Joe Romersa

Joe Romersa
Birth name	Joseph Michael Romersa
Born	July 27, 1956 California, U.S.
Genres	Ambient, Electronica, Folk, Rock, Trance
Occupation(s)	Singer-Songwriter, Musician, Record producer, Recording engineer, Actor
Instruments	Vocals, Drums
Years active	1978 – present
Labels	Indie
Associated acts	Meat Sandwich, Soy Cowboy

Joseph M. Romersa (born July 27, 1956 in California) is an American song writer, drummer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, sound engineer and vocalist.

While many know him as a singer and songwriter on the Silent Hill video game series, many people also know him from his former group "Soy Cowboy", which can only half-accurately be described as a "Thai-Western" band.

During his long career, Joe has also worked with such other musicians as John Prine (where he was given a Grammy for participating as Recording engineer, and drums on Prine's 1991 Grammy winning album The Missing Years which won for best contemporary folk album), and Carlene Carter, eden ahbez, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, Laurence Juber, Bonnie Raitt, Bette Midler, David Lindley, Whoopi Goldberg, Poco, Thin White Rope, Bruce Springsteen, Angelyne, Havana, The Dickies, Melanie, The Lettermen, Peaches, Miki Howard, John Klemmer, Iron Butterfly, Egyptian Lover, Bitch, Dave Edmunds, Freddy Cannon, Don Julian & the Larks, Mary Wells, Big Mama Thornton, The Coasters, and Bob Dylan whom he has several humorous stories about. Joe also won an Electronic Music Award in 1973. He is also known for his voice-over work in several Japanese anime projects.

Joe currently lives in California, and still produces music at Shadow Box Studios.

Discography

Mainstream albums

Year	Title	Artist	Record Company	Role
Unknown	1000 Pt. Man	Thom Bishop	Virgin Records	Engineer
1978	Living In The USA	Linda Ronstadt	Elektra Entertainment	Engineer
1978	Thank You for Funkin' Up My Life	Donald Byrd	Elektra/Asylum	Engineer
1979	Fate for Breakfast	Art Garfunkel	Legacy Records	Engineer
1980	Temptation	The Marc Tanner Band	Elektra/Asylum	Musician, Writer
1987	In Full Swing	Full Swing	Cypress Records	Engineer
1989	Second Coming	The Dickies	Restless Records	Engineer
1990	China Beach: Music and Memories	Various Artists	Warner Bros. Records	Engineer
1990	The Sounds Of Murphy Brown: Original Television Soundtrack Album	Various Artists	MCA Records	Engineer
1990	Thirteen Blood Red Rosebuds	Steve Forbert	SquirrelMad	Sound Engineer, Drums
1991	The Missing Years	John Prine	Oh Boy Records	Engineer, Musician
1991	The Ruby Sea	Thin White Rope	Frontier	Musician
1993	Little Love Letters	Carlene Carter	Warner Bros. Records	Engineer, Musician
1995	Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings	John Prine	Oh Boy Records	Engineer, Musician, Co-Writer (One Song)
1995	Beauty and the Beast	Sven Vath	Warner Bros. Records	Engineer
1997	The Bitch is Back	Bitch	Enigma/Metal Blade	Producer
2003	Silent Hill 3 Original Soundtracks	Akira Yamaoka	Konami	Featured Singer, Music supervisor
2003	Songs of Bob Dylan: May Your Song Always Be Sung	Various Artists	BMG	Engineer, Musician, Featured Singer,
2004	Coercion Street	Ernie Payne	Black & Tan Holland	Musician
2004	Silent Hill 4: The Room Original Soundtracks	Akira Yamaoka	Konami	Featured Singer, Music supervisor, Lyrics writer
2008	Silent Hill Zero Original Soundtracks	Akira Yamaoka	Konami	Lyrics writer
2008	Silent Hill Homecoming Soundtrack	Akira Yamaoka	Konami	Lyrics writer
2009	Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Soundtrack	Akira Yamaoka	Konami	Lyrics writer

Indie albums

Title	Artist	Record Company	Role
Alana Sweetwater	Alana Sweetwater	Shadow Box Studio	Producer, Musician, Writer
Free Enterprise	Free Enterprise	Indie	Engineer, Producer
Julia Free	Julia Free	Indie	Producer, Musician, Writer
Larry Whitman	Larry Whitman	Indie	Producer
Meat Sandwich	Meat Sandwich	Indie	Engineer, Producer, Artist
Nuclear Test Band	Nuclear Test Band	Indie	Musician, Engineer
Needles and Pins	Page Pazaro	Indie	Engineer, Producer
O The Band	O The Band	Indie	Producer, Musician, Writer
Soy Cowboy	Soy Cowboy	Shadow Box Studio	Producer, Musician, Writer
Yolie Lox and the Bears	Yolie Lox and the Bears	Indie	Engineer, Producer, Artist

Acting

Anime voice-over

• Akira as Joker
• Armitage III as Big Thug
• Bastard!! as Priest C
• Battle Athletes as Claus (Ep. 4); Hans (Ep. 4)
• Battle Athletes Victory as Additional Voices
• Black Jack as Mob Boss
• Black Magic M-66 as Additional Voices
• Blood: The Last Vampire as David
• Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion as Ryouga Senba
• Cowboy Bebop as Abdul Hakim
• Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure
• El Hazard: The Magnificent World as Driver (Ep. 3)
• El Hazard 2 - The Magnificent World as Additional Voices
• El Hazard: The Alternative World as Additional Voices
• El Hazard: The Wanderers as Additional Voices
• Fist of the North Star as Heart; Zeed; Zaria
• Gate Keepers as Hippie
• Ghost in the Shell as Truck Driver (as Joe Michaels)
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence as Crab Man, Undersea Cyborg Escort (Animaze Dub)
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: 2nd Gig as Coil Krasnov, Kitora Masoki
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society as Colonel Ka Gael, Security Cyborg
• Hand Maid May as Additional Voices
• Hyper Doll as Additional Voices
• Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro as Gustav (Animaze Dub)
• Macross Plus as Additional Voices
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie Trilogy as Gaia
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team as Hige, Doctor
• Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Miller's Report as Agent Jacob
• Moldiver as Additional Voices
• Ninja Scroll as Additional Voices
• Ninku the Movie as Additional Voices
• Orguss 02 as Additional Voices
• Outlaw Star as Fake Shimi; Kyokan
• Phantom Quest Corp as Additional Voices
• Red Hawk - Weapon of Death as Additional Voices
• Rurouni Kenshin as Merchant (Ep. 15); Politician (Ep. 15); Raiko
• Sol Bianca: The Legacy as Additional Voices
• Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie as Balrog (as Joe Michaels)
• Street Fighter II V as Balrog (Animaze Dub)
• Street Fighter Alpha as Zangief
• The Big O as Nightingale Club Bouncer (Ep. 2), Repairman (Ep. 25)
• The Legend of Black Heaven as Luke Yamada
• The Wings of Honneamise as Air Force Member 4
• They Were 11 as Knu
• Trigun as Descartes

Non-anime voice-over

• Big Rig Buddies as Smokey the Fire Truck (formerly)

Staff work

• Armitage III as ADR Engineer
• Brave Fencer Musashi as Voice Director
• Bushido Blade 2 as Digital Tracker (English voices)
• The Castle of Cagliostro as Digital Tracker, English Adapter, Director (Manga Entertainment dub)
• Dual! Paralle lunlun monogatari as Final Mixer, Director
• Ghost in the Shell as Digital Tracker (English voices)
• Firefighter F.D.18 as English Dialogue Director
• Front Mission 4 as Voice Director
• Invisible Mom II as Music Supervisor
• Lurking Fear as Dialogue Editor
• Nano Breaker as ADR Director
• The New Adventures of Captain Planet as Sound Designer
• Reaper Tales as Sound Recordist
• Resident Evil 5 as Sound Designer, Video Storyboard Artist
• Shadow Warriors as Dialogue Editor
• Silent Hill: Homecoming as Lyricist
• Street Fighter Alpha as Writer, Director
• Suikoden IV as ADR Director
• Timberwood Tales as Editor
• Tollbooth as Dialogue Editor, ADR recordist
• Wings of Honneamise as Dialogue Sound Engineer

External links

• Joe Romersa's Official Website
• Joe Romersa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Joe Romersa at the Internet Movie Database
• Joe Romersa on Myspace
• Game-OST Interview