Miki Higashino

Miki Higashino is a video game music composer best known for her work for Konami games, where she was a member of the Konami Kuheiha Club, a team of composers. She has left her greatest mark on the Gradius and Suikoden series, and also composed music for two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games. Miki Higashino became a freelance composer in 2002.

Video Game Music

• Contra III The Alien Wars (1992, along with Masanori Adachi and Tappi Iwase)
• Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition (1994)
• Genso Suikogaiden Vol. 1 (2000, along with Keiko Fukami)
• Genso Suikogaiden Vol. 2 (2000, along with Keiko Fukami)
• Gradius (1985): Most of her Gradius series compositions have been rearranged a few times by other composers—she composed the original Arcade Game versions.
  • Samples: "Challenger".
• Gradius III (1989, along with Seiichi Fukami, Mutsuhiko Izumi, Junichiro Kaneda and Keizo Nakamura)
• Knightmare (1986)
• Salamander (1986 / Arcade Game): Also known as Life Force in North America, this was a famously Ear Wormy game.
  • Samples: "Poison of Snake", "Power of Anger", "Star Field".
• Salamander (1987 / MSX, along with Motoaki Furukawa and Masahiro Ikariko): Arrangements of her compositions.
• Moon Remix RPG Adventure (1997, along with Masanori Adachi, Taro Kudou of the Thelonious Monkees, and Hirofumi Taniguchi)
• Moryo Senki MADARA 2 (1993, along with Masanori Adachi and Tappi Iwase)
• Pop'n music 15 (2007)
• Premier Soccer (1993)
• Suikoden (1995, along with Tappi Iwase, Mayuko Kagesita, Hiroshi Tamawari and Setsu Taniguchi)
  • Samples: Beautiful Golden City (composed by her, arranged by Tappi Iwase)
• Suikoden II (1998, along with Keiko Fukami)
• Surprise Attack (1990, along with Hidenori Maezawa and Keizo Nakamura)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989 / NES, along with Mutsuhiko Izumi)
  • Samples: Title, Underwater.
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters (1994 / Mega Drive): The Super NES version (whose music she did not compose) was considered the more solid Fighting Game, but the music she composed for the (otherwise lackluster gameplay-wise) Mega Drive version was extraordinarily catchy.
  • Samples: April O'Neil, Continue, Donatello, Michaelangelo, Ray Fillet, Sisyphus.
• Tokimeki Memorial (1994, along with Seiya Murai, Hiroe Noguchi and Mikio Saito)
• Tsukiyo No Saraba (2005, along with Yasunori Mitsuda)
• Vandal Hearts: Ancient Lost Civilization (1996, along with Kosuke Soeda, Hiroshi Tamawari and Masahiro Yamauchi)
• Yie Ar Kung-Fu (1985)