is a Japanese

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composer. She previously worked for

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in the 1980s, writing music for games such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and the original ''

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''.

Career

She previously worked for

, where she worked on titles such as '' SonSon II'', ''

'', ''

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'', ''

'', and ''

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''. She is best known, however, for composing the music for the original ''

'', including its iconic "Game Start" jingle. Matsumae was known during her days at Capcom by her maiden name, , but was usually credited by her alias, Chanchacorin. Following her departure from Capcom in 1991, she became a freelance composer. The soundtracks she worked on afterwards include the ''

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'' series,

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titles developed by

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, and other games such as ''The Adventures of Lolo'', '' Another Bible'', '' Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions'', ''

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'', and '' Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors''. She also married fellow musician, Kimitaka Matsumae (originally part of

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), with whom she worked with on ''Othello World'' and ''Jade Cocoon 2''. Matsumae returned to the ''

'' series via

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, serving as a guest arranger for some of its album releases, and joining several other former ''Mega Man'' composers in creating the Robot Master themes for ''

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''. In 2014, she joined the

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based label Brave Wave. The label aims to help connect composers with international companies, which is how she contributed music to ''

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''. In July 2015, it was announced that Matsumae would be working on her first original solo album, in addition to a tribute album featuring arrangements by her. The album, titled ''Three Movements'', was released in December 2017.

Works

References

External links

Brave Wave profile
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