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Biography
Takashi Niigaki (新垣 隆, Niigaki Takashi, born 1 September 1970) is a Japanese composer and music teacher who served as the orchestrator and ghostwriter for Mamoru Samuragochi for 18 years, composing musical works that included the soundtracks for Resident Evil: Director's Cut Dual Shock Ver. and Onimusha: Warlords. He also composed "Hiroshima Symphony No 1", previously credited to Samuragochi until February 2014, when Niigaki publicly revealed that he was the real composer.
Ghostwriting
On 5 February 2014, Niigaki publicly revealed that he was the ghostwriter behind most of the music previously attributed to Mamoru Samuragochi since 1996. Niigaki went to the press because one of Samuragochi's claimed compositions would be used by Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi, at the then upcoming 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Works
The works below were formerly credited to Mamoru Samuragochi, but were later identified as having been composed by Niigaki.
- No. 1 symphony "Hiroshima" (2003)
- Sonatina for Violin
Completed in 2003, "Hiroshima" was first played at a concert held to commemorate the meeting of the Group of Eight leaders in Hiroshima in 2008. It was released on CD in 2011 as part of the Nippon Columbia record label's 100th anniversary celebrations.
Movie soundtracks
- Cosmos (秋桜) (1997)
Video game soundtracks
- Resident Evil: Director's Cut Dual Shock Ver. (1998)
- Onimusha: Warlords (2001)