Yuu Miyake is a Japanese composer and sound engineer formally for Bandai Namco Entertainment.
11 Facts About Yuu Miyake
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Yuu Miyake's most known work surfaced with Katamari Damacy soundtracks, on which he served as a sound director.
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Yuu Miyake listened to anime themes, disco and Yellow Magic Orchestra.
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Yuu Miyake considers his work on these games to be his "specialty".
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In 2000, Yuu Miyake worked with Namco director Keita Takahashi on a video project called "Texas 2000".
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Yuu Miyake was given creative freedom, and considers the sound design and music to have been a major aspect of the game's success.
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Yuu Miyake aimed to write catchy melodies for the game, feeling that video game music since the second half of the 90s had become unmemorable.
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Yuu Miyake served as the sound director for future titles in the series, and composed for Takahashi's Noby Noby Boy in 2009.
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Yuu Miyake has continued to contribute tracks to further Bandai Namco games, and has worked on games by other companies.
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Yuu Miyake started a side project with former Bandai Namco co-worker Yoshihito Yano, named Mikanz.
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Yuu Miyake attended MAGFest 13 in January 2015, holding a QA conference and performing various Katamari Damacy series songs under his DJ handle of "eutron".