Takayuki Nakamura

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Takayuki Nakamura
Place of birth: Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan[1]
Date of birth: 1967-07-19[1] (age 57)
Employment history:
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Role(s): Composer, Sound Programmer

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Takayuki Nakamura (中村隆之) is a Japanese guitarist and sound engineer, and former Sega of Japan composer and sound programmer, perhaps most known as the original composer of Sega's flagship Virtua Fighter series.

Career

Takayuki Nakamura's work with Sega began in August 1989, as a part-time job. He joined full-time in April 1990.[2]

Following his departure from Sega in August 1996, Nakamura joined Dream Factory Co., Ltd. the following month, through which he composed the music for a few Square titles (namely Tobal 2 and Ehrgeiz).

He later became a head member of Brainstorm Co., Ltd. in October 1999 (having left Dream Factory two months prior), joined by artist Katsumi Yokota (from Sega) and recording engineer Kenzi Nagashima (from Light Link Music), all of whom helped create the music for the hit PSP title Lumines (and later the Nintendo DS title Meteos). He is still a member of Brainstorm to this day.

Nakamura has also served as a freelancer between Brainstorm's main releases (developed by Q Entertainment, Inc.), having been associated with developers including Tomy Corporation (for Fighting Fury and Naruto), Genki (for Kabuki Warriors and the Kengo series), Anchor, Inc. (for Pride FC and the WWE Raw series) and StudioFAKE Co., Ltd. (for Custom Robo and Dynasty Warriors) as well as the publisher Sammy Corporation (for Guilty Gear and King of Fighters).

Aliases

While working part-time for Sega, Takayuki Nakamura initially used the alias Middle Village, a director translation of the characters in surname Nakamura (中村). After joining, he used the alias TN, seen in Streets of Rage[2], which is simply his initials. Tohru Nakabayashi, a sound designer active at the same time, also has the initials TN, so the two are often mixed up in credits.

Production history

Games

Videos

Music

Song credits

Main article: Takayuki Nakamura/Song credits.

E-SWAT: City Under Siege

  • Title — Music & Arrangement
  • BGM 3 — Music & Arrangement
  • Boss 2 — Music & Arrangement
  • Ending — Music & Arrangement

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Mega Drive Version)

  • Bad — Arrangement
  • Mr. Big (Boss Demo, Round 6) — Music & Arrangement
  • Boss — Music & Arrangement

Columns II: The Voyage Through Time

  • Coin — Music & Arrangement
  • Select — Music & Arrangement
  • Stage Start (Unused Tune) — Music & Arrangement
  • Desert Sun (Theme 1/Shellfish Screen) — Music & Arrangement
  • Danger I — Music & Arrangement
  • Drone (Theme 2/Shellfish Screen) — Music & Arrangement
  • Danger II — Music & Arrangement
  • Bonus — Music & Arrangement
  • Iron Head (Theme 3/Machine Screen) — Music & Arrangement
  • Arabian Jewelry (Theme 4/Columns Screen) — Arrangement
  • Danger III — Music & Arrangement
  • Name Entry — Music & Arrangement

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Master System Version)

  • Club 30 (Round 1) — Arrangement
  • Mr. Big (Boss Demo) — Music & Arrangement
  • Boss — Music & Arrangement
  • Dance Magic 1 (Smooth Criminal) — Arrangement
  • Street (Round 2) — Arrangement
  • Dance Magic 2 (Beat It) — Arrangement
  • Woods (Round 3) — Arrangement
  • Dance Magic 3 (Another Part of Me) — Arrangement
  • Cavern (Round 4) — Arrangement
  • Dance Magic 4 (Billie Jean) — Arrangement
  • The Enemy Hideout (Round 5) — Arrangement
  • Dance Magic 5 (Bad) — Arrangement
  • Final Boss (Round 6) — Arrangement

Magazine articles

Main article: Takayuki Nakamura/Magazine articles.

Photographs

Main article: Photos of Takayuki Nakamura

External links

References