TAPPY
Tappi Iwase, sometimes credited professionally as TAPPY, is a Japanese musical composer. He is best known for his contributions to the Metal Gear and Suikoden franchises. Iwase studied music with Dick Grove at the Grove School of Music prior to its closure in 1991.
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TAPPY
- Name
- Tappi Iwase
- Born
- 7 March 1967
- Birthplace
- Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
- Occupation
- * Composer
- Nationality
- Japan
- Education
- Aichi Prefectural Toyohashi Higashi High School
- Languages
- Japanese
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Tappi Iwase, sometimes credited professionally as TAPPY, is a Japanese musical composer. He is best known for his contributions to the Metal Gear and Suikoden franchises. Iwase studied music with Dick Grove at the Grove School of Music prior to its closure in 1991.
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Iwase is credited with composing all of the music for Metal Gear Solid, with the exception of the ending theme "The Best Is Yet to Come", whereas the music for the cinematic scenes was composed by Gigi Meroni. This includes the well-known main theme to Metal Gear Solid, arrangements of which were subsequently used in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. The use of his theme song was discontinued from Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots onward due to allegations that its melodies were plagiarized from a classical piece by Russian composer Georgy Sviridov.
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• Background — person • Name — Tappi Iwase • Native Name — 岩瀬 立飛 • Alias — TAPPY • Born — 7 March 1967 • Birthplace — Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan • Genre — * Video game music • Jazz • Occupation — * Composer • arranger • drummer • Instrument — Drums • Years Active — 1991–present • Past Member Of — Konami Kukeiha Club • Website — http: tappy.applet.jp/
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TAPPY born at Toyohashi.
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TAPPY is recorded with the occupation composer. Recorded as composer, musician, music arranger, drummer and university teacher.
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