Noriyuki Iwadare (岩垂徳行, Iwadare Noriyuki?, born on April 28, 1964) is a Japanese video game composer. He was born in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. He began to compose video game music after years of being involved with university bands. The first award he won the Best Game Music award, the Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis in US) category for Lunar: The Silver Star in 1991. He also won the Best Game Music award in the Sega Saturn Music category for Grandia in 1997 and in the Sega Dreamcast category for Grandia 2 in 2000.