is a Japanese

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and

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designer best known for scoring several ''Pokémon'' games.

Biography

In 2003, Tawada composed the music to ''

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'', a video game made by the development studio

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. He has since scored the subsequent ''

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'' titles developed by the company: the sequel to ''Pokémon Colosseum'', '' Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness'' (2005), the

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, ''

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'' (''Pokémon Link!'' in Europe), and ''

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'' (2006).

Works

''All works listed below were composed by Tawada unless otherwise noted.''

Video games

Other works

*''Ten Plants'' (1998) – with many others

References

External links

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1965 births Japanese composers Japanese male composers Living people Video game composers {{Japan-composer-stub