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Tappi Iwase
, sometimes credited professionally as TAPPY, is a Japanese musical composer. He is best known for his contributions to the ''Metal Gear'' and '' Suikoden'' franchises. Iwase studied music with Dick Grove at the Grove School of Music prior to its closure in 1991. Iwase is credited with composing all of the music for Metal Gear Solid, with the exception of the ending theme "The Best Is Yet to Come", whereas the music for the cinematic scenes was composed by Gigi Meroni. This includes the well-known main theme to ''Metal Gear Solid'', arrangements of which were subsequently used in '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'' and '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater''. The use of his theme song was discontinued from '' Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots'' onward due to allegations that its motifs were plagiarized from a classical piece by Russian composer Georgy Sviridov Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov (Russian: Гео́ргий Васи́льевич Свири́дов ; 16 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metal Gear
is a series of techno-thriller stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, ''Metal Gear'', was released in 1987 for MSX home computers. The player often takes control of a special forces operative (usually Solid Snake or Big Boss), who is assigned the task of finding the titular ''superweapon'' "Metal Gear", a bipedal walking tank with the ability to launch nuclear weapons. Several sequels have been released for multiple consoles, which have expanded the original game's plot, adding characters opposing and supporting Snake, while several prequels have explored the origins of Metal Gear and recurring characters. The third game in the series, ''Metal Gear Solid'' for the PlayStation, marked a transition to 3D graphics and gained the series international fame. It was ported two years later by Microsoft Game Studios to Windows, marking the franchise's debut on the platform. , copies of games in the franchise have been sold worldwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suikoden
is a series of role-playing video games created by Yoshitaka Murayama. The games are loosely based on the classical Chinese novel ''Water Margin'', whose title is rendered as in Japanese. Each individual game centers on themes of politics, corruption, revolution, mystical crystals known as ''True Runes'', and the " 108 Stars of Destiny"—the 108 protagonists who are loosely interpreted from the source material. Although the events of the games are not chronological, the entire series (except for ''Tierkreis'' and ''Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki'') takes place within the same world, among continuing and overlapping histories. In some cases, several characters appear in multiple installments. A spiritual successor entitled ''Eiyuden Chronicle'', made by the original ''Suikoden'' team, is set to release in 2023. Games The franchise began in 1995. The first two games were primarily 2D, using 3D graphics only for environments and visual effects. Suikoden III however marked t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Grove
Richard Dean Grove (1927 – December 26, 1998) was an American musician, composer, arranger, and educator. He is best known as the founder of the Dick Grove School of Music. Its students include Michael Jackson, Linda Ronstadt, and Barry Manilow, and its teachers Henry Mancini, Bill Conti, and Lalo Schifrin. Grove was born in Lakeville, Indiana. At the University of Denver he studied music and then taught piano locally. In 1957 he moved to Los Angeles and taught at the Westlake School of Music. Westlake concentrated on the Schillinger System, which served as a basis for the first curricula at Berklee School of Music (which was called the Schillinger House of Music). In his Composing & Arranging Program, he mentions that he studied the Schillinger System for nine years. He established the Dick Grove School of Music in Los Angeles in 1973. After the school closed in 1991, he established the Grove School Without Walls, a distance-learning school where he taught Musicianship and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sons Of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was a loosely organized clandestine political organization active in the Thirteen American Colonies founded to advance the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. It played a major role in most colonies in battling the Stamp Act in 1765. The group disbanded after the Stamp Act was repealed. However, the name was applied to other local separatist groups during the years preceding the American Revolution. In popular thought, the Sons of Liberty was a formal underground organization with recognized members and leaders. More likely, the name was an underground term for any men resisting new Crown taxes and laws.Gregory Fremont-Barnes, ''Encyclopedia of the Age of Political Revolutions and New Ideologies'' (2007) 1:688 The well-known label allowed organizers to make or create anonymous summons to a Liberty Tree, " Liberty Pole", or other public meeting-place. Furthermore, a unifying name helped to promote inter-Colonial eff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snake Eater
Snake Eater may refer to: *A member or former member of the Special Forces (i.e. Green Berets). This nickname was acquired due to the Special Forces serving snake meat at the Gabriel Demonstration Area on Fort Bragg, for visiting VIPs, the press, etc. *Snake Eater (identification system), the military insurgent database developed for Iraqi soldiers by U.S. military personnel and companies. * Ophiophagy, a specialized form of feeding or alimentary behavior of animals which hunt and eat snakes * ''Snake Eater'' (film), a 1989 action film starring Lorenzo Lamas * Snake-Eater, a fictional member of the Phoenix Guard in ''G.I. Joe: America's Elite'' *'' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'', a 2004 video game by Hideo Kojima (Konami) * Snake Eater (lacrosse) Competitor for Canada Snake Eater was a First Nations lacrosse player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics for Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guns Of The Patriots
''Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots'' is a 2008 stealth game developed by Kojima Productions and published by Konami for the PlayStation 3. It is the sixth '' Metal Gear'' game directed by Hideo Kojima. Set five years after the events of '' Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty'', the story centers around a prematurely aged Solid Snake, now known as Old Snake, as he goes on one last mission to assassinate his nemesis Liquid Snake, who now inhabits the body of his former henchman Revolver Ocelot under the guise of Liquid Ocelot, before he takes control of the Sons of the Patriots, an A.I. system that controls the activities of PMCs worldwide. It was released worldwide on June 12, 2008. ''Guns of the Patriots'' received universal acclaim, with praise for its gameplay, graphics, story, characters, and emotional weight, although a few criticized its plot as convoluted and the emphasis on cutscenes. The game garnered Game of the Year awards from several major gaming publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
