Diggin' in the Carts

Season 1 Episode 1: The Rise of VGM

In this episode we look at the birth and rise of music in video games. From the earliest sounds and melodies to the first fully formed continuous music to be pioneered in the arcade games from Namco. We meet Junko Ozawa, one of Namco’s earliest sound team composers, and also the legendary Hirokazu ‘Hip’ Tanaka, who joined Nintendo in 1980 and was responsible for composing some of the giant’s most loved classics like Metroid and Tetris.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

6

Actor:

Haruhisa Tanaka , Yuichi Uchizawa , Peter Berkman

Quality:

HD

Status:

Ended

First Air:

2014

IMDb:

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