Michiru Yamane

is a Japanese video game music composer. She is primarily known for her work on the Castlevania series and other Konami games, including Suikoden. Her debut composition was in 1988 with King's Valley II.
Michiru Yamane performed her music from the Castlevania series live on cembalo at the fourth Symphonic Game Music Concert in Leipzig, Germany on August 23, 2006. She also played "A Toccata into Blood Soaked Darkness" on a giant pipe-organ at the Press Start video game music concert and "Wood Carving Partita" in Leipzig. She also appeared at Castlevania: The Concert and played an arrangement of "Dance of Pales" on the piano.
She left Konami in 2008 and became an independent music composer.
==Castlevania production roles==
*Castlevania: Bloodlines - Principal composer
*Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Principal composer
*Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance - Produced "Boss Rush" mode tracks (Dark Door, Knight Head and VK2K2)Vampire Killer and Clockwork medley. only
*Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow - with Takashi Yoshida and Soshiro Hokkai
*Castlevania: Lament of Innocence - Principal composer
*Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow - with Masahiko Kimura
*Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - Principal composer
*Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - with Yūzō Koshiro
*Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles - Not principal composer, Nocturne and Mournful Nocturne only
*Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - with Yasuhiro Ichihashi
*Pachislot Akumajō Dracula Original Soundtrack - Not principal composer, some of her Curse of Darkness and Dracula X Chronicles works were used in this soundtrack
*Pachislot Akumajō Dracula II Original Soundtrack - Reinlich only, with Takeshi Kuramochi
*Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls
==Other works==
*King's Valley II 
*Detana!! TwinBee
*Contra: Hard Corps
*Rocket Knight Adventures
*Elder Gate
*Gungage
*The Sword of Etheria
*Rumble Roses
*Suikoden III
*Suikoden IV
*Suikoden V
*Skullgirls
*Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
==Gallery==
Michiru Yamane - 01.jpg|Portrait of Yamane.
Michiru Yamane - 05.jpg|Portrait of Yamane.
Micharu yamane myspace profile picture.jpg|Portrait of Yamane on MySpace.
Michiru Yamane - 04.jpg
Michiru yamane performing live.png|Yamane performing "Wandering the Crystal Blue" at the Pixelatl FESTIVAL.
Koji Igarashi, Michiru Yamane, and Ayami Kojima - 01.jpg|Koji Igarashi, Michiru Yamane and Ayami Kojima.
2777903-michiru-site top2.png|Michiru Yamane's official website banner designed by Ayami Kojima.
==Videos==
Michiru Yamane - 2010 Composer Interview (Eng Subtitles)|Interview from the DVD included in the Akumajō Dracula Best Music Collections BOX.
Interview With Michiru Yamane
Wandering the Crystal Blue (Piano) - Castlevania - Michiru Yamane
==See also==
*Music (category) - Contains Castlevania music composed by Michiru Yamane.
*Soundtracks - Contains Castlevania soundtracks composed by Michiru Yamane.
==References==
==External links==
*Composer profile at OverClocked ReMix
*Discogs
*Facebook
*Michiru Yamane at the Bloodstained Wiki
*Michiru Yamane at the Konami Wiki
*Wikipedia
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*YouTube
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