Takayuki Ishikawa: Difference between revisions

** beatmania IIDX: sound director ([[AC substream|beatmania IIDX substream]]→[[AC EMPRESS|beatmania IIDX 16 EMPRESS]]), sound producer ([[AC SIRIUS|beatmania IIDX 17 SIRIUS]]→[[AC SPADA|beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA]])

Takayuki Ishikawa is an in-house KONAMI artist who's worked at the company since the late 1990's, his earliest known project for the company being the 1998 PlayStation Game ''Dolphin's Dream''. As a BEMANI composer, he is best known for being the former sound director of the beatmania IIDX series, where he was the head sound director from [[AC substream|beatmania IIDX substream]] all the way up to [[AC HAPPY SKY|beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY]]. He's also composed a song for every beatmania IIDX arcade game with the single exception of substream. He has written some of the most prolific/famous songs in all of BEMANI, including [[Abyss]], [[.59]], [[A]], [[V]], [[sync]], and many more. Takayuki's also been a regular contributor to pop'n music since [[PnM AC 5|pop'n music 5]].

While his favorite style of music is trance and techno, often bringing classical and written tradition music concepts into electronic music, he's also produced some drum'n'bass and happy hardcore songs. Also, he has demonstrated his skills producing rock and punk songs in BEMANI several times.