Hideki Naganuma

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Hideki Naganuma
Background information
Origin	Japan
Genre(s)	Industrial, Breakbeat, Electronic, J-pop, Funk, Hip-Hop
Occupation(s)	Composer
Years active	2001-present

Hideki Naganuma is a Japanese music composer who primarily does work for video game soundtracks. His music is broadly defined as J-Pop, but can be quite hard to categorize. He is skilled at mixing Japanese techno, funk, soul, and hip-hop elements to create a unique and vivid sound. Naganuma is most famous for his original compositions used in the Sega Dreamcast game Jet Set Radio (Jet Grind Radio in the USA). He also composed several songs for Jet Set Radio's Xbox sequel, Jet Set Radio Future. In 2004 he authored most of the music for the arcade skating game Ollie King, which was released in Japan only. Most recently, his music has been featured in the SEGA production Sonic Rush for the Nintendo DS. He was recently nominated to receive the Golden Joystick Award for Soundtrack Of The Year for his work on Sonic Rush. [1]

[edit] Discography

Songs from Jet Grind Radio (Dreamcast):

"Let Mom Sleep" – 2:50
"Sneakman" – 3:51
"Sweet Soul Brother" – 2:55
"That's Enough" – 3:42
"Rock It On" – 3:44
"Humming The Bassline" – 2:54
"Moody's Shuffle" – 1:16
"Grace And Glory" – 3:16
"Jet Set Medley" – 6:41
"Jet Set Groove #1" – 0:07
"Jet Set Groove #2" – 0:09

The soundtrack is Jet Set Radio Original Sound Tracks and was produced by Polydor (UPCH-1048). Jet Set Radio Original Sound Tracks on Chudah's Corner

Songs from Jet Set Radio Future (Xbox):

"The Concept of Love" – 3:42
"Fly Like A Butterfly" – 4:55
"Funky Dealer" – 4:50
"Oldies But Happies" – 4:27
"Teknopathetic" – 3:56
"Shape Da Future" – 5:13
"Like It Like This Like That" – 4:21
"Sneakman (Toronto Mix)" – 6:02
"Let Mom Sleep (No Sleep Remix)" – 3:26
"Rock It On (D.S. Remix)" – 6:47
"Humming The Bassline (D.S. Remix)" – 4:22

The soundtrack is Jet Set Radio Future Original Sound Tracks and was produced by Scitron Digital Content (SCDC-00166). Jet Set Radio Future Original Sound Tracks on Chudah's Corner

Tracks from this game/cd can also be found in a CD titled XBOX The Best.

Songs from Ollie King (Arcade, Japan only):

"Boarder 70" – 3:44
"Let It Go" – 3:57
"Too Fast" – 3:28
"Funk to the Top" – 3:07
"Brother Goes Away" – 3:41
"Teknopathic (e-pop 'n' disco 80's mix)" – 5:41
"The Concept of Love (The Concept of Passion Mix)" – 4:41
"Boarder 70 (Somethin' Jazzy for your mind mix)" – 4:35

The soundtrack is Ollie King Original Soundtrack and is produced by Wave Master (WWCE-31037). Ollie King Original Soundtrack on Chudah's Corner

Songs from Sonic Rush (Nintendo DS):

"Right There, Ride On" – 2:36
"Back 2 Back" – 2:45
"What U Need" – 2:47
"Jeh Jeh Rocket" – 2:51
"Ska-Cha-Cha" – 2:51
"Vela-Nova" – 3:00
"Wrapped in Black" – 3:00
"A New Day" – 2:21
"Ethno Circus" – 2:07
"Metal Scratchin'" – 1:36
"Bomber Barbara" – 2:08
"Raisin' Me Up" – 3:51
"Get Edgy" – 1:36

The soundtrack is SONIC RUSH Original Groove Rush and was produced by SEGA Corporation (WM-0516). SONIC RUSH Original Groove Rush on Chudah's Corner

This list contains only original songs, though there are also several remixes, medleys, and "groove rushes" featured in the soundtrack as well.

[edit] Trivia

The main hook of the song "Concept Of Love", as well as the opening lines to "Oldies But Goodies" are sampled from another video game, The King of Fighters '95.
"Back 2 Back"'s melody comes from, and possibly samples from "Louie Louie".
In "What U Need," it appears to contains voice samples from "Hot Hot Hot."
Hideki Naganuma also composes music for Toshihiro Nagoshi's Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz.