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.
Ishikawa's artistic influences include Paul Mauriat, Isao Tomita, Kraftwerk, Yellow Magic Orchestra, and Brian Eno.[1]
List of worksEdit
Kirby seriesEdit
- 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 (Super Famicom) (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's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (with Hirokazu Ando, Yuki Shimooka, Kiyoshi Hazemoto, Yuuta Ogasawara, and Yuki Kato)
Kirby albumsEdit
- 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! seriesEdit
- BoxBoy! (with Hirokazu Ando)
- BoxBoxBoy! (with Hirokazu Ando)
- Bye-Bye BoxBoy! (with Hirokazu Ando)
- BoxBoy! + BoxGirl! (with Hirokazu Ando and Yuuta Ogasawara)
Other selected worksEdit
- Adventures of Lolo 3
- New Ghostbusters II
- HAL's Hole in One Golf
- HyperZone (with Hirokazu Ando)
- Arcana (with Hirokazu Ando)
- Alcahest
- TV no Tomo Channel: G-Guide for Wii
- Picross 3D (with Hirokazu Ando and Yasumasa Yamada)
Song creditsEdit
The following are all Kirby songs Jun Ishikawa has been credited for being in charge of:
Kirby's Dream LandEdit
(all music)
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Kirby's AdventureEdit
(Note: Compositions from Kirby's Dream Land)
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Kirby Super StarEdit
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Kirby's Dream Land 3Edit
(all music)
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Kirby's Star Stacker (Super Famicom)Edit
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Kirby 64: The Crystal ShardsEdit
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Kirby: Nightmare in Dream LandEdit
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Kirby Air RideEdit
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Kirby: Canvas CurseEdit
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Kirby: Squeak SquadEdit
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Kirby Super Star UltraEdit
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Kirby Ultra Super Deluxe Original Sound TrackEdit
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Kirby's Epic YarnEdit
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Kirby's Return to Dream LandEdit
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Kirby: Triple DeluxeEdit
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Kirby: Planet RobobotEdit
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The Sound of Kirby CaféEdit
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Kirby's Blowout BlastEdit
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Kirby Memorial ArrangementsEdit
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Kirby Star AlliesEdit
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The Sound of Kirby Café 2Edit
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Kirby and the Forgotten LandEdit
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Kirby's Dream BuffetEdit
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Kirby's Return to Dream Land DeluxeEdit
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TriviaEdit
- In Kirby: Triple Deluxe, Kirby: Planet Robobot, Kirby's Dream Buffet, and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Jun Ishikawa's compositions are indicated with red musical notes in the Jukebox. In Kirby Star Allies and Kirby and the Forgotten Land, the notes are magenta instead.
- Ishikawa has a reputation for anecdotes about using everyday objects, such as empty cans and nutrition drink bottles, in order to make a convincing sound.[2] For Studying the Power Plant, he made the harsh electronic sounds by sticking his reading glasses between the strings of an electric guitar, breaking them.