Hideki Naganuma

Who is Hideki Naganuma?

Hideki Naganuma is a Japanese music composer who primarily does work for video game soundtracks.

His style is one that primarily mixes 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 Dreamcast game Jet Set Radio. 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. He was nominated to receive the Golden Joystick Award for Soundtrack Of The Year for his work on the 2005 release Sonic Rush for the Nintendo DS.

Most recently he has composed music for the game Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz for the Wii console. and the track "LUV CAN SAVE U" for the 20th installment of the arcade rhythm game Beatmania IIDX, produced by Konami and part of the BEMANI series.