或许你你只知道宫本茂是马里奥之父，但你是否了解马里奥系列音乐的作曲者是谁呢？他就是近藤 浩治（Koji Kondo）先生。现年50岁的他在年轻时自己经常玩音乐，直到17岁他下决心把音乐作为自己的职业之后便介绍专业的音乐训练和各种乐器的弹奏。在80年代初期他发现任天堂公司正在招聘游戏音乐的作曲，近藤先生之前从来没有想过谱游戏音乐，但他还是尝试了应聘。结果在1983年他被任天堂雇用了。由此开创了他为任天堂多款游戏作曲的序幕。下面就是这位近藤浩治制作过的游戏原声。

* Devil World (with Akito Nakatsuka) (1984)* Super Mario Bros. (1985)

* Wrecking Crew (1985)

* Mystery of Murasame Castle (1986)

* The Legend of Zelda (1986, 1987)

* Shin Oni Ga Shima (1987)

* Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988)

* Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988, 1990)

* Pilotwings (with Soyo Oka) (1990)

* Super Mario World (1991)

* The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1992)

* Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (1995)

* Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (with Yoko Shimomura and Nobuo Uematsu) (1996)

* Super Mario 64 (1996)

* Star Fox 64 (with Hajime Wakai) (1997)

* The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998)

* Super Smash Bros. (with several others) (1999)

* The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (with Toru Minegishi) (2000)

* Super Smash Bros. Melee (with several others) (2001)

* Super Mario Sunshine (with Shinobu Tanaka) (2002)

* The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (with Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, and Toru Minegishi) (2003)

* New Super Mario Bros. (with Asuka Ota and Hajime Wakai) (2006)

* The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (with Toru Minegishi and Asuka Ota) (2006)

* Super Mario Galaxy (with Mahito Yokota)(2007)

* Super Mario Galaxy 2 (with Mahito Yokota, Ryo Nagamatsu)(2010)

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