Meguro also contributed to the upcoming Project Re Fantasy game, the film Mint, and Persona 5 Royal. In the mid-2010s, Meguro served as the sound director for three spin-off Persona titles, as well as composing and producing the majority of the soundtrack for Persona 5. He later directed the PSP ports of both Persona 2: Innocent Sin and Eternal Punishment. During this time he received some criticism from some fans for changing the soundtrack for the remake, but overall received a warm response.
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Meguro was promoted to game director for the PlayStation Portable remake of Persona. During this time, he also worked on the music on Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs.
A concert at Akasaka Blitz was held to celebrate Meguro's work on the Persona series, where Persona favorites were played. In 2008, Meguro continued upon his success with Persona 4, where he blended genres to craft a unique sound. Meguro's career was propelled to international stardom in his craft with his work on Persona 3, where he used a pop-based vocal style, and the soundtrack to the game sold over 100,000 copies. The Soulless Army, and Trauma Center: Second Opinion.
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In 2005, Meguro took a break from the Shin Megami Tensei series to work on titles such as Trauma Center: Under the Knife, Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. A crucial point of his career was Digital Devil Saga he had creative freedom that let him establish his own sound. The first time he became a leading composer was on Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne in 2003, where he somewhat diverged from the music in the prior games for the Megami Tensei series, giving the game a more orchestral and fusion sound. Meguro continued to work on several projects in the mid to late 1990s, including Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers on the Sega Saturn, composing around 50 pieces for the game, as well as Maken X on the Dreamcast. He got his start in the company by working on Revelations: Persona for the PlayStation, for which he composed 16 tracks, including one that became a staple in the series: "Aria of the Soul". Atlus Īfter sending a demo tape and attending two interviews, Meguro was hired by Atlus in 1995.
He then majored in hydrodynamics at the College of Industrial Technology at Nihon University. It was in junior high that he became particularly fond of writing and profiteering music. In junior high, he became interested in the likes of jazz artists such as T-Square, Herb Alpert, and Casiopea. As a child, Meguro did not take an interest in popular music, and instead listened to and enjoyed classical. Born in Tokyo, Japan, Meguro became familiar with technology from a young age, due to his parents running a factory.