Toru Minegishi

Toru Minegishi
Minegishi in 2018
Born		1975 Shibukawa, Gunma, Japan
Occupation		Composer, sound director, musician
Notable work		Animal Crossing The Legend of Zelda series Super Mario 3D World Splatoon series

Toru Minegishi (峰岸透, Minegishi Tōru, born 1975) is a composer at Nintendo. He is most well known for his work on The Legend of Zelda and Splatoon series, among others.

Minegishi was responsible for composing the indoor music in Doubutsu no Mori, Doubutsu no Mori+, Animal Crossing, and Doubutsu no Mori e+ (including most of K.K. Slider's songs), most of which has reappeared in every mainline game in the Animal Crossing series. He stated that composing over 50 tracks from many different genres was a new experience and challenge for him as a composer.

Works

• Doubutsu no Mori/Animal Crossing – Indoor BGM
• Doubutsu no Mori e+ – BGM

Song credits

Songs are listed by the first game they appeared in, though they may have reappeared in future games. Credits are not necessarily exhaustive and reflect only what can be sourced.

In Doubutsu no Mori

Minegishi was responsible for "Indoor BGM" in Doubutsu no Mori, which likely includes the following background music tracks:

• "You Need a Place to Stay..." — composition
• "Nook's Cranny" — composition and arrangement
• "Nook 'n' Go" — composition and arrangement
• "Nookway" — composition and arrangement
• "Nookington's" — composition and arrangement
• "Nook's at Closing" — composition and arrangement
• "Crazy Redd's Tent" — composition and arrangement
• "Post Office (Day)" — composition and arrangement
• "Post Office (Night)" — composition and arrangement
• "Police Station" — composition and arrangement
• "Katrina's Tent" — composition and arrangement

K.K. Slider songs

Minegishi composed and arranged most K.K. Slider songs as airchecks for Doubutsu no Mori, which Kazumi Totaka then rearranged and expanded upon for the live performance versions. Some of these tracks have also been credited to Minegishi elsewhere.

• "K.K. Chorale" (aircheck) — composition and arrangement
• "K.K. March" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Waltz" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Swing" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Jazz" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Fusion" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Étude" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Lullaby" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Aria" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Samba" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Bossa" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Calypso" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Salsa" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Mambo" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Reggae" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Ska" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Tango" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Folk" (aircheck)
• "Aloha K.K." (aircheck)
• "Lucky K.K." (aircheck)
• "K.K. Condor" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Steppe" (aircheck)
• "Imperial K.K." (aircheck)
• "K.K. Casbah" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Safari" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Faire" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Rock" (aircheck)
• "Rockin' K.K." (aircheck)
• "K.K. Ragtime" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Gumbo" (aircheck)
• "The K. Funk" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Blues" (aircheck)
• "Soulful K.K." (aircheck)
• "K.K. Soul" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Cruisin'" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Love Song" (aircheck)
• "K.K. D&B" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Technopop" (aircheck)
• "DJ K.K." (aircheck)
• "Only Me" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Country" (aircheck)
• "Surfin' K.K." (aircheck)
• "K.K. Ballad" (aircheck)
• "Comrade K.K." (aircheck)
• "K.K. Lament" (aircheck)
• "Go K.K. Rider!" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Dirge" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Western" (aircheck)
• "Mr. K.K." (aircheck)
• "Café K.K." (aircheck)
• "K.K. Parade" (aircheck)
• "Señor K.K." (aircheck)
• "I Love You" (aircheck)
• "Two Days Ago" (aircheck)

In Doubutsu no Mori+/Animal Crossing

The "Indoor BGM" for which Minegishi was credited for that was added in Doubutsu no Mori+ includes the following tracks:

• "Able Sisters"
• "Museum"

In Doubutsu no Mori e+

• "Tom Nook at Night"

K.K. Slider songs

In Nintendo DREAM Vol. 100 about Doubutsu no Mori e+, Kazumi Totaka further confirmed that the process of creating the K.K. Slider songs involved two people, with another composer (Minegishi) creating the instrumentals and himself arranging the live performances. They worked together to decide which genres to use. Minegishi would therefore be responsible for the following tracks:

• "Forest Life" (aircheck) — arrangement, composed by Kenta Nagata
• "My Place" (aircheck) — arrangement, composed by Kazumi Totaka
• "To the Edge" (aircheck) — arrangement, composed by Kazumi Totaka
• "K.K. Dixie" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Marathon" (aircheck)
• "King K.K." (aircheck)
• "Mountain Song" (aircheck)
• "Marine Song 2001" (aircheck) — arrangement w/ Kazumi Totaka, composed by Kazumi Totaka
• "Neapolitan" (aircheck)
• "Steep Hill" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Rockabilly" (aircheck)
• "Agent K.K." (aircheck)
• "K.K. Rally" (aircheck)
• "K.K. Metal" (aircheck)

External links

Toru Minegishi on other wikis

• Inkipedia
• NintendoWiki
• Super Mario Wiki
• Wikipedia
• Zelda Wiki

Companies and personnel

Companies Nintendo DeNA iQue NDcube OLM, Inc. Prima Games Sanrio Shogakukan Developers Katsuya Eguchi Aya Kyogoku Isao Moro Hisashi Nogami Takashi Tezuka Makoto Wada Composers Atsuko Asahi Sayako Doi Shiho Fujii Asuka Hayazaki Yasuaki Iwata Manaka Kataoka Toru Minegishi Kenta Nagata Shinobu Nagata Masato Ohashi Yumi Takahashi Kazumi Totaka Voice actors Mari Adachi Hisao Egawa Takaya Hashi Saori Hattori Yurika Hino Yui Horie Mitsup Iwata Takatoshi Kaneko Mika Kanai Yuichi Kimura Yū Kobayashi Takashi Miike Fukuen Misato Yuko Mizutani Kenichi Ogata Shun Oguri Fumiko Orikasa Otoha Tetsuo Sakagachi Akio Suyama Wataru Takagi Yasuhiro Takata Kazuya Tatekabe Junpei Takiguchi Naoki Tatsuta Masaki Terasoma Yuji Ueda Kappei Yamaguchi Other personnel Reggie Fils-Aimé Jōji Shimura Staff lists Doubutsu no Mori Doubutsu no Mori+ Animal Crossing Doubutsu no Mori e+ Wild World City Folk New Leaf Happy Home Designer New Horizons Category (companies) • Category (personnel)