Naoki Maeda (前田尚紀 Maeda Naoki) (born April 28), more commonly called simply Naoki, is a Japanese music composer and producer who works for Konami. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing () is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys Trading cards, Anime, Tokusatsu, Slot machines Naoki's official title is Konami AM Internal Sound Team.
Though Naoki worked on many different video game titles like Salamander, his most known contribution is to the Bemani series as the main composer for the Dance Dance Revolution games. A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. retitled Life Force in North America and in the Japanese arcade re-release (see version differences) is a Scrolling shooter is Konami 's Music video game division Originally named the Games & Music Division, or simply G Dance Dance Revolution (abbreviated DDR) previously known as Dancing Stage in PAL territories until the announcement of Most of his songs are signed with a pseudonym. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Little information on Naoki is revealed officially: for example, on an interview with several music producers released in the DDRMAX for North America booklet, Naoki's profile was the least complete, not revealing his age or how much time he's been working for Konami. DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution is the fourth home version of Dance Dance Revolution to be released in the United States, the first of which
Pseudonyms
See also List of Bemani musicians
Naoki uses over three dozen pseudonyms in attributing his work. In the Bemani series of rhythm video games by Konami, it appears that seemingly hundreds of different musicians and groups perform the songs A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Many of these 'names' are simply the speed of the song. Beats per minute ( BPM) is a unit typically used as either a measure of Tempo in music or a measure of one's Heart rate.
- Ω (OMEGA) (only used in MAX 300)
- 100-200-400 (only used in Fascination MaxX)
- 1479 (only used in one remix)
- 180 (only used in PARANOiA)
- 190 (only used in PARANOiA MAX ~ DIRTY MIX ~)
- 190' (only used in PARANOiA Rebirth)
- 200 (only used in PARANOIA EVOLUTION)
- 270 (only used in PARANOiA survivor)
- 290 (only used in PARANOiA survivor MAX)
- 8 bit (only used in AFRONOVA PRIMEVAL)
- B3-PROJECT (only used in Theme from Enter the Dragon)
- BeForU (sound producer)
- Big-O (only used in GRADIUSIC CYBER (AMD G5 MIX))
- Black∞Hole (only used in Pluto)
- BLUE DESTROYERS (only used in HYPNΦTIC CRYSIS)
- Crystal Aliens (used for the Sexy Planet series and Another Planet for Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4)
- D&G Music Factory (used only on OSTs)
- DANDY MINEIERO
- d-complex (only used for ECSTASY and its remix)
- DE-SIRE/DE-STRAD/DE-SIRE retunes/DE-SIRE alterative
- DIVAS (member of)
- DJ KAZU
- D. BeForU is an all female J-Pop group who performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 4 is the twelfth home version of Dance Dance Revolution released in the United States. J. Rich
- DR. VIBE (only used in Don't Stop -AMD 2nd Mix-)
- evo-X (only used for DOUBLE TORNADO)
- FACTOR-X (only used for WILD RUSH and its remix)
- FIXX (only used for Vanity Angel)
- J-RAVERS
- KTz (member)
- Luv UNLIMITED (only used for CANDY☆ and its K. O. G. remix)
- mitsu-O! (used for Caribbean or tropical style songs)
- MR. DOG (used only for the GENTLE STRESS remix)
- MUSTACHE MEN (only used for DO ME (H. I. G. E. O. Mix))
- N&S (only used for DEAD END)
- N. M. R.
- NAOKI
- NAOKI 190 (only used for HYSTERIA)
- NAOKI in the MERCURE (only used for L'amour et la liberté (Darwin & DJ Silver remix)
- Naoki J-Style (only used for KISS ME ALL NIGHT LONG)
- NAOKI underground (used for trance songs: INSERTiON, TEARS, L'amour et la liberté, PRELUDE, Poseidon)
- NM
- NM SEQUENCE UNLIMITED (used to credit Naoki in the soundtrack releases)
- NO. 9 (only used for END OF THE CENTURY)
- NW260 (only used for the DROP OUT series)
- platoniX (once used by Naoki on Beatmania IIDX 10th Style, but now being used by Tatsh since IIDXRED)
- RE-VENGE/RevenG (used for ethnic songs: exotic ethnic, bag, AFRONOVA, 桜(Sakura), etc. )
- Reven-G改/Reven-G alterative (used only for Arrabbiata)
- Rice C. (Used only in the AMD remix of Jam Jam Reggae)
- STONE BROS. (only used for the Let the beat hit em! series)
- TailBros. (only used for the SUPER STAR series)
- TËЯRA (partnered with Jun)
- THE FINAL BAND (only used for Crash! with Mr. Brian)
- THE SURRENDERS
- UZI-LAY (only used for the PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME series)
- WHITE WALL (only used for Pluto The First)
- Z (only used in MAXX UNLIMITED)
- ΖZ (only used in The legend of MAX)
However, he is sometimes confused with other artists. Some pseudonyms attributed to Naoki which are not his are:
- . 3k - Konami staff composer Sota Fujimori, the composer of PARANOiA -Respect-. Sota Fujimori (born November 10 in Tokyo) has been a staff composer for the Konami Corporation in Japan since 1998
- 2MB – Konami artist Yuichi Asami, composer of PARANOiA KCET ~ clean mix ~, ORION. 78 -civilization mix-, TRIP MACHINE ~luv mix~, La Senorita Virtual, MAX. (period), Healing Vision ~Angelic mix~, Fascination ~eternal love mix~, and Pluto Relinquish.
- STM200 – Takeshi Matsumoto, composer of PARANOiA Eternal and winner of the Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix Musicianship Trial Contest.
- Scotty D. - Scott Dolph, singer/rapper of the DROP THE BOMB and Flow series. Scott Dolph is the Translator of multiple Konami Video games most notably from Hideo Kojima 's Metal Gear Solid series
- dj TAKA - Takayuki Ishikawa, popular composer of trance and classical songs from Beatmania IIDX. Takayuki Ishikawa (石川貴之 born June 4 1975 also known as dj TAKA, is a Japanese Musician, best known for his contribution to Konami
- αTYPE-300 - Junko Karashima, also known as Jun or jun, composer of PARANOiA ~HADES~.
Music partners
Though he writes many instrumental songs alone, several of Naoki's songs feature vocals, which are performed by others. Commonly featured singers include Aaron G. and Paula Terry. Paula Terry is an Australian -born Jazz and Bossa nova singer currently living in Japan.
He's also worked together with many other artists: Naoki is the composer and producer for the group BeForU, and with Jun (Junko Karashima and remixes with Sota Fujimori) he makes some songs under the name TËЯRA; along with dj TAKA he worked on "Kakumei", a remix of Chopin's "Revolutionary Etude". BeForU is an all female J-Pop group who performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games Sota Fujimori (born November 10 in Tokyo) has been a staff composer for the Konami Corporation in Japan since 1998 Takayuki Ishikawa (石川貴之 born June 4 1975 also known as dj TAKA, is a Japanese Musician, best known for his contribution to Konami
In the more recent releases of Beatmania IIDX he has collaborated together with Tatsh.
Songs produced
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance Revolution:
- "Make It Better"
- "PARANOiA"
- "TRIP MACHINE"
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix:
- "20,November -DDR VERSION-"
- "AM-3P"
- "BRILLIANT 2U"
- "BRILLIANT 2U (Orchestra Groove)"
- "KEEP ON MOVIN'"
- "LET THEM MOVE"
- "PARANOiA MAX ~ DIRTY MIX ~"
- "PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME"
- "PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME (Jazzy Groove)"
- "SP-TRIP MACHINE ~JUNGLE MIX~"
Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix:
- "AFRONOVA"
- "DEAD END"
- "DYNAMITE RAVE"
- "END OF THE CENTURY"
- "La Senorita" (vocals by Thomas Howard Lichtenstein)
- "PARANOiA Rebirth"
- "Silent Hill" (vocals by Thomas Howard Lichtenstein)
- "Gentle Stress (AMD Sexual MIX)"
- "Jam Jam Reggae (AMD SWING MIX)"
- "GRADIUSIC CYBER (AMD G5 MIX)"
- "LUV TO ME (AMD MIX)"
Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix & 4thMix Plus:
- "Theme from Enter the Dragon (revival 2001/notorious mix)"
- "HYPNOTIC CRISIS"
- "B4U"
- "BURNIN' THE FLOOR"
- "DO ME (H. Dance Dance Revolution, abbreviated DDR, is a game that was released in arcades by Konami on November 21 1998 Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix, or 2ndMix, is the 2nd game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of Music video games Dance Dance Revolution 3rdMix, or 3rdMix, is the 3rd game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of Music video games It was released Thomas Howard Lichtenstein (born 1962) is a musician who has both recorded solo albums and contributed many songs to Bemani video games Thomas Howard Lichtenstein (born 1962) is a musician who has both recorded solo albums and contributed many songs to Bemani video games Dance Dance Revolution 4thMix, or 4thMix, is the 4th game in the main Dance Dance Revolution series of Music video games I. G. E. O MIX)
- "LOVE AGAIN TONIGHT ~For Melissa Mix~"
- "HIGHER"
- "ORION. 78 (AMeuro-Mix)"
- "MY SUMMER LOVE"
- "BABY BABY GIMME YOUR LOVE"
- "TRIP MACHINE CLIMAX"
- "DON'T STOP (AMD 2ND MIX)"
- "Get Me In Your Sight (AMD CANCUN MIX)"
Dance Dance Revolution Extra Mix:
- "Let the beat hit'em! (Classic R&B style)"
Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000:
- "PARANOiA EVOLUTION"
- "CAN'T STOP FALLIN' IN LOVE"
- "SUPER STAR"
- "HYSTERIA"
- "DROP OUT"
- "Let the beat hit'em!"
Dance Dance Revolution 5thMix:
- "DIVE"
- "ECSTASY"
- "Healing Vision"
- "B4U ~Glorious Style~"
- "CAN'T STOP FALLIN' IN LOVE (SPEED MIX)"
- "DYNAMITE RAVE (Long ver. Dance Dance Revolution EXTRA MIX is a Music video game that is part of the Dance Dance Revolution and Bemani Dance Dance Revolution Solo 2000 is the second special one-player version of the Dance Dance Revolution series of Music video games )"
- "Matsuri JAPAN"
- "Remember You"
- "STILL IN MY HEART"
- "INSERTiON"
DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6thMix:
- "CANDY☆"
- "DIVE (more deep & deeper style)"
- "exotic ethnic"
- "Firefly"
- "MAX 300"
- "true. DDRMAX Dance Dance Revolution 6thMix is the 6th game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of Music video games It was released in the arcades . . ~radio edit~"
- "true. . . ~Trance Sunrise Mix~"
DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix:
- "AM-3P (AM east mix)"
- "BURNIN' THE FLOOR (BLUE FIRE mix)"
- "CANDY♥"
- "CELEBRATE NITE (EURO TRANCE STYLE)"
- "D2R"
- "DESTINY"
- "DIVE INTO THE NIGHT"
- "ECSTASY (midnight blue mix)"
- "ever snow"
- "HIGHER (next morning mix)"
- "MAXX UNLIMITED"
- "MY SUMMER LOVE (Tommy's Smile Mix)"
- "革命" (co-produced with Takayuki Ishikawa)
- "Secret Rendez-vous"
- "Silent Hill (3rd Christmas Mix) (vocals by Thomas Howard Lichtenstein)
- "TSUGARU"
- "TSUGARU (APPLE MIX)"
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme:
- "1998"
- "bag"
- "蒼い衝動 (for EXTREME)"
- "Dance Dance Revolution"
- "HYPER EUROBEAT"
- "GRADUATION ~それぞれの明日~"
- "L'amour et la liberte ( DDR ver. DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMIX is the 7th game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of Music video games It was released in the arcades by Takayuki Ishikawa (石川貴之 born June 4 1975 also known as dj TAKA, is a Japanese Musician, best known for his contribution to Konami Thomas Howard Lichtenstein (born 1962) is a musician who has both recorded solo albums and contributed many songs to Bemani video games Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (stylized as Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME) is the 8th game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of )"
- "LOVE ♥ SHINE"
- "PARANOiA survivor"
- "PARANOiA survivor MAX"
- "TEARS"
- "The legend of MAX"
- "TRIP MACHINE survivor"
Dancing Stage EuroMix 2:
- "CRASH"
- "MEMORIES"
- "VANITY ANGEL"
Dancing Stage feat. Dancing Stage Euromix 2 is the 3rd Arcade release in the Dancing Stage series a European version of the Dance Dance Revolution series of Music video TRUE KISS DESTINATION:
- "CELEBRATE NITE"
- "SEXY PLANET"
Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3:
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova:
- "CHAOS"
- "Fascination MAXX"
- "Healing D-Vision"
- "My Only Shining Star"
- "PEACE(^^)v" (with BeForU)
- "Morning Glory" (with BeForU)
- "華爛漫 -Flowers-" (with jun as TËЯRA)
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova 2:
- "switch" (with jun as TËЯRA, co-produced with DAISUKE ASAKURA)
- "Every Day, Every Night (NM STYLE)" (with LEA DROP and Ant Johnston)
- "TRIP MACHINE PhoeniX"
- "Poseidon"
- "Pluto"
Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection:
- "STARS☆☆☆ (NAOKI's 2nd style)" (with jun as TËЯRA)
- "Freedom"
DDR Festival Dance Dance Revolution:
- "KI・SE・KI (DDR ver. Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 3 is the tenth home version of Dance Dance Revolution released in the United States. Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova ( Dancing Stage SuperNova in Europe) is an arcade game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of Music Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2 is an arcade game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of Music video games It was produced by Konami Dance Dance Revolution Party Collection is a Music video game that is part of the Dance Dance Revolution and Bemani DDR Festival Dance Dance Revolution, DDR Festival for short was released on November 18 2004 by Konami Computer Entertainment )"
Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2:
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova for North America:
Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party:
- "B4U (Rising Sun mix)"
- "Beautiful Inside (Cube::Hard Mix)"
- "BREAK DOWN! (World Version)"
- "CANDY (UFO mix)"
- "Confession"
- "DOUBLE TORNARD"
- "Heavens and the Earth"
- "Here I Go Again"
- "I'm Flying Away"
- "let it out"
- "little steps"
- "Mess With My Emotions"
- "Moving On"
- "Pluto The First"
- "tokyoEVOLVED"
- "Touchin'"
- "We Will Live Together"
- "will"
Beatmania
Beatmania 6thMix:
Beatmania 7thMix:
- "BABY BABY GIMME YOUR LOVE 2002"
Beatmania The Final:
- "Birdman"
- "Calling for destiny"
Beatmania IIDX
Beatmania IIDX 6th Style:
- "BALLAD FOR YOU" (vocals by Thomas Howard Lichtenstein)
- "DIVE ~Into your heart~" (vocals by Paula Terry)
- "L'amour et la liberte"
Beatmania IIDX 8th Style:
Beatmania IIDX 9th Style:
- "Be Rock U (1998 Burst Style)"
- "HYPER EUROBEAT (IIDX Style)"
- "MARIA (I believe. Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 is the tenth home version of Dance Dance Revolution to be released in the United States. The American home version of Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA was released on September 26 2006 Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party, known as Dancing Stage Hottest Party in the European and Oceanic regions is a Video game released beatmania IIDX 8th Style is a 2002 arcade game released by Konami. Beatmania IIDX 9th Style is the 9th game in the Beatmania IIDX series of Music video games It was released in arcades by Konami in 2003 . . )"
- "Prelude"
Beatmania IIDX 10th Style:
- "DoLL" (with jun as TËЯRA)
- "一途な恋" (HYPER J-EURO MIX)
Beatmania IIDX 11 IIDX RED:
- "太陽~T・A・I・Y・O~"(feat. 星野奏子)
- "KI・SE・KI (IIDX RED EDIT)"
- "RED ZONE" (with Tatsh)
- "ULTIMATE" (with jun as TËЯRA)
Beatmania IIDX 12 HAPPY SKY:
- "EDEN "(with jun as TËЯRA)
- "I am" (with Miharu Arisawa of BeForU)
Beatmania IIDX 13 DistorteD:
- "DEEP ROAR" (with Tatsh)
- "ALFARSHEAR ~双神威に廻る夢~" (with jun as TËЯRA)
- "PARASITE WORLD" (with jun as 'TËЯRA underground')
Beatmania IIDX 14 Gold:
- "Red Rocket Rising"
- "STARS☆☆☆ (Re-tuned by HΛL) -IIDX EDITION-" (with jun as TËЯRA)
- "零 -ZERO-" (with jun as TËЯRA)
- "TREASURE×STAR (with Ryu☆ fw. Beatmania IIDX 14 Gold (stylized as beatmania IIDX14 GOLD) is the 14th game in the Beatmania IIDX series of Music video games It was released さちまゆ, CS version song)
Beatmania IIDX 15 DJ TROOPERS:
- "PROMISE FOR LIFE" (with jun as TËЯRA WORKS)
DanceManiax
DanceManiax 1stMix:
- "AFRONOVA PRIMEVAL"
- "BAILA! BAILA!"
- "BROKEN MY HEART"
- "GORGEOUS 2012"
- "PUT YOUR FAITH IN ME (Saturday Night Mix)"
- "KEEP ON MOVIN' (DMX Mix)"
DanceManiax 2ndMix:
- "KISS KISS KISS"
- "Kiss me all night long"
- "ENTER THE DRAGON (G'z Island Mix)"
- "MATSURI JAPAN (J-SUMMER MIX)"
GuitarFreaks & DrumMania
GuitarFreaks:
GuitarFreaks 6thMix & DrumMania 5thMix:
GuitarFreaks 8thMix & DrumMania 7thMix:
- "BREAK DOWN! (GF&DM style) (with BeForU)
GuitarFreaks 9thMix & DrumMania 8thMix:
GuitarFreaks 10thMix & DrumMania 9thMix:
GuitarFreaks 11thMix & DrumMania 10thMix:
GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V:
- "ESCAPE TO THE SKY★彡" (with jun as TËЯRA)
- "シナリオ" (with BeForU NEXT)
GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2:
- "GLIDE" (with jun as TËЯRA)
GuitarFreaks V3 & DrumMania V3:
- "ZËNITH" (with jun as TËЯRA)
GuitarFreaks V4 & DrumMania V4:
- "RËVOLUTIФN" (with jun as TËЯRA)
Pop'n Music
Pop'n Music 8:
- "Stars☆☆☆" (with jun as TËЯRA)
Pop'n Music 9:
Pop'n Music ee'mall:
- "1/6 billionth" (with jun as TËЯRA)
Pop'n Music 10:
- "Arrabbiata" (Translates into: Cyber Arabbian)
- "DDR MEGAMIX"
Pop'n Music ee'mall 2nd Avenue:
- "Brave!" (with jun as TËЯRA)
Pop'n Music 12 いろは:
- "夢幻ノ光" (with jun as TËЯRA)
Pop'n Music 13 Carnival:
- "GET WILD" (Cover of a popular Japanese song, Naoki also sings in this song)
Pop'n Music 15 Adventure:
- "桃花恋情" (with jun as TËЯRA)
ParaParaParadise
- "LOVE AGAIN TONIGHT -high speed mix-"
- "CAN'T STOP FALLIN IN LOVE - Super Euro Mix -"
Other Work
- "Tangerine Stream -The Catastrophe-" (From the Remix Side of dj TAKA's first album "Milestone")
Trivia
- Sometime in 2006, it was announced that Naoki is 45 years old. Beatmania IIDX 15 DJ Troopers is the 15th game in the Beatmania IIDX series of Music video games It was released in arcades by Konami on December BeForU is an all female J-Pop group who performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games BeForU is an all female J-Pop group who performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games is a J-pop singer as well as a member of the Konami -produced J-Pop group BeForU. BeForU is an all female J-Pop group who performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games is a J-pop singer as well as a member of the Konami -produced J-Pop group BeForU. Noria Shiraishi (白石のりあ or 白石紀亜 Shiraishi Noria) also known as Noria, のりあ or EK (see also Noria Shiraishi's pseudonyms BeForU is an all female J-Pop group who performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games BeForU is an all female J-Pop group who performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games is a J-pop singer as well as a member of the Konami -produced J-Pop group BeForU. Noria Shiraishi (白石のりあ or 白石紀亜 Shiraishi Noria) also known as Noria, のりあ or EK (see also Noria Shiraishi's pseudonyms BeForU is an all female J-Pop group who performed music primarily for the Bemani series of rhythm games
- He was born in Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture
- Enjoys the city of Los Angeles, California, Spring & Summer, producing music, and personal freedom. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
- Dislikes Fall & Winter, jealousy, selfishness, and quietness.
- Started playing piano at age 4.
- Attended the Osaka University of Arts.
Source, http://beatrevolution.i-revo.jp
See also
Games he worked on:
External links
References
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