Hideki Naganuma

From Sega Retro

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Hideki Naganuma (長沼 英樹), born May 16, 1972 in Hokkaido prefecture, Japan, is a former musician for SEGA best known for his work in the Jet Set Radio series and Sonic Rush. He joined the company in 1998, becoming affiliated with Smilebit (2000-2003) and Amusement Vision (2004-2008), and has remained employed there until early 2009 as a member of Wave Master. Outside of Sega he also remixed Captain Straydum's "Fuusen Gum" for the first ending theme of the 2006 anime series Gintama, though he went uncredited. 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.

When he was five years old, he started to play the electronic organ under the influence of an older sister. At fourteen years old, he became interested in western music and started to compose original songs. It was then Naganuma decided that he must have a job in the music business. He graduated from Kiyota High school in Sapporo.

His influences include Prince, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Donald Fagen, Norman Cook, Ennio Morricone, Chick Corea, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Hitoshi Matsumoto and Satoru Sayama. Naganuma's favorite video games are Gran Turismo, Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, Virtua Fighter, and The Legend of Zelda; his hobbies are music, movies, collecting CDs and DVDs, fighting sports, tennis and traveling.

Some of the equipment he uses includes Digital Performer, MOTU2408, Sound Designer II, Peak, Roland JV-1080, KORG Trinity, AKAI S3200XL, CLAVIA Nord Rack2 and YAMAHA O3D.

Production History

~Other/unsorted work~

  • World Advanced Daisenryaku (PC Version) [NOTE: Music Editing]
  • DMTex "Firefly" - Dreamcast Business Use Presentation Software (2000) [NOTE: Sound Effects]
  • Ethno Circus [Digital Remakin' Trax] (via YouTube) (2012)

Song Credits

Sega Rally 2 (Dreamcast Version)

  • Drive Me Mad — Music & Arrangement, Keyboards & Programming
  • Slippin' — Music & Arrangement, Keyboards & Programming
  • King of Island — Music & Arrangement, Keyboards & Programming
  • Evolution — Music & Arrangement, Keyboards & Programming
  • Till You See the Dawn — Music & Arrangement, Keyboards & Programming
  • Ratio 9:11 — Music & Arrangement
  • Drive Me Mad for Select — Music & Arrangement
  • Groove Rally #1 — Music & Arrangement
  • Groove Rally #2 — Music & Arrangement
  • Groove Rally #3 — Music & Arrangement
  • Groove Rally #4 — Music & Arrangement
  • Take It Tricky — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]
  • After All — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Unused]

Atsumare! Guru Guru Onsen

  • Theme of Guru Guru Onsen — Music & Arrangement
  • Theme of Oni — Music & Arrangement
  • Theme of Girl — Music & Arrangement
  • Theme of Nakai-san — Music & Arrangement

JRA PAT for Dreamcast

  • Ebb & Flow — Music & Arrangement

Jet Set Radio

  • Let Mom Sleep — Music & Arrangement
  • Humming the Bassline — Music & Arrangement
  • That's Enough — Music & Arrangement
  • Sneakman — Music & Arrangement
  • Sweet Soul Brother — Music & Arrangement
  • Rock It On — Music & Arrangement
  • Moody's Shuffle — Music & Arrangement
  • Grace & Glory — Music & Arrangement
  • Jet Set Medley — Music & Arrangement
  • Jet Set Groove #1 — Music & Arrangement
  • Jet Set Groove #2 — Music & Arrangement

Jet Set Radio Future

  • The Concept of Love — Music & Arrangement
  • Fly Like a Butterfly — Music & Arrangement
  • Funky Dealer — Music & Arrangement
  • Shape Da Future — Music & Arrangement
  • Teknopathetic — Music & Arrangement
  • Oldies But Happies — Music & Arrangement
  • Like It Like This Like That — Music & Arrangement
  • I Love Love You JSRF version — Remixed by
  • Jet Set Medley Future — Music & Arrangement
  • Jet Set Station #2 — Music & Arrangement
  • Jet Set Groove #3 — Music & Arrangement
  • Jet Set Groove #4 — Music & Arrangement

J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 3

  • Get It to Win It — Music & Arrangement

Ollie King

  • Boarder 70 — Music & Arrangement, Mixed & Produced
  • Let It Go — Music & Arrangement, Mixed & Produced
  • Too Fast — Music & Arrangement, Mixed & Produced
  • Funk to the Top — Music & Arrangement, Mixed & Produced
  • Brother Goes Away — Music & Arrangement, Mixed & Produced
  • Teknopathetic [e-Pop 'n' Disco 80's Mix] — Music & Arrangement, Remixed & Produced
  • The Concept of Love [The Concept of Passion Mix] — Music & Arrangement, Remixed & Produced
  • Boarder 70 [Somethin' Jazzy for Your Mind Mix] — Music & Arrangement, Remixed & Produced
  • Ollie Groove #1 — Music & Arrangement, Mixed & Produced
  • Ollie Groove #2 — Music & Arrangement, Mixed & Produced

Sonic Rush

  • A New Day (Title Edit) — Music & Arrangement
  • What U Need is Remix — Music & Arrangement
  • Right There, Right On — Music & Arrangement
  • Right There, Right On (Blazy Mix) — Music
  • Leaf Storm - Invincible — Music & Arrangement
  • Groove Rush #1 — Music & Arrangement
  • Ska Cha Cha — Music & Arrangement
  • Ska Cha Cha (Blazy Mix) — Music
  • Night Carnival - Invincible — Music & Arrangement
  • Ethno Circus — Music & Arrangement
  • Ethno Circus (Blazy Mix) — Music
  • Mirage Road - Invincible — Music & Arrangement
  • Metal Scratchin' — Music & Arrangement
  • Metal Scratchin' (Part 2) — Music & Arrangement
  • Groove Rush #3 — Music & Arrangement
  • Back 2 Back — Music & Arrangement
  • Back 2 Back (Blazy Mix) — Music
  • Water Palace - Invincible — Music & Arrangement
  • Jeh Jeh Rocket — Music & Arrangement
  • Jeh Jeh Rocket (Blazy Mix) — Music
  • Huge Crisis - Invincible — Music & Arrangement
  • Groove Rush #6 — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Also known as "It's a New Record!"]
  • Get Edgy — Music & Arrangement
  • Get Edgy (Blazy Mix) — Music
  • Altitude Limit - Invincible — Music & Arrangement
  • A New Day (Intermission) — Music & Arrangement
  • A New Day — Music & Arrangement
  • What U Need — Music & Arrangement
  • What U Need (Blazy Mix) — Music
  • Dead Line - Invincible — Music & Arrangement
  • Vela-Nova — Music & Arrangement
  • Vela-Nova (Part 2) — Music & Arrangement
  • Groove Rush #2 — Music & Arrangement
  • Bomber Barbara — Music & Arrangement
  • Bomber Barbara (Part 2) — Music & Arrangement
  • Groove Rush #4 — Music & Arrangement
  • Raisin' Me Up (Prologue) — Music & Arrangement
  • Medley Rush #1 — Music & Arrangement
  • Groove Rush #8 — Music & Arrangement [NOTE: Also known as "The Extra Zone"]
  • Wrapped in Black — Music & Arrangement
  • Wrapped in Black (Part 2) — Music & Arrangement
  • Groove Rush #5 — Music & Arrangement
  • Raisin' Me Up — Music & Arrangement
  • Medley Rush #2 — Music & Arrangement
  • A New Day (PSG Title Edit) — Music
  • What U Need is PSG — Music
  • Groove Rush #1 PSG — Music
  • Groove Rush #2 PSG — Music

Sonic Rush Original Groove Rush.

~Digital Remakin' Trax~

  • Right There, Ride On — Music & Arrangement
  • Back 2 Back — Music & Arrangement
  • What U Need — Music & Arrangement
  • Jeh Jeh Rocket — Music & Arrangement
  • Ska Cha Cha — Music & Arrangement
  • Vela-Nova — Music & Arrangement
  • Wrapped in Black — Music & Arrangement

~Original Nintendo DS Trax~

  • Groove Rush #7 — Music & Arrangement

Sega Rally 2006

  • Boosted — Music & Arrangement

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz

  • Southpole (Winter Banana Pretz Mix) — Music & Arrangement