.

Kōji Kondō (近藤 浩治, Kondō Kōji, born August 13, 1961) is a Japanese composer and musician who makes video game music for Nintendo, often for games in The Legend of Zelda series and the Mario series. He was born in Nagoya.

Koji Kondo

Influences

Kondo stated composers like Jerry Goldsmith, Reginald Stewart, Eric Coates, Marty Paich, Buddy Baker, Irwin Kostal, Oliver Wallace, Frank Churchill, George Bruns, Jimmy Van Heusen, Max Steiner, Elmer Bernstein, Alan Menken, Joe Hisaishi, Henry Mancini, Lalo Schifrin and Randy Newman as influences.

Video game Soundtracks

• Golf (1984)
• Famicom BASIC (1984)
• Devil World (with Akito Nakatsuka) (1984)
• Soccer (1985)
• Wrecking Crew (1985)
• Kung Fu (1985)
• Super Mario Bros. (1985)
• Nazo no Murasamejo (1986)
• The Legend of Zelda (1986)
• Shin Onigashima (1987)
• Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (Super Mario Bros. 2 outside of Japan) (credited as Konchan) (1987)
• Ice Hockey (1988)
• Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986)
• Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988)
• Super Mario World (1991)
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (1993)
• Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)
• Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (with Yoko Shimomura and Nobuo Uematsu) (1996)
• Super Mario 64 (1996)
• Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (with Eveline Fischer and David Wise) (1996)
• Star Fox 64 (with Hajime Wakai) (1997)
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)
• Super Smash Bros. (with many others) (1999)
• The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (with Toru Minegishi) (2000)
• Super Smash Bros. Melee (with many others) (2001)
• Super Mario Sunshine (with Shinobu Tanaka) (2002)
• The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (with Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, and Toru Minegishi) (2003)
• New Super Mario Bros. (with Asuka Ohta and Hajime Wakai) (2006)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (with Toru Minegishi and Asuka Ohta) (2006)
• Super Mario Galaxy (with Mahito Yokota) (2007)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (with many others) (2008)