(born August 13, 1967) is a

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video game music composer, well known for her work in the ''

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'' series.

Composing career

She used to work for

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and Riot, but many people who worked for these two companies left, and along with Naruke, later started working for

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. She has composed music for games outside of the ''Wild ARMs'' series, such as ''

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'' on the

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and the Tenshi no Uta series on the

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. While it was speculated that Naruke composed under the pseudonym "Hassy" for the @MIDI albums, the composer herself has stated that Hassy is a separate individual (

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). She has made a number of songs for Media.Vision's ''Wild ARMs'' series. Occasionally, the main theme and ending theme of the ''Wild ARMs'' songs will contain lyrics, formerly being sung by Machiko Watanabe and

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. Most recently, for the tenth anniversary, a new vocalist has been introduced,

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. Her compositions in the Wild ARMs series include her signature whistling parts, whistled by Naoki Takao. Naruke has composed more than 400 songs for the ''Wild ARMs'' series. However, during the development of ''Wild ARMs: The 4th Detonator'', Naruke fell ill, marking the first time in the ''Wild ARMs'' series that she did not compose the entire soundtrack. In an interview for ''Wild ARMs: Piece of Tears'', Naruke revealed items which she values, including her keyboard and rhythm machine, a pamphlet of

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, a figure of Kurokishi from "

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", an original score of

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, and a memorial vinyl disc.

Works

Video games

*''

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'' (1990) - composition with Hiroto Otsubo, Shinobu Ogawa, and Takaharu Umezu *'' Dekoboko Densetsu: Hashiru Wagamanma'' (1990) - arrangement with Hiroto Otsubo, Minoru Yuasa, and Shingo Murakami *'' Valis III (Mega Drive)'' (1991) - arrangement with Takaharu Umezu and Minoru Yuasa *'' High Grenadier'' (1991) - composition with Takaharu Umezu *'' Tenshi no Uta'' (1991) - composition with Shinobu Ogawa *''

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'' (1992) - composition *''

'' (1992) - composition *'' Tenshi no Uta II: Datenshi no Sentaku'' (1993) - composition *''

'' (1996) - composition *''

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'' (1999) - composition *''

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'' (2002) - composition *'' Wild Arms Alter Code: F'' (2003) - composition *''

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'' (2005) - composition with Masato Kouda, Nobuyuki Shimizu, and Ryuta Suzuki *''

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'' (2008) - arrangements of "Ocarina of Time Medley" and "Bramble Blast" *'' The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road'' (2008) - composition of "RIZ-ZOAWD!" and "My Home on the Hills" *'' Noora to Toki no Koubou: Kiri no Mori no Majo'' (2011) - composition *'' Half-Minute Hero: The Second Coming'' (2011) - composition with many others *''

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'' (2014) - arrangements with many others *''Zombie Tokyo'' (2015) - composition with

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*'' Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey'' (2016) - composition of "Beyond the Tempest" *''

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'' (2018) - with various others (“Bloody Tears/Monster Dance” from '' Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest'', "Mad Monster Mansion" from ''

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'' and "Let's Go to Seoul!" from ''

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'') *''Wild Arms: Million Memories'' (2018) - composition with Saki Furuya, Naoki Chiba, and Kyohei Ozawa *''Rakugaki Kingdom'' (2019) - composition with many others *''Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes'' (2023) - with

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*''Armed Fantasia: To the End of the Wilderness -'' with Noriyatsu Agematsu

Other

*''FM Sound Module Maniax'' (2006) - composition with many others *''Griotte no Nemuri Hime ~FEL ARY LU EN TINDHARIA~'' (2009) - composition with many others *''Feedback'' (2013) - composition *''Feedback 2nd'' (2013) - composition *''Feedback 3rd'' (2013) - composition *''Feedback 4th.'' (2014) - composition *''Game Music Prayer II'' (2014) - composition with many others *''THE LEGEND ARTISTS Otakara Hakken!'' (2014) - composition with many others *''Feedback 5th.'' (2014) - composition *''Feedback 6th.'' (2014) - composition

References

External links

Official website
(in Japanese) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Naruke, Michiko 1967 births Japanese composers Japanese women composers Japanese women musicians Living people Musicians from Chiba Prefecture Video game composers