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Tenpei Sato (佐藤 天平, Satō Tenpei) is a video game composer and voice actor. His most notable works are his soundtracks for Nippon Ichi Software games, such as Disgaea and Phantom Brave. He also provides voice-over for games and movies.
Biography
Sato was born in Tokyo, Japan. He began playing piano at the age of six, and made his first composition, a piece for guitar, at the age of twelve. His first job was at Telenet Japan, where he composed the score for the action role-playing game Exile and popular PC Engine side-scroller Valis II. After leaving Telenet, he joined Glodia, and, together with Nobuhito Koise, composed the soundtrack to the famous Emerald Dragon. Later he would compose both Vain Dream with Abreath Nakamura and Bible Master II. After leaving Glodia, he joined Birdie Software, and produced soundtracks for four of their games. Currently, he produces music for Nippon Ichi, which is where he has gained his greatest recognition, for games such as the Marl Kingdom series, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, La Pucelle: Tactics, and Phantom Brave.
Musical style and influence
Sato cites Queen, Claude Debussy, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Kate Bush as major musical influences.
Works
- XZR II (Exile) (1988) - with Shinobu Ogawa
- Cyber City (1989) - with Shinobu Ogawa
- Valis II (1989) - with Shinobu Ogawa, Masahiro Kajiwara, and Jizou Kurabo
- Emerald Dragon (1989) - with Nobuhito Koise
- Vain Dream (1991) - with Nobuhito Koise and Ikki Nakamura
- Alshark (1991)
- Cal (1991)
- Beast (1991)
- Cal II (1991)
- Task Force Harrier EX (1991)
- Joker 2 (1992)
- Beast 2 (1992)
- Imperium (1992) - with Tatsuya Sato and Hiroki Uematsu
- Beast 3 (1993)
- Red: The Adventurous Sequence (1993)
- Alvaleak Continent (1993) - with Nobuhito Koise
- Alien vs. Predator (1993) - with Hisayoshi Ogura
- Shinseiki Odysselya (1993) - with Hisayoshi Ogura
- Bible Master II: The Chaos of Aglia (1994)
- Etemiburu: Tenjoumukyuu (1994)
- Magna Braban: Henreki no Yusha (1994) - with Tatsuya Sato
- Alshark (Sega CD) (1994)
- Super Street Basketball 2 (1994)
- Eko Eko Azaraku: Wizard of Darkness (1995)
- Hard Blow (1997)
- Cocktail Harmony (1998)
- Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure (1998)
- Combat Choro Q (1999)
- Little Princess: Puppet Princess of Marl Kingdom (1999)
- Magnetic Power Microman: Generation 2000 (1999)
- Brigandine: Grand Edition (2000)
- Real Pool (2000)
- Play It Pinball (2000)
- Angel's Present: Chronicles of Marl Kingdom (2000)
- Gadget Racers (2000)
- Marl de Jigsaw (2001)
- La Pucelle: Tactics (2002)
- Marl Jong!! (2003)
- Disgaea: Hour of Darkness (2003)
- The Conveni 3 (2003)
- Baskelian (2003)
- Phantom Brave (2004)
- Gunslinger Girl Vol. 1 (2004)
- Gunslinger Girl Vol. 2 (2004)
- Gunslinger Girl Vol. 3 (2004)
- Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (2006)
- Numpla & Oekaki Puzzle (2006)
- Soul Nomad & the World Eaters (2007)
- Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? (2008)
- Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice (2008)
- Disgaea Infinite (2009)
- Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! (2010)
- Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten (2011)
- Mugen Souls (2012)
- Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness (2013)
- Mugen Souls Z (2013)
- The Witch and The Hundred Knight (2013)
- Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance (2015)
- Makai Shin Trillion (2015)
- MeiQ no Chika ni Shisu (2015)