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Hideki Naganuma[lower-alpha 1] (born May 16, 1972)[1] is a Japanese composer and DJ who primarily does work for video games. Naganuma is best known for his score for the game Jet Set Radio and its sequel Jet Set Radio Future.

Hideki Naganuma 長沼 英樹
Also known as	skankfunk, Funky Uncle
Born	(1972-05-16) May 16, 1972 (age 50) Hokkaidō, Japan
Genres	Electronic trip hop hip hop breakbeat big beat alternative rock video game music
Occupation(s)	Composer DJ
Instrument(s)	Keyboards, synthesizers, turntables
Years active	1993–present

Early life

Naganuma started his musical career by playing the electronic organ, aged five, under the influence of his older sister. When he was fourteen, he became interested in western music and composed his own songs. He then decided to have a job in the music business.[1] During 1993 to 1997 he worked as both a DJ and bartender. He was also aiming to become a singer-songwriter in the J-pop industry,[2] although he dropped this plan.

Career

1998–2008: Work with Sega

Naganuma sent demo tapes to Sega in 1998. His application was accepted, with voice editing for Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Itsuka Kakumei Sareru Monogatari and composition for Hip Jog Jog being among his first works with the company, the latter of which he worked with senior composer Kenichi Tokoi.

In 2000, he served as the lead composer for Jet Set Radio, serving as his breakthrough work. He took inspiration from big beat music for the game. He would go on to compose for its sequel Jet Set Radio Future in 2002, along with Ollie King in 2003, also developed by Smilebit. In 2005, he composed a large portion of Sonic Rush's soundtrack, of which he was later nominated at the Golden Joystick Awards for Soundtrack of the Year.[3][4] The following year, he was responsible for music supervision and composing two tracks for the anime adaption of Air Gear, itself being influenced by Jet Set Radio. For contractual reasons, he used the "skankfunk" alias as he was still employed at Sega at the time, while Air Gear had nothing to do with Sega.[5] He also created a remix of "Fuusen Gum" for the anime Gin Tama, but similarly was not credited at the time.

During his later years with Sega, Naganuma was part of Yakuza's team, where his role was mostly limited to voice editing and producing sound effects. The boss of its team did not allow him to work on the soundtrack of Sonic Rush Adventure.[6] Following his work on Yakuza Kenzan in 2008, he left Sega to become a freelance composer. He has continued to work on Sega games under the skankfunk alias, including Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō and Super Monkey Ball 3D.

2008–present: Freelance work

During the earlier years following his departure from Sega, Naganuma contributed a handful of tracks to various Sega games such as Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō and Super Monkey Ball 3D, under the skankfunk alias. In 2012, he contributed the track "Luv Can Save U" for the 20th installment of Konami's arcade rhythm game Beatmania IIDX, and for the 21st installment an extended mix of the aforemented track. In 2014, Naganuma contributed to the charity CD Game Music Prayer II for relief of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake with an original track titled "Aria di Maria".[7]

By the late 2010s, he became popular on the social network platform Twitter, where he frequently interacts with fans and posts internet memes and shitposts related to Jet Set Radio and other media, such as Family Guy, Among Us, Juuni Senshi Bakuretsu Eto Ranger, or Big Chungus.[8][9]

As a result of his online popularity and musical success, he has contributed tracks to a number of indie games inspired by Jet Set Radio. In 2017, Naganuma contributed two new original songs for the game Hover.[10] In 2018, Naganuma released the track "Ain't Nothin' Like a Funky Beat" as a part of the Lethal League Blaze soundtrack,[11] which featured other notable composers such as Frank Klepacki, Pixelord, Bignic, and Klaus Veen.[12] He was set to compose for Streets of Rage 4,[13] but due to schedule complications and copyright ownership issues, he withdrew from the project in 2020.[14][15]

Naganuma admitted that since leaving Sega, he has made attempts to work for Nintendo, after the topic was brought up by fans of the Splatoon franchise that he should have worked on the latest games' soundtrack, who drew parallels between it and his previous works.[16] He is composing for indie game Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, which is set to be released in 2023.[17][18] He has also expressed a desire to create an original album and clarified he is not active in the gaming industry.[19]

Musical style

Naganuma's early sound is often labelled as an energetic, rhythm-heavy blend of hip hop, electronic, dance, funk, jazz, and rock.[20][21][22] His music was produced to match the visual style of the games he was working on as closely as possible, and experimented with voices, cutting and rearranging samples to the point that they become nonsensical.[21] Since the release of Jet Set Radio, Naganuma's sound has incorporated many elements of breakbeat,[12][23] gabber,[23] and EDM.[24]

Discography

As video game composer

Sole composer unless noted otherwise.

Year	Title	Notes	Refs
1998	Hip Jog Jog		[25][26]
1999	Sega Rally 2	Dreamcast and PC versions of the game. Composer with Tomonori Sawada.	[25]
	Atsumare! Guru Guru Onsen	Composer with various others.	[25]
	Jet Set Radio	Additional tracks by Richard Jacques, Deavid Soul, Toronto, and B.B. Rights.	[25][27]
2000	JRA PAT	Composed the song "Ebb & Flow" which is the only known track.	[25][28]
2001	Typing Jet		[29]
2002	Jet Set Radio Future	Composer with Richard Jacques, featuring various rock, hip hop, and breakbeat artists.	[25][30]
2003	J.League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 3		[31]
2004	Ollie King		[31]
2005	Sonic Rush	Additional music by Teruhiko Nakagawa, along with Masayoshi Ishi and Hiroyuki Hamada of T's Music.	[32][33]
2010	Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō	Credited as skankfunk. Composer and arranger with various others.	[31]
2011	Super Monkey Ball 3D		[31]
2012	Kurohyō 2: Ryū ga Gotoku Ashura Hen		[31]
2013	Dead Heat Riders		[34]

As other

These are for media which Naganuma did not serve as main composer, but still contributed original music.

Video games

Year	Title	Notes	Refs
2006	Sega Rally 2006	Composed the song "Boosted".	[35]
2012	Yakuza 5	Credited as skankfunk. Composed the song "Vendor Pop".	[36]
	Beatmania IIDX 20: Tricoro	Composed the song "LUV CAN SAVE U".	[31]
2013	Beatmania IIDX 21: Spada	Remixed the song "LUV CAN SAVE U" from Beatmania IIDX 20: Tricoro.	[31]
2016	WAR OF BRAINS	Composed the song "FEEL THE POWER IN YOUR SOUL".	[31]
2017	Hover	Composed the songs "HEAVEN★UP" and "NEVER 4EVER".	[37]
2018	Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight	Remixed the song "When the Moon Reaches for the Stars" originally by Shoji Meguro.	[31]
	Lethal League Blaze	Composed the song "AIN'T NOTHING LIKE A FUNKY BEAT".	[31]
2019	Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz HD	Composed the song "Freezing Paradise".	[31]
2020	Warp Drive	Composed the song "PUMPIN' JUMPIN'".	[38]
2022	Bomb Rush Cyberfunk	Only known composer. Songs released: "GET 'ENUF",[39] and "JACK DA FUNK".[40]	[39][40]

Anime

Year	Title	Notes	Refs
2006	Air Gear	Credited as skankfunk. Composed the songs "LOVE SENSATION" and "SKY-2-HIGH".	[41]
	Gin Tama	Uncredited remix "Fuusen Gum -Gintama mix-".	[31]

Original songs and remixes

Year	Title	Notes	Refs
2001	REMIXES_GVR by Guitar Vader	Remix "I Love Love You [Love Love Super Dimension Mix]".	[25][42]
2003	Juku Nanka Ikanai from Kagai Jugyo	Arranged "Juku Nanka Ikanai" with music and lyrics by Etsujiro Goto, and vocals by Miki Tanabe.	[43][44]
2007	Dance Nochikara SONG-EP by Dengeki Chomoramma Corps	Remix "Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree (skank funky mix)".	[45]
2012	Yasashii Kimochi by Chara	Remix "Yasashii Kimochi (Gentle Heart) [Girls Be Aggressive Mix]".	[46]
2013	Juku Nanka Ikanai from Kagai Jugyo	Previously unreleased remix "Juku Nanka Ikanai [Nanka Samba Mix]".	[47]
	Love Theme from Dogusare Nyanko	Original song "Love Theme". Originally made for an unreleased game titled "Dogusare Nyanko".	[48][49]
2014	Game Music Prayer II	Original song "Aria di Maria". Charity album for relief of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.	[7]

Production credits

These are for video games which Naganuma has been credited for roles other than as a composer.

Year	Title	Notes	Refs
1998	Revolutionary Girl Utena: Story of the Someday Revolution	Voice editing.	[25]
	Hip Jog Jog	Game sound effects designer.	[25]
1999	Jet Set Radio	Game sound effects designer, voice processing, and programming.	[25]
2000	Daytona USA 2001	Game sound effects designer.	[25]
2001	Super Galdelic Hour	Voice processing.	[50]
	World Advanced Daisenryaku	Music editing.	[25]
2004	Ollie King	Game sound effects designer, arranger, and mixing engineer.	[25][31]
2005	Yakuza	Special thanks on sound team.	[31]
2006	Sonic Rush	Game sound effects designer.	[31]
	Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz		[31]
	Yakuza 2		[31]
2008	Yakuza Kenzan	Game sound effects designer and cutscene tracks.	[51]

Notes

References

External links

• Interview at RocketBaby
• Hideki Naganuma discography at MusicBrainz

На других языках

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[ru] Наганума, Хидэки

Хидэки Наганума (яп. 長沼 英樹 Наганума Хидэки, род. 16 мая 1972, Хоккайдо, Япония) — японский композитор, сочиняющий музыку в жанрах брейкбит, электронная музыка, J-pop, фанк, хип-хоп, бигбит, которая используется в качестве саундтрека в ряде видеоигр.

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