Megumi Ohara

Megumi Ohara in 2022.

Megumi Ohara (大原 萌 Ōhara Megumi, born 1991) is a video game composer at HAL Laboratory. Her first project with the company was 2015's Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, and since then, she has composed for several other games, typically in collaboration with Shogo Sakai. She has also worked on several supplementary albums for the series, such as The Sound of Kirby Café and The Sound of Kirby Café 2. Ohara is a skilled flutist and has played live flute on many of her songs.

List of works

Kirby series

• Kirby and the Rainbow Curse (with Shogo Sakai)
• Kirby Battle Royale (Lead, with Shogo Sakai)
• Kirby's Dream Buffet (with Yuuta Ogasawara, Jun Ishikawa, Shogo Sakai, Hirokazu Ando, and Yuki Shimooka)

Kirby albums

• The Sound of Kirby Café (with Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando, and Shogo Sakai)
• Kirby 25th Anniversary Orchestra Concert (with Shogo Sakai; orchestration for "King Dedede & Meta Knight Medley" and "Kirby Ball Medley")
• Kirby Memorial Arrangements (with Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando, and Shogo Sakai)
  • "The Apple Juice Song" (arrangement, chorus)
  • "Eternal Dream" (arrangement)
• The Sound of Kirby Café 2 (with Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando, Yuuta Ogasawara, Shogo Sakai, and Yuki Shimooka)
• Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival (conductor for "Green Greens ~ Running Through the New World", "Beyond the 25th Anniversary", "Get Pumped Up! Sub-Game Medley", "The Knight's Revenge Medley", "Go Go! Kirby Race Medley", "Kirby Finale Battle Fest", "Suite: The Star-Conquering Traveler"; keyboard, flute, and vocals for "King Dedede Medley")

Other games

• Picross 3D: Round 2 (with Hirokazu Ando and Shogo Sakai)
• Part Time UFO (Nintendo Switch port; with Shogo Sakai)

Song credits

The following are all Kirby songs Megumi Ohara has been credited for being in charge of:

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

Rainbow Across the Skies

The Sound of Kirby Café

In a Fluffy Paradise / Cloudy Park ~ Ripple Field Rendezvous of the King and the Witches / ​Kirby Series Extra Game Medley

Kirby Memorial Arrangements

Big Band Kirby Sleeping Like a Baby Epic Yarn Driving Star The Apple Juice Song Eternal Dream

The Sound of Kirby Café 2

Marionette Kitchen Coffee Shop of Twilight and Starry Skies Brilliant Blue Smile-Sisters & Gentleman

Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Festival

Green Greens ~ Running Through the New World Beyond the 25th Anniversary The Knights' Revenge Medley Kirby Finale Battle Fest Suite: The Star-Conquering Traveler

Kirby's Dream Buffet

A Dance with the Painting Witch Rolling-Quartet Jazz Band Seven Colors in the Sky Minigame - Drawcia Soul (Kirby: Canvas Curse) Battle Royale - Boss and Last Boss (Kirby's Pinball Land) Battle Royale - King Dedede's Theme (Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble) Battle Royale - Insane and VS. Gryll (Kirby's Star Stacker)

Trivia

• In Kirby's Dream Buffet, Megumi Ohara is represented with orange notes when music is playing.

External links

• Article on HAL Laboratory's website: "Expressing the game world through sound and music" (Archived link)