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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Some of her most notable works include “The Best Is Yet to Come” (Metal Gear Solid), “Can’t Say Goodbye to Yesterday” (Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty), and “Don’t Be Afraid” (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater). She also composed the song “I Am the Wind” for Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and the song “Esper\u00e1ndote” for the original Silent Hill.In May 2020, Muranaka was featured in the Visual Collaborative Polaris catalog. In a series titled TwentyEightyFour released during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, she spoke about her collaborations and virtual reality.[1]Les Nubians, Dakore Akande appeared in the same interview periodical.[2]Music career[edit]During her teens, Rika Muranaka left her native Tokyo to study jazz piano with Alan Swain, a jazz pianist and author, in Chicago.[3] She started to write music at the age of 16, but at first was doing it only for herself.[4]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4After graduating from Chicago’s Northeastern Illinois University, Rika Muranaka returned to Japan and was offered a deal with Columbia Records, a major record company in Japan, in 1992,[3][4] which resulted in the release of 4 albums.[5] Her debut CD Slice of Life, released in 1992, featured vocalists Dwight Dukes, Cynthia Harrell and Stephanie B and was result of collaboration with Michael Caruso, a Grammy-nominated songwriter.[3] She continued writing music and composed music for commercials, advertising, the Japanese government and demos for multimedia companies in Japan;[4] she \u201cwas on TV, doing everything from jingles to writing music for artists.\u201d[5] Rika Muranaka had even worked developing pre-programmed beats and sounds for Casio electronic keyboards and produced music for educational textbooks and materials.[5][6]Fascinated by the game industry, Rika Muranaka started to work for Konami in the 1990s, though at the time it was a rare occurrence for game companies to hire professional music composers.[4] Her motivation to write music for the game industry was \u201cto change the standard for music in the industry\u201d because \u201ceveryone thought that video game music was simple and not so good\u201d.[7][8] Her first projects at Konami involved songs for Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and the classic horror game Silent Hill, where she collaborated with Akira Yamaoka, a Japanese video game composer.[5]Her work at Konami led to an almost 20-year working relationship with Hideo Kojima on the Metal Gear Solid game series.[5] The company was small at the time and the team creating the game was very small consisting from only about 20 people[9] and they did not expect Metal Gear Solid to become so successful.[6] Reflecting on her work dynamics on Metal Gear Solid series, Rika Muranaka states that she had to be a \u201cmind reader\u201d as she did not know the story line or where the music was intended to be used and had to imagine what Hideo Kojima had envisioned.[4] She was only told by Hideo Kojima that she needed to create, e.g., 5 patterns for action, 5 patterns for sneaking and 5 patterns for ambient music.[6][7][9] She also revealed that, when working on Metal Gear Solid, Hideo Kojima did not wish to hear any songs in English or any other language he would understand. When she suggested writing a song in Gaelic, Hideo responded: \u201cWhat the hell is Gaelic?\u201d[5][10]While working on Metal Gear Solid 2, Rika Muranaka brought in British film composer Harry Gregson-Williams into the game industry to work on the game series.[4][6][9]  She believes by doing so she has contributed to setting the trend of attracting film producers to the music composition in game industry.[4]During the years of her work at Konami she had not only composed music and written lyrics for some of the most popular songs that featured in the games, but also produced and edited music, arranged budget, hired the musicians and orchestra needed to produce the music for Metal Gear Solid game series.[9][10]  She involved jazz musicians, such as Gerald Albright, Kevin Eubanks and Hubert Laws, in creating music for the game series.[3]Despite being fond of writing for games, Rika Muranaka gradually developed passion to writing music for films, television and animation.[4] She describes the process of creating music for game and film industry as different. She explains that \u201cin games, the music has to fit within a game, meaning you have to make a transition every 30 seconds and it has to be loopable so they can cut or stretch the audio to sync to the game visuals. For film, you actually have a trailer or something to work with, meaning you can use a time code to fit the music perfectly within a scene so you have an advantage of having a scene front of you to write with.\u201d[4]After terminating her work relationship with Konami, Rika Muranaka transitioned to working on her own projects, such as a reality show Hollywood Dream and her own business RnD Entertainment, both being a collaboration with Grammy and American Music Award winning music producer Damien \u201cE-Love\u201d Matthias, and composing and producing music for films.[10][11]YearTitleNotes2015Board to Death, Short Film SoundtrackMusic by Rika Muranaka and Dammie Akinmola2014Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Original SoundtrackMusic produced by Rika Muranaka2013Polypore, Official Film SoundtrackAssistant location scout, translation assistant for JapaneseProperty Wars: Season 2, Episode 17 “The Roof Is on Fire”\u201cCosmic Mudra\u201dMusic by Rika MuranakaProduced by Rika Muranaka2012America’s Next Top Model: Season 18, Episode 9 “Barney Cheng”\u201cCosmic Mudra\u201dMusic by Rika MuranakaProduced by Rika MuranakaNFL In Their Own Words: Junior Seau\u201cCosmic Mudra\u201dMusic by Rika MuranakaProduced by Rika Muranaka2009Blunts and Stunts: Class of \u201994Produced and edited by Rika MuranakaMusic by Rika Muranaka2008Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Original SoundtrackMusic produced by Rika MuranakaSuper Smash Bros. Brawl\u201cSnake Eater\u201dProduced and arranged by Rika Muranaka2007Metal Gear Saga\u201cThe Best Is Yet To Come\u201dMusic and lyrics by Rika MuranakaProduced by Rika MuranakaBroken English Original Film Soundtrack\u201cCosmic Mudra\u201dMusic by Rika MuranakaProduced by Rika MuranakaLA Ink: Season 1, Episode 1 “Welcome Home, Kat”“LA Ink-Cues”Music by Rika MuranakaProduced by Rika MuranakaMTV Rob and Big: Season 2, Episode 4: “New Assistant”\u201cCosmic Mudra\u201dMusic by Rika MuranakaProduced by Rika Muranaka2006Dreamers, MTV JapanMusic and content produced by Rika Muranaka2004Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Original Soundtrack\u201cSnake Eater\u201dMusic by Norihiko HibinoProduced and arranged by Rika Muranaka\u201cDon’t Be Afraid\u201dMusic and lyrics by Rika MuranakaProduced by Rika MuranakaVocals by Elise FiorilloMetal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes\u201cThe Best Is Yet to Come\u201dMusic and lyrics by Rika MuranakaProduced by Rika MuranakaVocals by Aoife2001Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Original Soundtrack\u201cCan’t Say Goodbye to Yesterday\u201dMusic and lyrics by Rika MuranakaProduced by Rika Muranaka1999Silent Hill Original Soundtrack\u201cEsper\u00e1ndote (\u00bfQu\u00e9 Quieres De M\u00ed?)\u201dMusic by Rika MuranakaProduced by Rika Muranaka1998Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack\u201cThe Best Is Yet to Come\u201dMusic by Rika MuranakaVocals by Aoife N\u00ed FhearraighProduced by Rika Muranaka1997Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Original Soundtrack\u201cI Am the Wind\u201dMusic by Rika Muranaka and Jeff LorberLyrics by Tony HaynesVocals by Cynthia HarrellProduced by Rika MuranakaMaster Mosquiton: Anime Soundtrack\u201cReminisce a While\u201dMusic by Rika MuranakaLyrics by Tony HaynesProduced by Rika MuranakaLet’s play U can chat too!Interactive CD-ROM softwareMusic and script directed and produced by Rika MuranakaMy first day of school!Interactive CD-ROM softwareMusic and script directed and produced by Rika MuranakaMy first trip to NY city!Interactive CD-ROM softwareMusic and script directed and produced by Rika Muranaka1996Love Letters to HeavenPiano solo albumPiano – Rika MuranakaSaxophone – Gerald AlbrightGuitar – Paul Jackson Jr.Summer of \u201979Piano solo albumPiano – Rika MuranakaSaxophone – Gerald AlbrightGuitar – Paul Jackson Jr.EnchantePiano solo albumPiano – Rika MuranakaSaxophone – Gerald AlbrightGuitar – Paul Jackson Jr.1995FuranoMultimedia CD-ROM interactive softwareMusic by Rika MuranakaProduced by Rika Muranaka1992Slice of LifeMusic by Rika MuranakaProduced by Rika MuranakaReferences[edit]^ “Rika Muranaka”. 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Retrieved December 22, 2015.^ a b c d Yea, Y. (August 5, 2015). “The Codec – Rika Muranaka Interview: Work with Metal Gear Music Discussed!”. YouTube. Retrieved December 22, 2015.^ a b c “An interview with Rika Muranaka”. YouTube. September 11, 2015. Retrieved December 22, 2015.^ “Profile of Producers”. RnDEntertainment USA. Retrieved December 22, 2015.External links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/rika-muranaka-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Rika Muranaka – Wikipedia"}}]}]