Soyo Oka
Soyo Oka (岡 素世, born April 9, 1964)[citation needed] is a Japanese composer of video games. Oka began composing at the age of 15 and majored in composition at the Osaka College of Music. She was hired by Nintendo in 1987 and worked there until 1995.
Oka initially wrote music mostly for Famicom racing games. In 1990, she and Koji Kondo (whose work she had studied in college) composed the soundtrack to the SNES launch title Pilotwings. Thereafter she worked for higher-profile games, such as SimCity (1991). Oka has composed for four Super Mario games: Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario All-Stars (where she also arranged Kondo's music), and the NES version of Wario's Woods.
In 1995, she left Nintendo to continue her profession as a freelancer. As of 2017, she is a member of the sound production company At-Tude.
She cites as her musical influences Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Debussy, Stravinsky, John Williams, Lyle Mays, YMO, Queen, and Chick Corea. Of the pieces she has written, her favorites are Super Mario Kart's Rainbow Road and Princess themes, SimCity's Metropolis theme, and Pilotwings' select theme.
Song credits
Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally
Super Mario Kart
- Super Mario Kart Title Screen[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Selection Screens[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Starting Grid[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Mario Circuit[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Donut Plains[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Ghost Valley[3] — Arrangement
- Bowser Castle[3] — Arrangement
- Choco Island[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Koopa Beach[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Vanilla Lake[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Rainbow Road[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Final Lap![3] — Arrangement
- Super Star[3] — Arrangement
- Finish! (1st – 4th Place)[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Finish! (5th – 8th Place)[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Finish! (Time Trials)[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Race Results (Mario)[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Race Results (Luigi)[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Race Results (Peach)[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Race Results (Yoshi)[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Race Results (Bowser)[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Race Results (Donkey Kong Jr.)[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Race Results (Koopa Troopa)[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Race Results (Toad)[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Awards Ceremony (1st – 3rd Place)[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Awards Ceremony (4th – 8th Place)[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Battle Mode[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Game Over[3] — Composition/arrangement
- Staff Credits[3] — Composition/arrangement
Super Mario All-Stars
All song titles are conjectural.
- Title Theme — Composition/arrangement
- Game Selection — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. Title Theme — Arrangement
- The Lost Levels Title Theme — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. Ground Theme — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. Course Clear Fanfare — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. / Super Mario Bros. 3 Underground Theme — Arrangement
- Hurry Up — Arrangement
- Invincible Theme — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. Bonus Theme — Composition/arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. Underwater Theme — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. Castle Theme — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. Bowser Theme — Composition/arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. World Clear — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. Final Bowser Theme — Composition/arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. Ending — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. Miss — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. Game Over — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 2 Title Theme — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 2 Player Select — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 2 Ground Theme — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 2 Underground Theme — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 2 Warp — Composition/arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 2 Boss — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 2 Success — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 2 Bonus Start — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 2 Bonus Game — Composition/arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 2 Failure — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 2 Stage Clear — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 2 Last Boss — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 2 Ending — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 2 Game Over — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Title Theme — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 World 1 Map (Grass Land) — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Ground Theme — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Miss — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 World 2 Map (Desert Hill) — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Athletic Theme — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Course Clear Fanfare — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 World 3 Map (Ocean Side) — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Underwater Theme — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Music Box — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Slot Theme / Nervous Breakdown Theme — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Bonus Win — Composition/arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 World 4 Map (Big Island) — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 World 5 Map (The Sky) — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Enemy Battle — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Toad House — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 World 6 Map (Iced Land) — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Fortress Theme — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Fortress Boss — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Fireworks Fanfare — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Princess Message — Composition/arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Whistle Sound — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Warp Zone (World 5 Sky Map) — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 World 7 Map (Pipe Maze) — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 King's Chamber — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Airship Theme — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 World 8 Map (Castle of Bowser) — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 The Evil King Bowser — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 World Clear Fanfare — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Ending — Arrangement
- Super Mario Bros. 3 Game Over — Arrangement
References
External links
- At-Tude
- Interview with Soyo Oka at RocketBaby
- SOYO OKA | COMPOSER (2022-)
- twitter.com/soyooka - Twitter
- LOOP8A - First EP (2022)
- LOOP816 - First album (2023)