Jun Ishikawa
Jun Ishikawa (石川淳 Ishikawa Jun, born 1964) is a senior sound composer at HAL Laboratory and one of the main composers of the Kirby series. Along with frequent collaborator Hirokazu Ando, Ishikawa has composed many of the classic Kirby songs. He is best known for his energetic, electronic-based compositions.
List of works
Kirby series
- Kirby's Dream Land
- Kirby's Adventure (with Hirokazu Ando; compositions from Kirby's Dream Land)
- Kirby Super Star (with Dan Miyakawa)
- Kirby's Dream Land 3
- Kirby's Star Stacker (SNES) (with Hirokazu Ando)
- Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (with Hirokazu Ando)
- Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (with Shogo Sakai, Hirokazu Ando, and Tadashi Ikegami)
- Kirby Air Ride (with Hirokazu Ando, Tadashi Ikegami, and Shogo Sakai)
- Kirby: Canvas Curse (with Tadashi Ikegami)
- Kirby: Squeak Squad (with Hirokazu Ando, Tadashi Ikegami, and Shogo Sakai)
- Kirby Super Star Ultra (with Hirokazu Ando)
- Kirby's Epic Yarn (with Tomoya Tomita, Hirokazu Ando, and Tadashi Ikegami)
- Kirby's Return to Dream Land (with Hirokazu Ando)
- Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition (with Hirokazu Ando and Shogo Sakai)
- Kirby: Triple Deluxe (with Hirokazu Ando)
- Kirby: Planet Robobot (with Hirokazu Ando)
- Team Kirby Clash Deluxe (with Hirokazu Ando)
- Kirby's Blowout Blast (with Hirokazu Ando)
- Kirby Star Allies (with Hirokazu Ando and Yuuta Ogasawara)
- Super Kirby Clash (with Hirokazu Ando and Kiyoshi Hazemoto)
- Kirby Fighters 2 (with Hirokazu Ando, Kiyoshi Hazemoto, and Yuki Shimooka)
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land (with Hirokazu Ando, Yuuta Ogasawara, and Yuki Shimooka)
- Kirby's Dream Buffet (with Yuuta Ogasawara, Shogo Sakai, Hirokazu Ando, Megumi Ohara, and Yuki Shimooka)
Kirby albums
- Kirby Ultra Super Deluxe Original Sound Track (with Hirokazu Ando and Tadashi Ikegami; arrangement for "Boss Battle Medley / Electronic ver.")
- The Sound of Kirby Café (with Hirokazu Ando, Shogo Sakai, and Megumi Ohara)
- Kirby Memorial Arrangements (with Hirokazu Ando, Shogo Sakai, and Megumi Ohara)
- The Sound of Kirby Café 2 (with Hirokazu Ando, Shogo Sakai, Megumi Ohara, Yuuta Ogasawara, and Yuki Shimooka)
- Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival (keyboard for "King Dedede Medley")
BoxBoy! series
- BoxBoy! (with Hirokazu Ando)
- BoxBoxBoy! (with Hirokazu Ando)
- Bye-Bye BoxBoy! (with Hirokazu Ando)
- BoxBoy! + BoxGirl! (with Hirokazu Ando and Yuuta Ogasawara)
Other selected works
- Adventures of Lolo 3
- New Ghostbusters II
- HAL's Hole in One Golf
- HyperZone (with Hirokazu Ando)
- Arcana (with Hirokazu Ando)
- Alcahest
- Picross 3D (with Hirokazu Ando and Yasumasa Yamada)
Song credits
The following are all Kirby songs Jun Ishikawa has been credited for being in charge of:
Kirby's Dream Land
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Kirby's Adventure
(Note: Compositions from Kirby's Dream Land)
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Kirby Super Star
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Kirby's Dream Land 3
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Kirby's Star Stacker (SNES)
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Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards
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Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
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Kirby Air Ride
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Kirby: Canvas Curse
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Kirby: Squeak Squad
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Kirby Super Star Ultra
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Kirby Ultra Super Deluxe Original Sound Track
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Kirby's Epic Yarn
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Kirby's Return to Dream Land
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Kirby: Triple Deluxe
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Kirby: Planet Robobot
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The Sound of Kirby Café
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Kirby's Blowout Blast
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Kirby Memorial Arrangements
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Kirby Star Allies
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The Sound of Kirby Café 2
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Kirby and the Forgotten Land
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Kirby's Dream Buffet
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Trivia
- In Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Kirby: Planet Robobot, Kirby Star Allies, and Kirby's Dream Buffet, Jun Ishikawa's compositions are indicated with red musical notes in the Jukebox. In Kirby and the Forgotten Land, the notes are magenta instead.