The (Sega Sound Team)
was
Sega
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's official in-house
band from 1988 to 1993, specializing in
rock
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versions of Sega
arcade game
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themes for Japan-only compilation albums and
festival appearances. Consisting of six musicians who worked in Sega's sound department at the time,
the band included
keyboardists
Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Katsuhiro Hayashi, and Kimitaka Matsumae;
guitarists Koichi Namiki and Jouji Iijima;
bassists
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Sachio Ogawa and Shingo Komori; and
drummer
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Takehiko Tanabe. Kawaguchi and Komori left the band in 1990 and were replaced by
Takenobu Mitsuyoshi on keyboards and Masato Saito on bass, respectively.
Usually, some of these albums that were released would consists of two especially recorded versions of the game soundtrack and the rest would consist of the game's original soundtrack. After the group split, the members resumed work on Sega projects. Mitsuyoshi composed the soundtrack to ''
Virtua Fighter'', ''
Daytona USA
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'' and the two installments of ''
Shenmue'', while Matsumae would be involved in ''
Sega Rally
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The series released its first title, ''Sega Rally Championship'' in 1994. Initially, ''Sega Rall ...
'' and ''
Virtua Fighter 3''.
Although the original group disbanded in 1993, in 2011, former members of the band reunited under the name "Blind Spot", still regularly releasing albums and performing concerts as of 2021.
Discography
All titles are released through
Pony Canyon unless stated.
Studio albums
Compilations
Standalone game soundtracks (GSM 1500 series)
Live album
Videography
Band lineups
References
External links
S.S.T.BAND BACK-UP TEAM (Fansite)1989 concert footage
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Japanese instrumental musical groups
Japanese rock music groups
Sega
Video game music cover bands
Video game musicians