About the artist:  Koji Kondo is a Japanese composer and musician best known for his scores for various video games produced by Nintendo.In the 1980s, Kondo learned that a company called Nintendo was seeking musicians to compose music for its new video game system, the Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System outside Japan). Kondo had never considered writing video game music before, but he decided to give the company a chance. He was hired in 1983.Kondo has stayed with Nintendo through various consoles, including the Super Famicom, the Nintendo 64, the Nintendo GameCube, the Nintendo DS and most recently the Wii.