日比野則彦 (CEO, Composer, Producer, Saxophonist) イズタニタカヒロ (Composer) 鈴木克崇 (Composer) Takahide Ayuzawa (Composer) GEM Impact is an audio production studio founded by game composer and saxophonist 日比野則彦 (Norihiko Hibino) in 2005. It is located in Tokyo, Japan, and employs a number of composers, producers, and artists. Hibino’s fluency in English has allowed him to take the GEM Impact brand to a worldwide platform, which the basis for the studio’s motto: “From Japan to worldwide.” The studio employs a number of composers, including Norihiko Hibino himself, Takahiro Izutani , Yoshitaka Suzuki, and Takahide Ayuzawa. They have often made use of the talents of artist Uetake MacARTHUR for their graphical needs. While Norihiko Hibino is well-known for his contributions to the Metal Gear Solid series, many were left wondering what role GEM Impact had on the score for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, as their contributions were not publicized. Hibino later revealed via an interview with Original Sound Version that GEM Impact in fact provided 90 minutes of music for the cinematic sequences in the game. GEM Impact operates alongside GEM Factory, an in-house record label that has released two albums including The Outer Rim and the Ninja Blade Original Soundtrack. Vanilla Mood, a night club in Japan, was also operated under GEM Impact, but closed at the end of 2008. On September 2, 2008, FromSoftware announced the upcoming ninja action title, Ninja Blade, and named Norihiko Hibino and GEM Impact as the composers for the title. The team has already completed the music for the title, totaling close to three hours of original music. Hibino noted in a preview article at Original Sound Version that he believes this project represents the studio's greatest achievement to date, and it is a landmark for the studio. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.