Editing Megumi Ohara

[[File:Megumi Ohara.jpg|thumb|'''Megumi Ohara''' in 2022.]]
'''Megumi Ohara''' ('''大原 萌''' ''Ōhara Megumi'', born 1991) is a video game composer at [[HAL Laboratory]]. Her first project with the company was 2015's ''[[Kirby and the Rainbow Curse]]'', and since then, she has composed for several other games, typically in collaboration with [[Shogo Sakai]]. She has also worked on several supplementary albums for the series, such as ''[[The Sound of Kirby Café]]'' and ''[[The Sound of Kirby Café 2]]''. Ohara is a skilled flutist and has played live flute on many of her songs.

== List of works ==
=== ''Kirby'' series ===
* ''[[Kirby and the Rainbow Curse]]'' (with Shogo Sakai)
* ''[[Kirby Battle Royale]]'' (Lead, with Shogo Sakai)
*''[[Kirby's Dream Buffet]]'' (with [[Yuuta Ogasawara]], [[Jun Ishikawa]], Shogo Sakai, [[Hirokazu Ando]], and [[Yuki Shimooka]])

=== ''Kirby'' albums ===
* ''[[The Sound of Kirby Café]]'' (with Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando, and Shogo Sakai)
* ''[[Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert]]'' (with Shogo Sakai; orchestration for "King Dedede & Meta Knight Medley" and "Kirby Ball Medley")
* ''[[Kirby Memorial Arrangements]]'' (with Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando, and Shogo Sakai)
** "[[The Apple Juice Song]]" (arrangement, chorus)
** "[[Eternal Dream]]" (arrangement)
* ''[[The Sound of Kirby Café 2]]'' (with Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando, Yuuta Ogasawara, Shogo Sakai, and Yuki Shimooka)
* ''[[Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival]]'' (conductor for "Green Greens ~ Running Through the New World", "Beyond the 25th Anniversary", "Get Pumped Up! Sub-Game Medley", "The Knight's Revenge Medley", "Go Go! Kirby Race Medley", "Kirby Finale Battle Fest", "Suite: The Star-Conquering Traveler"; keyboard, flute, and vocals for "King Dedede Medley")

=== Other games ===
* ''[[nwiki:Picross 3D: Round 2|Picross 3D: Round 2]]'' (with Hirokazu Ando and Shogo Sakai)
* ''[[nwiki:Part Time UFO|Part Time UFO]]'' (Nintendo Switch port; with Shogo Sakai)

==Song credits==
The following are all ''Kirby'' songs Megumi Ohara has been credited for being in charge of:
===''Kirby and the Rainbow Curse''===
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*[[Rainbow Across the Skies (theme)|Rainbow Across the Skies]]
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===''The Sound of Kirby Café''===
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*In a Fluffy Paradise / [[Cloudy Park (theme from Kirby's Dream Land 2)|Cloudy Park]] ~ [[Ripple Field (theme)|Ripple Field]]
*Rendezvous of the King and the Witches / Kirby Series Extra Game Medley
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===''Kirby Memorial Arrangements''===
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*Big Band Kirby
*Sleeping Like a Baby
*Epic Yarn
*Driving Star
*[[The Apple Juice Song]]
*[[Eternal Dream]]
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===''The Sound of Kirby Café 2''===
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*Marionette Kitchen
*Coffee Shop of Twilight and Starry Skies
*Brilliant Blue
*Smile-Sisters & Gentleman
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===Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival===
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*[[Green Greens (theme)|Green Greens]] ~ [[Running Through the New World]]
*Beyond the 25th Anniversary
*The Knights' Revenge Medley
*Kirby Finale Battle Fest
*[[Suite: The Star-Conquering Traveler]]
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===''Kirby's Dream Buffet''===
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*[[Drawcia Sorceress (theme)|A Dance with the Painting Witch]]
*[[Rolling-Quartet Jazz Band]]
*[[Rainbow Across the Skies (theme)|Seven Colors in the Sky]]
*Minigame - [[Drawcia Soul (theme)|Drawcia Soul]] (''Kirby: Canvas Curse'')
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*Battle Royale - [[Boss (theme from Kirby's Pinball Land)|Boss]] and [[Last Boss (theme from Kirby's Pinball Land)|Last Boss]] (''Kirby's Pinball Land'')
*Battle Royale - [[King Dedede's Theme]] (''Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble'')
*Battle Royale - [[Insane]] and [[VS. Gryll]] (''Kirby's Star Stacker'')
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==Trivia==
*In ''Kirby's Dream Buffet'', Megumi Ohara is represented with {{color|#E71|orange}} notes when music is playing.

== External links ==
*Article on HAL Laboratory's website: [https://web.archive.org/web/20180707102850/http://www.hallab.co.jp/eng/create/jobs/04/ "Expressing the game world through sound and music" (Archived link)]

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 '''Megumi Ohara''' ('''大原 萌''' ''Ōhara Megumi'', born 1991) is a video game composer at [[HAL Laboratory]]. Her first project with the company was 2015's ''[[Kirby and the Rainbow Curse]]'', and since then, she has composed for several other games, typically in collaboration with [[Shogo Sakai]]. She has also worked on several supplementary albums for the series, such as ''[[The Sound of Kirby Café]]'' and ''[[The Sound of Kirby Café 2]]''. Ohara is a skilled flutist and has played live flute on many of her songs.