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Taro Bando is a sound engineer who works for Nintendo. He has often provided sound programming and sound effects on several titles on the Mario Kart and Animal Crossing franchises among others. While his work has mainly consisted on sound design, he was also the main composer of the Nintendo 64 title F-Zero X, characterized for its heavy metal style soundtrack.
In recent years, Bando has also been mostly involved as a sound supervisor in the Mario series.
Game Works[]
- Super Mario Kart (1992) - Sound Composer [note: sound effects and programming only]
- Stunt Race FX (1994) - Sound Composer [note: sound effects and programming only]
- Mole Mania (1996) - Sound Composer
- Mario Kart 64 (1996) - Sound Programmer [note: sound effects]
- F-Zero X (1998) - Sound Composer, Sound Effects
- Mario Party (1998) - Sound Support
- Animal Crossing (2001) - Sound Effect Program
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2002) - Sound Library Programming
- Doubutsu no Mori e+ (2003) - Sound Effect Program
- Mario Kart: Double Dash‼ (2003) - Sound Effects
- Mario Pinball Land (2004) - Mario Series SFX
- Mario Power Tennis (2004) - Sound Effects
- Yoshi Touch & Go (2005) - Programming Support
- Mario Superstar Baseball (2005) - Sound Support
- Animal Crossing: Wild World (2005) - Sound Effects
- Mario Hoops 3-on-3 (2006) - Sound Supervisor
- Wii Sports (2006) - Sound Effect / Programming
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) - Sound Supervisor
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) - Programming
- Mario Super Sluggers (2008) - Sound Support
- Animal Crossing: City Folk (2008) - Sound Effects
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009) - Sound Supervisor
- Steel Diver (2011) - Sound Effects
- Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (2011) - Sound Supervisor
- Mario Kart 7 (2011) - Sound Effects
- Pikmin 3 (2013) - Sound Effects & Programming
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (2013) - Sound Effect
- Steel Diver: Sub Wars (2014) - Sound Effects
- Mario Kart 8 (2014) - Sound Effects
- Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (2015) - Character Voice Supervisor
- Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016) - Music Supervisor
- Mario Party: Star Rush (2016) - Sound Supervisor
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) - Sound Designer
- Mario Sports Superstars (2017) - Sound Supervisor
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (2017) - Sound Effects
- Mario Party: The Top 100 (2017) - Sound Supervisor
- Ring Fit Adventure (2019) - Sound Design
Special Thanks[]
- Super Smash Bros. (1999) - Original Game Staff ("F-ZERO X" Original Sound Composing)
- Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) - Original Game Staff (Music Composition: F-Zero X)
- The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (2007)
- Mario Kart Wii (2008)
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014) - Supervisor (Original Games)
- Skylanders: Superchargers (2015)
- Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016)
- ARMS (2017)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018) - Original Game Supervisor
Song Credits[]
Mole Mania[]
Taro Bando was the sole composer of this title
F-Zero X[]
- Endless Challenge (Mute City) -- Arrangement[1]
- Dream Chaser (Silence) -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Fall Down to the Stream (Sand Ocean / Fire Field) -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Decided by the Eyes (Big Blue) -- Arrangement[1]
- A Devil's Call in Your Heart (Devil's Forest) -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Long-Distance Murder (Red Canyon / Space Plant) -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Crazy Crying Call (Port Town) -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Drivin' Through on MAX (Sector α / Sector β / Rainbow Road) -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Climb Up / Last Chance! (White Land / Big Hand) -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Title BGM -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Machine Select -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Options -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Before the Storm -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Goal Fanfare -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Goal BGM -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Retire -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Game Over -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
- Grand Prix Ending -- Composition & Arrangement[1]
F-Zero X Expansion Kit[]
- Rainbow Road -- Arrangement[2]
- Rendezvous of Ghost -- Composition & Arrangement[2]
- Japon -- Composition & Arrangement[2]
Interviews[]
- F-Zero X Staff Interview (via F-Zero Central)
- N.O.M.: Animal Crossing (translated by Shmuplations)
- N.O.M.: Sound Effect Creation (June 2001)
Trivia[]
- He was the normal staff ghost for Piranha Plant Slide in Mario Kart 7