Recent photo of Junko Tamiya at the 'BitSummit' indie games convention held in Kyoto, Japan during early March 2014.
Junko Tamiya (民谷 淳子) is a former Capcom music composer best known for composing the music for the NES port of the original Bionic Commando and the arcade version of Strider.
Junko Tamiya studied in the Osaka College of Music during the eighties with several other female video game music composers such as Soyo Oka, Miki Higashino and Yoko Shimomura. After graduating she became part of Capcom's Sound Team.
Junko worked for the company from 1987 to 1990, during which she went by several aliases, including Swimmer Tamichan, Gondamin and Gon. According to another former member of Capcom's Sound Team, Junko was very talented. She currently lives in Nara Prefecture in Japan.
In early March 2014, Junko Tamiya and her friend (and former Capcom colleague) Manami Matsumae attended the Bitsummit independent game developers festival held in Kyoto, Japan.
Production History
Junko Tamiya in the late eighties.
- Tiger Road (Arcade Version) (1987) [NOTE: Uncredited]
- Gun.Smoke (NES Version) (1988) -- Sound (as Swimmer Tamichan)
- 1943 Kai (Arcade Version) (1988) [NOTE: Uncredited]
- Bionic Commando (NES Version) (1988) -- Music (as Gondamin)
- Strider (Arcade Version) (1989) [NOTE: Uncredited]
- Strider Hiryu -G.S.M. Capcom 2- (CD) (1989) (as Gon)
- Dokaben 2 (1989)
- Sweet Home (1989) -- Music (as Gon)
- Code Name: Viper (1990) [NOTE: No in-game credits]
- Adventure Quiz 2: Hatena? no Daibouken (1990) -- Music (as J･Tamiya)
- Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight (1990) -- Music Director (as Tamie)
- Little Nemo: The Dream Master (1990) -- Music Composer (as Gonzou)
- Bionic Commando Rearmed (2008) -- The Original Bionic Commando NES Team (as Gondamin)
Song Credits
Tiger Road (Arcade Version)
- Place of Study -- Composition & Arrangement
Gun.Smoke (NES Version)
- Title -- Composition & Arrangement
- Town of Hicksville (Stage 1 BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Bandit Bill (Stage 1 Boss BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- The Boulders (Stage 2 BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Cutter (Stage 2 Boss BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Comanche Village (Stage 3 BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Devil Hawk (Stage 3 Boss BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Death Mountain (Stage 4 BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Ninja (Stage 4 Boss BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Cheyenne River (Stage 5 BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Fatman Joe (Stage 5 Boss BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Fort Wingate (Stage 6 BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Wingate (Stage 6 Boss BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Shop -- Composition & Arrangement
- Weapon Select -- Composition & Arrangement
- Stage Clear -- Composition & Arrangement
- Ending -- Composition & Arrangement
- Game Over -- Composition & Arrangement
1943 Kai (Arcade Version)
- Anti-Aircraft Campaign BGM A -- Composition & Arrangement
Bionic Commando (NES Version)
- Prologue -- Composition & Arrangement
- Start -- Composition & Arrangement
- Map -- Composition & Arrangement
- Area 1 BGM -- Arrangement
- Boss Demo -- Composition & Arrangement
- Boss -- Composition & Arrangement
- Area Clear -- Composition & Arrangement
- Area 5 BGM -- Composition & Arrangement
- Area 8 BGM -- Arrangement
- Area 9 BGM -- Composition & Arrangement
- Area 12 BGM -- Composition & Arrangement
- Area 13 BGM -- Composition & Arrangement
- Enemy -- Composition & Arrangement
- Final Boss -- Composition & Arrangement
- Final Clear -- Composition & Arrangement
- Ending -- Composition & Arrangement
- Epilogue -- Composition & Arrangement
- Game Over -- Composition & Arrangement
Strider (Arcade Version)
- Credit -- Composition & Arrangement
- Line (1 Stage Demo) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Rush! (1 Stage BGM 1) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Coup (Middle Enemy) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Mosque the Cold Hearted (1 Stage BGM 2) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Beasts (1 Stage BGM 3) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Bullet Corridor (1 Stage BGM 4) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Uroboros -The Iron Ruler- (Big Enemy) -- Composition & Arrangement
- 2 Stage Demo -- Composition & Arrangement
- Siberian Tunnel (Big Enemy -Kong-) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Driving Wheel (2 Stage BGM 1) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Big Run (2 Stage BGM 2) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Mass of Cloud (2 Stage BGM 3) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Fu-jin (Big Enemy -Sky-) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Stage Clear -- Composition & Arrangement
- 3 Stage Demo -- Composition & Arrangement
- War Drum (Start 1) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Encirclement (Start 2) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Valleys and Rivers (3 Stage BGM 1) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Roaring (3 Stage BGM 2) -- Composition & Arrangement
- African Formidable (Big Enemy) -- Composition & Arrangement
- 4 Stage Demo -- Composition & Arrangement
- Short Spin (4 Stage BGM 1) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Gravity Unusual (4 Stage BGM 2) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Capture! (Big Enemy) -- Composition & Arrangement
- 5 Stage Demo -- Composition & Arrangement
- Hiryu (5 Stage BGM 1) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Theme of Counterattack (5 Stage BGM 2) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Grandmaster (Big Enemy) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Final Clear -- Composition & Arrangement
- After All...... (Ending) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Ranking -- Composition & Arrangement
- Game Over -- Composition & Arrangement
- Continue -- Composition & Arrangement
- Area 1,2 -- Composition & Arrangement
Strider Hiryu -G.S.M. Capcom 2-
- Snow in Savanna -Strider Hiryu Arrange Version- -- Composition, Arrangement (w/Harumi Fujita, Tamayo Kawamoto & Manami Matsumae)
- Moon Over St. Petersburg -Strider Hiryu Arrange Version- -- Composition & Arrangement
Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight
- Stage 1 BGM -- Composition & Arrangement
- Opening -- Composition & Arrangement
- Main Theme -- Composition & Arrangement
- Start -- Composition & Arrangement
- Mushroom Forest (Stage 1 BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Flower Garden (Stage 2 BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- House of Toys (Stage 3 BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Nemo (Demo 1) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Night Sea (Stage 4 BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Nemo's House (Stage 5 BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Cloud Ruins (Stage 6 BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Topsy-Turvy (Stage 7 BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Camille (Demo 2) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Nightmare Land (Stage 8 BGM) -- Composition & Arrangement
- Boss -- Composition & Arrangement
- Last Boss -- Composition & Arrangement
- Stage Clear -- Composition & Arrangement
- Ending -- Composition & Arrangement
- Death -- Composition & Arrangement
- Game Over -- Composition & Arrangement
Junko Tamiya san at the Bitsummit convention talking about music composition with some other composers.