Shinya Okada (岡田 信弥) is a Capcom sound composer and manager employed in 2002 known for utilizing the techno genre in his music. He is also known by the aliases Midnight and LoveShop.
Okada was originally involved with the Mega Man X series of games, starting as a sub-composer for X7. This would be followed later with RPG-spinoff Command Mission (for which he served as main composer) and contributions to X8 and Maverick Hunter X. He would then co-compose Haunting Ground, Monster Hunter 2 and Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure.
As of 2009, however, Okada has shifted to a sound managerial role, usually as an assistant to lead sound manager Mitsuhiko Takano (and formerly Tetsuya Shibata).
Production History[]
- Mega Man X7 (2003) -- Music Composer (Sound) (as Shinya midnight Okada)
- Mega Man X: Command Mission (2004) -- Sound Composer (as Shinya "Midnight" Okada)
- Mega Man X8 (2004/2005) -- Sound Composer
- Haunting Ground (2005) -- Music Composer
- Demento Original Sound Track (CD) (2005)
- Mega Man Maverick Hunter X (2005) -- Music Composer
- Monster Hunter 2 (2006) -- Composer (Capcom)
- Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (2007) -- Composer (Capcom) (Sound Crew) (Monster Hunter 2 Staff)
- Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure (2007) -- Composer (Sound Production)
- Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop (2009) -- Sound Manager (Capcom Co., Ltd.)
- Resident Evil 5 (2009) -- Assistant Manager (Sound)
- Monster Hunter 3 (2009) -- Sound Manager (Sound Management)
- Lost Planet 2 (2010) -- Sound Manager (Sound)
- Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (2011) -- Special Thanks
- Mega Man X Legacy Collection (2018) (as Shinya 'Midnight' Okada)
- Rockman 11 Original Soundtrack (CD) (2018) (as Shinya 'Midnight' Okada)
Song Credits[]
- Conflict ~ Escape Stage -- Composition & Arrangement
- Burning Water ~ Kombinat Stage -- Composition & Arrangement
- Ruins'n Vains ~ Deep Forest Stage -- Composition & Arrangement
- Combination ~ vs Mega Scorpio -- Composition & Arrangement
- Stage Select 1 -- Composition & Arrangement
- Revealing -- Composition & Arrangement
- Suffering -- Composition & Arrangement
- A Naughty Boy ~ Theme of Axl -- Composition & Arrangement
- Fight! X -- Composition & Arrangement
- Standby Zero -- Composition & Arrangement
- Me, Axl. -- Composition & Arrangement
- Steel Massimo -- Composition & Arrangement
- Mysterious Thief Marino -- Composition & Arrangement
- Apprehensive Cinnamon! -- Composition & Arrangement
- Spider Magic -- Composition & Arrangement
- Chapter Title -- Composition & Arrangement
- Resistance Line -- Composition & Arrangement
- Land of Oblivion -- Composition & Arrangement
- Irregular Hunt I -- Composition & Arrangement
- Victory Jingle -- Composition & Arrangement
- Rebellion's Mission -- Composition & Arrangement
- Final Battle -- Composition & Arrangement
- Boss Victory Jingle -- Composition & Arrangement
- Trajectory of Battle II -- Composition & Arrangement
- Steal Back Hope -- Composition & Arrangement
- Please Respond! -- Composition & Arrangement
- Hunter Base -- Composition & Arrangement
- Talking Funk -- Composition & Arrangement
- Under Dark Clouds -- Composition & Arrangement
- Rebellion's Fate -- Composition & Arrangement
- Central Tower -- Composition & Arrangement
- Dense Forest Treasure -- Composition & Arrangement
- Rebellion's Ambition -- Composition & Arrangement
- Mystery of Force Metal -- Composition & Arrangement
- Mysterious Enemy -- Composition & Arrangement
- Unknown Energy -- Composition & Arrangement
- Event Battle -- Composition & Arrangement
- Daring and Resolute -- Composition & Arrangement
- Close Call -- Composition & Arrangement
- The Comrades' Dilemma -- Composition & Arrangement
- Sorrow and Regret II -- Composition & Arrangement
- Sorrow and Regret III -- Composition & Arrangement
- Sand Cloud of Confusion -- Composition & Arrangement
- Irregular Hunt II -- Composition & Arrangement
- Executive Battle -- Composition & Arrangement
- Glacier's Secret Maneuvers -- Composition & Arrangement
- I'm Borock! -- Composition & Arrangement
- All Smiles -- Composition & Arrangement
- Deteriorated Stronghold -- Composition & Arrangement
- Epsilon First Movement -- Composition & Arrangement (w/Yuko Komiyama)
- Epsilon Second Movement -- Composition & Arrangement (w/Yuko Komiyama)
- Law and Order -- Composition & Arrangement
- Memory of Gigantis -- Composition & Arrangement
- Judgment of Truth -- Composition & Arrangement
- Certain Victory! Ninetails -- Composition & Arrangement
- Redips First Movement -- Composition & Arrangement
- Redips Second Movement -- Composition & Arrangement
- Redips Third Movement -- Composition & Arrangement
- Irregular Hunter's Fate -- Composition & Arrangement
- Theme of Mega Man X Command Mission -- Composition & Arrangement [NOTE: Overseas version]
- Dynasty -- Composition & Arrangement
- Special scenes 1 -- Composition & Arrangement (w/Seiko Kobuchi)
- Special scenes 2 -- Composition & Arrangement
- Special scenes 3 -- Composition & Arrangement (w/Seiko Kobuchi)
- Special scenes 4 -- Composition & Arrangement (w/Seiko Kobuchi)
- Special Scenes ~death -- Composition & Arrangement (w/Seiko Kobuchi)
- Secret dance -- Composition & Arrangement
- Precious Hewie ~ Neverland Mix -- Arrangement
- icy penguigo stage -- Arrangement
- armor armarge stage -- Arrangement
- X6 - Boss -- Keyboard
Rockman 11 Original Soundtrack
- Pile Man Stage (Arranged) -- Keyboard
Trivia[]
- In Mega Man X5, composer Takuya Miyawaki is noted in-game to have worked with a "Shinya." As this Shinya is not included on the composer list found in the X1-X6 box set's booklet and Okada himself specifies in the 20th Anniversary sound box's composer interviews that X7 is the "first title in the series in which [he] worked", the identity of this "Shinya" remains inconclusive.