Seiko Kobuchi (小渕 世子) is a former Capcom sound composer and designer who produces electronic music and also provides vocals on occasion (credited once as Capricious Comet despite already using her real name for composition credit).
She joined the company in 2000, where she was first worked on the Dreamcast title Bounty Hunter Sarah: Holy Mountain no Teiou, followed by Game Boy Advance title Final Fight One (albeit uncredited) and Game Boy Color title Gaia Master Duel Card Attacks. She was later contracted to compose the music for Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse (followed later by Hide & Sneak), her first major project, and then later the entirety of Resident Evil 0. Following this she contributed to Mega Man X7 alongside Shinya Okada, whom she would work with in four later games (including Haunting Ground, where she was lead composer).
Kobuchi is also a solo artist, having put out the album Love Viberation shortly before her first Capcom title was released. She is also a former Konami employee (from 1997 to 1999), as she composed the music for arcade titles Solar Assault (1997) and Teraburst (1998) and the Game Boy Color titles Tokimeki Memorial Pocket, NBA In the Zone and Juukou Senki Bullet Battler (all 1999), usually under the alias Soul Seiko.
Kobuchi left the company in 2008 shortly after she started work on Resident Evil 5; her two tracks having later been picked up by Kota Suzuki and Hideki Okugawa. She then became (and still is) a freelancer, later becoming a member of GeOnDan (like many other ex-Capcom sound members), which has since disbanded. Other works include being a guest arist on an arrange album for the arcade title Guwange (also featuring Akari Kaida and Yoshino Aoki) and an arrange album for Mega Man 10 as well as being a guest vocalist for Soundshock: FM Funk Maddness!! an album published by Ubiktune.
Production History
- Bounty Hunter Sarah: Holy Mountain no Teiou (2001)
- Final Fight One (2001) [NOTE: Uncredited; credit set ported from SNES version]
- Gaia Master Duel Card Attacks (2001)
- Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse (2002) -- Music (Capcom)
- Resident Evil 0 (2002) -- Music Composed by (Sound)
- Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter (2002) -- Sound Effect
- Mega Man X7 (2003) -- Music Composer (Sound)
- Aladdin (GBA Version) (2003) -- Sound
- Glass Rose (2003) -- Promotion Video Music Composition
- Disney's Hide & Sneak (2003)
- Mega Man X: Command Mission (2004) -- Sound Composer, Music (Ending Theme "parts"), Vocals (Ending Theme "parts") (as Capricious Comet)
- Resident Evil Outbreak: File 2 (2004) -- Special Thanks
- Resident Evil 4 (GCN Version) (2005) -- Special Thanks (Voices)
- Haunting Ground (2005) -- Lead Music Composer
- MegaMan Battle Network 5 Double Team DS (2005) -- Sound Effects (as S.Kobuchi)
- Demento Original Sound Track (CD) (2005)
- Resident Evil 4 (PS2 and PC Versions) (2005/2007) -- Special Thanks (Voices) (Original Game Crew)
- Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (2005) -- Music Composer
- Mega Man Powered Up (2006) -- Special Thanks
- Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure (2007) -- 8 Bit Sound Coordinator (Sound Production)
- Resident Evil 5 (2009) -- Composer (Sound)
- Rockman 10 Image Soundtrack (CD) (2010)
Song Credits
- Demo BGM -- Arrangement
- Player Select -- Arrangement
- Opening -- Arrangement
- (Stage 1) BGM 1 -- Arrangement
- (Stage 1) BGM 2 -- Arrangement
- Round Clear -- Arrangement
- (Stage 2) BGM 3 -- Arrangement
- (Stage 2) BGM 4 -- Arrangement
- Bonus Stage -- Arrangement
- (Stage 3) BGM 5 -- Arrangement
- (Stage 4) BGM 9 -- Arrangement
- (Stage 4) BGM 10 -- Arrangement
- (Stage 5) BGM 6 -- Arrangement
- (Stage 5) BGM 7 -- Arrangement
- (Stage 5) BGM 8 -- Arrangement
- Last Round Clear -- Arrangement
- Ending -- Arrangement
- Continue -- Arrangement
- Game Over -- Arrangement
- Trajectory of Battle I -- Composition & Arrangement
- Abyssal World -- Composition & Arrangement
- Demise -- Composition & Arrangement
- parts -- Composition & Arrangement, Vocals
- Endless... Demento -- Composition & Arrangement
- Strange door -- Composition & Arrangement
- Captured maiden -- Composition & Arrangement
- Twisted eyes -- Composition & Arrangement
- Innocent freak -- Composition & Arrangement
- Special scenes 1 -- Composition & Arrangement (w/Shinya Okada)
- Closed mind -- Composition & Arrangement
- Lunatic piano -- Composition & Arrangement
- Precious Hewie -- Composition & Arrangement
- Last Debilitas -- Composition & Arrangement
- Stalking insanity -- Composition & Arrangement
- Something lacking -- Composition & Arrangement
- W→R carousel -- Composition & Arrangement
- Last Daniella -- Composition & Arrangement
- No completion -- Composition & Arrangement
- Writhing embryo -- Composition & Arrangement
- Sly hunter -- Composition & Arrangement
- Special scenes 3 -- Composition & Arrangement (w/Shinya Okada)
- Fake planets -- Composition & Arrangement
- Last Riccardo -- Composition & Arrangement
- Spiral end -- Composition & Arrangement
- Warped obsession -- Composition & Arrangement
- Special scenes 4 -- Composition & Arrangement (w/Shinya Okada)
- Hazy vision -- Composition & Arrangement
- Final Lorenzo -- Composition & Arrangement
- Ultimate Demento -- Composition & Arrangement
- His repentance -- Composition & Arrangement
- Endless Zero -- Composition & Arrangement, Vocal
- Special Scenes ~death -- Composition & Arrangement (w/Shinya Okada)
- Solitary bells -- Composition & Arrangement
- Liebestraume Notturno III ~ nostalgic -- Composition & Arrangement
MegaMan Battle Network 5 Double Team DS
- Battle Theme -EXE 3 Style- -- Arrangement
- Battle Theme -EXE 4.5 Style- -- Arrangement
Demento Original Sound Track
- Precious Hewie ~ Neverland Mix -- Composition
- Homunculus ~ Orgasmus Mix -- Composition
- Sly hunter ~ Chicago-Azawa Mix -- Composition
- Endless Zero ~ Eljen Wien Mix -- Composition & Arrangement
- Majini I -- Composition & Arrangement (w/Kota Suzuki)
- Voice of the Darkness -- Composition & Arrangement (w/Hideki Okugawa)
Rockman 10 Image Soundtrack
- No Turning Back -- Arrangement
Trivia
- Kobuchi runs the Live Communicated Rockman (LCR) events along with Inti Creates head sound designer Ippo Yamada and chiptune artist hally.
- She produced and sang the 2008 commercial song for Japanese donut brand Mister Donut.
External Links
- chaos souls records (official website) (archived)
- ahoss souss (website) (archived)
- Wikipedia article (Japanese) (includes uncredited games)