Hirokazu Ando

Hirokazu Ando in 2018.

Hirokazu Ando (安藤浩和 Ando Hirokazu, born December 19, 1969) is a senior sound composer at HAL Laboratory, one of the main composers of the Kirby series, and the composer of Super Smash Bros.. He is best known for his collaboration with Jun Ishikawa and his recent preference for acoustic themes and orchestrated pieces in games such as Kirby's Epic Yarn and Kirby's Return to Dream Land.

Hirokazu Ando's artistic influences include classical pianist Claude Debussy, Ryuchi Sakamoto of the band Yellow Magic Orchestra, Dragon Quest composer Koichi Sugiyama, and Jun Ishikawa. On his songs, he plays live bass, ukelele, and melodica.

List of works

Hirokazu Ando is credited as a composer unless otherwise noted:

Kirby series

• Kirby's Adventure (Lead, with Jun Ishikawa)
• Kirby's Dream Course
• Kirby's Dream Land 2 (with Tadashi Ikegami)
• Kirby's Avalanche (music arranged by Einosuke Nagao)
• Kirby's Star Stacker (Game Boy)
• Kirby's Star Stacker (SNES) (with Jun Ishikawa)
• Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (with Jun Ishikawa)
• Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (with Shogo Sakai, Jun Ishikawa, and Tadashi Ikegami)
• Kirby Air Ride (Lead, with Shogo Sakai, Tadashi Ikegami, and Jun Ishikawa)
• Kirby: Canvas Curse - Special Thanks
• Kirby: Squeak Squad (with Jun Ishikawa, Tadashi Ikegami, and Shogo Sakai)
• Kirby Super Star Ultra (with Jun Ishikawa)
• Kirby's Epic Yarn (with Tomoya Tomita, Tadashi Ikegami, and Jun Ishikawa)
• Kirby's Return to Dream Land (with Jun Ishikawa)
• Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition (with Jun Ishikawa and Shogo Sakai)
• Kirby: Triple Deluxe (with Jun Ishikawa)
• Kirby Fighters Deluxe
• Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe
• Kirby: Planet Robobot (Lead, with Jun Ishikawa)
• Team Kirby Clash Deluxe (Lead, with Jun Ishikawa)
• Kirby's Blowout Blast (Lead, with Jun Ishikawa)
• Kirby Star Allies (Lead, with Jun Ishikawa and Yuuta Ogasawara)
• Super Kirby Clash (with Jun Ishikawa and Kiyoshi Hazemoto)
• Kirby Fighters 2 (with Jun Ishikawa, Kiyoshi Hazemoto, and Yuki Shimooka)
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Lead Music; with Yuuta Ogasawara, Jun Ishikawa, and Yuki Shimooka)
• Kirby's Dream Buffet (with Yuuta Ogasawara, Jun Ishikawa, Shogo Sakai, Megumi Ohara, and Yuki Shimooka)

Kirby albums

• Kirby Ultra Super Deluxe Original Sound Track (with Jun Ishikawa and Tadashi Ikegami; arrangement for "Milky Way Wishes: Staff Credits / Orchestra ver.", melodicas, bass, and ukulele for "Stage Medley / Acoustic ver.")
• The Sound of Kirby Café (with Jun Ishikawa, Shogo Sakai, and Megumi Ohara)
• Kirby Memorial Arrangements (with Jun Ishikawa, Shogo Sakai, and Megumi Ohara)
• The Sound of Kirby Café 2 (with Jun Ishikawa, Shogo Sakai, Megumi Ohara, Yuuta Ogasawara, and Yuki Shimooka)
• Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival (bass for "King Dedede Medley")

Super Smash Bros. series

• Super Smash Bros.
• Super Smash Bros. Melee (with Tadashi Ikegami, Shogo Sakai, and Takuto Kitsuta)

BoxBoy! series

• BoxBoy! (with Jun Ishikawa)
• BoxBoxBoy! (with Jun Ishikawa)
• Bye-Bye BoxBoy! (with Jun Ishikawa)
• BoxBoy! + BoxGirl! (with Jun Ishikawa and Yuuta Ogasawara)

Other selected works

• HyperZone (with Jun Ishikawa)
• Arcana (with Jun Ishikawa)
• Picross 3D (with Jun Ishikawa and Yasumasa Yamada)
• Picross 3D: Round 2 (with Shogo Sakai and Megumi Ohara)

Song credits

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The following are all Kirby songs Hirokazu Ando has been credited for being in charge of:

Kirby's Adventure

Drawing Song Title Screen / Demo Plains Stage Invincible Level 1 Map Select Underground Stage Boss Stage Clear Dance Sea and Ship Stages Level 2 Map Select Museum and Star Landing Castle Stage Forest Stage Level 3 Map Select Cloud Stage Crane Fever (Bonus Stage) Level 4 Map Select Mountain Stage Egg Bonus Stage Level 5 Map Select Underwater Stage Level 6 Map Select Dream and Cold Area Stages Level 7 Map Select Black-and-white (Game Boy) Plains Stage Level 8 Map Select Final Boss Ending Demo Game Over

Kirby's Dream Course

Introduction Title Star Card Learn the Rules Duel on the Dream Course Dream Land Before You Start... The First Hole Float Islands Cloudy Mountain Peaks Yogurt Yard Jigsaw Plains Green Fields The Tricky Stuff Castles of Cake Iceberg Ocean Scorecard Ride to the Sky Kirby Dance High Scores VS. Robo Dedede VS. Robo Dedede: Pinch Ending Continue? Miss Fanfare Hole in One! Game Over Lose Life 1-Up!

Kirby's Dream Land 2

Title Rick's Theme Red Canyon: Stage Select Cloudy Park

Kirby's Star Stacker (Game Boy)

Opening Title Select (1) Explanation Dedede Normal A Little More Clear Resting (1) Hard Half Time Danger Very Hard! Resting (2) Kirby Dance Super Hard Viewing Records Insane! Select (2) VS Win Lose Beginning Now 10 Seconds Left Congratulation (1) Congratulation (2) Congratulation (3) Challenge GAME OVER

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Opening Waddle Dee? Waddle On! Art Attack Adding Adeleine Dark Dedede A Reluctant Ally On to Rock Star Desert Desserts All Washed Up Hot Waddle Dawdle Ripple Rescue Fare...well? Darkness Calls Crystal Clear! ~ Project K-64

Kirby Air Ride

Air Ride: Celestial Valley Forest Stage Green Greens Dream Land Top Ride: Water Top Ride: Sky Float Islands City Trial: City City Trial: City (Backside) Stadium: Drag Race

Kirby Ultra Super Deluxe Original Sound Track

Milky Way Wishes: Staff Credits / Orchestra ver.

Kirby's Epic Yarn

Green Greens Ice Cream Island Halberd

Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Magolor, the Distant Traveler Green Greens (Kirby's Return to Dream Land ver.) Cookie Country Stage Clear Kirby Dance (long version) Through the Forest Cave Expedition Another Dimension Fanfare Oasis Area Happy Mambo Sky Waltz A Dream of Clouds Sky Tower Clash! Mid-Boss Tower Steel Hometown Underworld Dangerous Dinner Haldera Volcano Limitless Power CROWNED Theater Road to Victory Vs. Waddle Tank Challenge Results Arena Results Fly! Kirby of the Stars Kirby Master! EX Clear Menu

Kirby's Dream Collection Special Edition

Title Main Menu Kirby's History New Challenge Stages Distant Traveler

Kirby: Triple Deluxe

Sun, Sky, Dreamstalk Waking to a Flowery Coup! Select a File! Green Greens Hypernova Inhale Got a Sun Stone! The Cave in the Sky Tilting the World Chasing Down the Miniboss Mysterious Rocks Rumbling from Behind A Forest Hike Invincible Bouncing Boss Battle Sparkling Star Grand Sun Stone Under the Sunshine Toy Rhythm Spring Smash Factory Sky at Sunset Silver Snow Story Spinning Jungle Mysterious Trap Kirby Dance (short version) Kirby Dance (long version) Four-Way Fight Coo's Forest Shadow Kirby Fight Dedede's Drum Dash: Green Greens Dedede's Drum Dash: Gourmet Go Go Dedede's Drum Dash: Dedede's Theme Dedede's Drum Dash: Results Need More Sun Stones The Adventure Begins (Original Short ver.) Majestic Flora Hypernova All-Stars Taranza, the Master of Puppetry Revenge of the Enemy Divine Beauty Sectonia's Defeat She Who Holds the Stars Fatal Blooms in Moonlight Last-Minute Hero The World to Win Flowered Sectonia's Defeat FLOWERED One of the Miracles Royal Warp A Well-Earned Rest Soul of Sectonia Soul of Sectonia's Defeat Staff Credits Kirby Perfect!

Kirby Fighters Deluxe

Kirby Fighters Deluxe Ability Selection Battle Jingle History of Dedede Results Staff Credits

Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe

Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe How to Play Floral Fields Bouncing Boss Battle City CROWNED CROWNED: Ver 2 Stage Clear Jingle Trophy Gallery Staff Credits

Kirby: Planet Robobot

Bright Spinning Planet First Contact Magical Planet Popstar Patched Plains Venturing into the Mechanized World Re: Green Greens Metal N. Vasion Pink Ball Activate! Steel Beat Green Laboratory Yearning for Yellow (Vroom!) Residential Laboratory Got a Code Cube! Overload Ocean Underwater Sounds Industrial Laboratory Time for Dessert! Loading... Haltmann Works Co. Theme Song VS. The Wicked Company Let's Go Home Flight of Azure Core Kabula Surprise! Goal! Clouds Park Rhythm Route Outlaw Driver Neon Laboratory Caught Me Singing Dedede's Tridimensional Cannon 9.3 Billion in Anguish Used an amiibo! Toy Box Mother's Intuition Kirby 3D Rumble VS. Mega Masher Memorial Theatre Haltmann Works Co. HQ Loveless Command Haltmann's Defeat Apocalyptic Reboot Return of Meta Knight Final Takeoff VS. Star Dream Fatal Error First Cry of a Newborn Star Vagrant Counting Song of Retrospection Pink Ball Revolution Shell Scream Planet Heart Memories (I'll Never Forget You) Are You Sure? Brothers in Arms Spinning Planet Complete Combat Evaluation Program Reproduction of Darkness Soul 0 System Vagrant Keepsake of Oblivion Heartless Tears Homeland Restored Pocket Diary The Noble Haltmann: Final Recital

Team Kirby Clash Deluxe

Green Stories Save the Kingdom! Ordeal Quest Save This World! Ordeal Quest Decisive Battle with a Mighty Boss The Black Mirror Max Happy Town!!

Kirby's Blowout Blast

Entrance Boss Theme A Great Battle for Tomorrow The Adventure Begins (amiibo Special ver.) Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe (amiibo Special ver.)

Kirby Star Allies

Twinkle☆Stars Select Link Let's Be Friends♡ A Rude Awakening World of Peace - Dream Land Green Gardens Notice! Donut Dome Honey Hill Rare Picture Piece A Battle of Friends and Bonds For Those Who Are Brave Macho of Dedede Sudden Happy Ending Things Seldom Go Right... World of Miracles - Planet Popstar Friend Goal Picture Result Twinkle☆Traveler Fortress of Shadows - Jambastion To the Land Where Grass Doesn't Grow Jambastion Adventure Palace That Grants Wishes A Dream Becomes Real! Song of Supplication Your Friends Believe in You Forgotizanne Flash of Lighting A Battle of Friends and Bonds 2 Far-Flung Starlight Heroes Puzzle Time Galaxy Caverna the Great Maze Frostak the Cold Land Far Away, at the Grand Adventure's End New Mode Unlocked! To There, Where Not Even the Light Shines Land of Dreams and Fresh Greens' Remains Suite: The Star-Conquering Traveler (all five movements) The Star Allies Have Your Back! Last Friends Always, I'll Be Watching You. Demo Star Bandana Waddle Dee is Here! King Dedede Has Arrived! Meta Knight Spotted! Rick & Kine & Coo Gather! Hey Hey Hey, Marx Has Arrived! Unexpectedly, Gooey! Sorry for the Wait! Adeleine & Ribbon Crazy Mischief in the Stars The Shape of a Heart Break Time Breakdown Venturing into the World With Friends Pop Star: Stage Select (Star Allies Arrangement ver.) Butterfly of Judgment: Morpho Knight Dark Cloudy The Girls' Battle With the Darkness Crowned Supreme Ruler ~OVERLORD~ Phantom of the Moon's Spirit The Deus Ex Machina the Child Saw Best Friends, Tomorrow and Always Legend of Last World Passion of the Tridental-Flashing Mages Memories of the Grand Finale. Hallway Back to the Origin Streets Paved With Kindness

Super Kirby Clash

Nightmare Introduction Ending Theme (Kirby's Adventure) Green Tree Memories from Kirby

Kirby Fighters 2

Kirby Fighters 2: The Destined Rivals Battle Mode Select VS. Waning Crescent Masked Dedede & Waxing Crescent Masked Meta Knight

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Kirby and the Mysterious Vortex Invasion of the Destroyed Town A Trip to Alivel Mall VS. Dangerous Beast The Wondaria Dream Parade Waddle Dee Town Waddle Dee's Weapons Shop Admiring the Figure Collection Welcome Back, Kirby Metro on Ice The Battle of Blizzard Bridge Dazzling Treasures Forgo's Treasures Enter the Fiery Forbidden Lands Two Planets Approach the Roche Limit A Full-Speed Farewell from the New World Soaring Determination: No Night is Eternal Faded Dream of a Psychomeddler Scattered Souls across Isolated Isles In Pursuit of Victory Decisive Battle: Ultimate Z Got 'em All! Gotcha Machine Master

Kirby's Dream Buffet

Kirby's Dream Buffet Afternoon Tea Caramel Country Western Route 8 on a Winter Day Love, Love, Alivel Revenge of Steel Wings Prismatic Pinball Minigame - VS. Robo Dedede (Kirby's Dream Course) Minigame - Ending (Kirby's Dream Course) Battle Royale - Green Greens (Kirby's Dream Land) Battle Royale - Stage 5 (Kirby's Block Ball) Battle Royale - Boss (Kirby's Block Ball) Battle Royale - Gourmet Race (Kirby Super Star)

Trivia

• Although Hirokazu Ando joined the compositions of the Kirby series later than Jun Ishikawa, Ando has been the lead sound composer of the Kirby series in recent works.
• Since Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Hirokazu Ando's compositions are indicated with blue musical notes in the Jukebox.
• Hirokazu Ando has voiced the following characters:
  • Magolor
  • Taranza (starting with his mask in Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe and carrying over to future games)
  • Void Termina (Phase 4, with Shinya Kumazaki, Yuuta Ogasawara, and Yumi Todo)
• Hirokazu Ando has at least two pet chickens named Nago and Asuka. Nago's voice was sampled for Star Dream's weathercock. In joking reference to this, Ando is referred to as "Weathercock Ando" in interviews on Kirby: Planet Robobot's Japanese website. He wore shirts with chickens on them for his interviews in Iwata Asks: Kirby's Epic Yarn, the Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert, Kirby Star Allies: The Original Soundtrack's booklet, and the Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival, and signed a piece of commemorative artwork and his interview in the Orchestra Concert and Music Fest booklets with drawings of chickens.
• Ando's favorite piece that he has composed is the ending credits theme of Kirby: Planet Robobot, "Memories (I'll Never Forget You)". His favorite theme by Jun Ishikawa is "Beautiful Prison" from Kirby: Triple Deluxe.