Takayuki Nakamura
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Takayuki Nakamura |
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Place of birth: Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan[1] |
Date of birth: 1967-07-19[1] (age 57) |
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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.
Contents
- 1 Career
- 2 Production history
- 3 Song credits
- 3.1 E-SWAT: City Under Siege
- 3.2 Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Mega Drive Version)
- 3.3 Columns II: The Voyage Through Time
- 3.4 Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (Master System Version)
- 3.5 F1 Exhaust Note
- 3.6 Stadium Cross
- 3.7 OutRunners (Arcade version)
- 3.8 Virtua Fighter (Arcade version)
- 3.9 Virtua Fighter (Saturn Version)
- 3.10 Virtua Fighter 2 (Arcade version)
- 3.11 Virtua Fighter 2 (Saturn Version)
- 3.12 Virtua Fighter Kids
- 3.13 Virtua Fighter 3
- 4 Magazine articles
- 5 Photographs
- 6 External links
- 7 References
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).
Production history
Games
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Videos
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Music
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Books
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Hardware
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Accessories
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- Columns II: The Voyage Through Time (1990)
- Dick Tracy (Mega Drive Version) (1990) [NOTE: Composition]
- Basketball[2] (1990) (possibly Super Real Basketball)
- F1 Exhaust Note (1991) [NOTE: Composition]
- Stadium Cross (1992) [NOTE: Sound program]
- Ghost Hunters[3] (1994) — Sound Direction[2]
- Virtua Fighter "The Strongest Warrior" (CD) (1994)
- Virtua Fighter "Sega Saturn" Image by B-univ Neo Rising (CD) (1994)
- Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.1 Sarah Bryant (1995) [NOTE: Direction]
- Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.2 Jacky Bryant (1995) [NOTE: Direction]
- Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.3 Akira Yuki (1995) [NOTE: Direction]
- Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.4 Pai Chan (1995) [NOTE: Direction]
- Virtua Fighter Kids (Arcade version) (1996)
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
F1 Exhaust Note
- Advertise — Music & Arrangement
- BGM 1 — Music & Arrangement
- Main Theme — Music & Arrangement
- Congratulations — Music & Arrangement
- Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
- Game Over — Music & Arrangement
Stadium Cross
- Checker Point — Music
OutRunners (Arcade version)
- Mega Driver — Music & Arrangement
- Checker Point — Music & Arrangement
- Game Start — Music & Arrangement
- Picture the Rivers — Music & Arrangement
- Blow Your Cool — Music & Arrangement
- Looking for the Rainbow — Music & Arrangement
- Speed King — Music & Arrangement
- Sonic Control — Music & Arrangement
- Check Point — Music & Arrangement
- South America — Music & Arrangement (with Hiroshi Kawaguchi)
- China — Music & Arrangement
- Mediterranean Sea — Music & Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Jingle Bells [Secret Track] — Arrangement
- Final Stage — Music & Arrangement
- Dream Flying — Music & Arrangement
- Last Wave (1993) — Arrangement
Virtua Fighter (Arcade version)
- Advertise — Music & Arrangement
- Game Start — Music & Arrangement
- Jacky — Music & Arrangement
- Jeffry — Music & Arrangement
- Sarah — Music & Arrangement
- Kage — Music & Arrangement
- Pai — Music & Arrangement
- Wolf — Music & Arrangement
- Lau — Music & Arrangement
- Akira — Music & Arrangement
- Ending — Music & Arrangement
- Name Entry — Music & Arrangement
- Game Over — Music & Arrangement
- Win — Music & Arrangement
- Lose — Music & Arrangement
Virtua Fighter (Saturn Version)
- Advertise — Music
- Game Start — Music, Guitar
- Jacky — Music
- Jeffry — Music, Guitar
- Sarah — Music
- Kage — Music
- Pai — Music
- Wolf — Music, Guitar
- Lau — Music, Guitar
- Akira — Music, Guitar
- Ending — Music
- Name Entry — Music
- Game Over — Music
- Win — Music
- Lose — Music
Virtua Fighter 2 (Arcade version)
- Enbu ~Beginning of a New Challenge~ — Music & Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Virtua Fighter 2 — Music & Arrangement
- Man of the Fist — Music & Arrangement
- Black Cat Moon — Music & Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Young Knight — Music & Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Fisherman of the Seven Seas — Music & Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Secret Hidden in the Leaves ~A Heartless Law~ — Music & Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Escape — Music & Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Ride the Tiger — Music & Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi & Akiko Hashimoto)
- Messenger from the Dark ~Dural~ — Music & Arrangement
- Jacky ~V.F2 Arrange Version~ — Music & Arrangement
- Sarah ~V.F2 Arrange Version~ — Music & Arrangement
- Moment of Eternity — Music & Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Game Over — Music & Arrangement
- Stage Clear — Music & Arrangement
- Kyu — Music & Arrangement
- Dan — Music & Arrangement
- Meijin — Music & Arrangement
Virtua Fighter 2 (Saturn Version)
- Evolution — Arrangement
- Man of the Fist — Music
- Black Cat Moon — Music (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Young Knight — Music (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Fisherman of the Seven Seas — Music (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Secret Hidden in the Leaves ~A Heartless Law~ — Music (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Escape — Music (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Ride the Tiger — Music (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Messenger from the Dark ~Dural~ — Music
- Duralumin — Music & Arrangement
Virtua Fighter Kids
- We are Virtua Fighter Kids (Advertise Movie) — Music & Arrangement
- Selector — Music & Arrangement
- Lau — Music & Arrangement
- Sarah — Music (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Arrangement
- Shun — Arrangement
- Pai — Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Lion — Music (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Arrangement (with Maki Morrow)
- Jeffry — Music (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Arrangement (with Maki Morrow)
- Kage — Music (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Arrangement
- Jacky — Music (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Arrangement
- Wolf — Arrangement
- Akira — Music (with Akiko Hashimoto & Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Arrangement
- Chicago — Arrangement (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
- Dural — Music, Arrangement (with Maki Morrow)
- Moment of Eternity ~ Kids Version — Music (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi), Arrangement
- Lion ~ Ending Movie — Music & Arrangement
- Advice — Music (with Takenobu Mitsuyoshi)
Virtua Fighter 3
- Virtua Fighter 3 — Music
- Mai "Aoi in the Snow" — Music
- Underground "Sarah in the Subway" — Music
- Hiding "Kage Maru in the Castle" — Music
- Drunk man in Hong Kong "Shun on the Raft" — Music
- Game Over — Music
- Stage Clear — Music & Arrangement
- The Killer Mantis "Extra Stage" — Music
Magazine articles
- Main article: Takayuki Nakamura/Magazine articles.
Photographs
- Main article: Photos of Takayuki Nakamura
External links
- Web Archive copy of personal website
- Takayuki Nakamura on Soundcloud
- Personal blog
- History (i.e. worklist) on mac.com
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://vgmdb.net/artist/1543
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://www.kk.iij4u.or.jp/~nakataka/history.htm (Wayback Machine: 2008-01-19 00:59)
- ↑ http://interviews.rocketbaby.net/interviews_nakamura_1.html (Wayback Machine: 2003-03-11 09:06)