Naoki

capachijim · 08-09-2006, 09:14 AM

Is Naoki a real artist or were all Naoki songs designed for DDR. I know that B4U is definetly a DDR geared song, I mean the lyircs go "Everybody feel the beat with DDR."

lilchris25 · 08-09-2006, 09:29 AM

Naoki is a composer who works directly with Konami's sound team.

sylcmyk+ · 08-09-2006, 09:40 AM

This DDR game has destroyed much of my life

Paradox0 · 08-09-2006, 10:01 AM

I wonder how much Naoki was involved with Supernova. He has considerably less new Ko's credited to him than Extreme did, so it kind of makes me wonder....

(sorry for such a disorganized or incomplete post but I just woke up and am too tired to formulate a more organized post.)

Sagat believer · 08-09-2006, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Paradox0

I wonder how much Naoki was involved with Supernova. He has considerably less new Ko's credited to him than Extreme did, so it kind of makes me wonder....

2nded. Also, for future reference, Naoki should make at least 1/2 of the DDR originals every mix, then, let everyone else (specifically, Sota, jun, U1, Akira, specifically, alongside sound directors of other Bemani franchises, TAKA, Des-ROW, Mutsuhiko Izumi) do made-for-DDR-arcade-debut songs for the other half (no, DDR versions of other Bemani songs count as Bemani XO's).

MechaNeko · 08-09-2006, 11:52 AM

But then the game loses the cover and Dancemania portion of the game music. About 1/2... that's to much. because then the soundtracks get really bad rep, cause most of Naoki's songs are from Beatmania, meaning that they're probably not going to be on DDR soundtracks, unless he makes it strick for DDR.

~MECHA NEKO~

Sagat believer · 08-09-2006, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by MechaNeko

But then the game loses the cover and Dancemania portion of the game music. About 1/2... that's to much. because then the soundtracks get really bad rep, cause most of Naoki's songs are from Beatmania, meaning that they're probably not going to be on DDR soundtracks, unless he makes it strick for DDR.

~MECHA NEKO~

Ok.

For future reference, DDR songs should be 1/4 Naoki, 1/2 Dancemania, 1/4 non-Naoki made-for-the-arcade DDR originals.

Moving on, is it just me, or Naoki is the ONLY full-time (read: arcade mix after another) DDR composer?

bemaniguy: 2nd Style · 08-09-2006, 03:11 PM

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...cause few of Naoki's songs are from Beatmania...

Corrected for truth. Whoever said that Naoki had more songs in beatmania is smoking some serious pot.

NeoIvAn · 08-09-2006, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by capachijim

Is Naoki a real artist or were all Naoki songs designed for DDR. I know that B4U is definetly a DDR geared song, I mean the lyircs go "Everybody feel the beat with DDR."

Look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoki_Maeda

And hell yea, Naoki have MUCH more stuff on DDR

Omoikane · 08-09-2006, 03:54 PM

Naoki has been involved with many, if not more than half of the songs on DDR. The artist often goes under various aliases, such as RevenG, De-sire, and NW260. There are too many to accurately list.

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Look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naoki_Maeda

And hell yea, Naoki have MUCH more stuff on DDR

Looks like someone got to it before me. Oh well.

Monster in a box · 08-09-2006, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Paradox0

I wonder how much Naoki was involved with Supernova. He has considerably less new Ko's credited to him than Extreme did, so it kind of makes me wonder....

(sorry for such a disorganized or incomplete post but I just woke up and am too tired to formulate a more organized post.)

Well, isn't Tatsh supposed to be the new Naoki? I guess Naoki isn't going to be doing as much as he used to.

capachijim · 08-09-2006, 09:47 PM

w8 w8 I thought Naoki was a girl. If Naoki is a composer, who is the voice? Paula Terry? Cuz I see a lot of Naoki feat. Paula Terry, yet certain songs like 1998 , Burnin the Floor, etc. don't have a feat. anyone.

Angel Jin · 08-09-2006, 10:27 PM

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Well, isn't Tatsh supposed to be the new Naoki? I guess Naoki isn't going to be doing as much as he used to.

maybe in IIDX, but he's only got one song in one DDR game, compared to how nearly all of the Konami originals in previous DDR games were made by Naoki Maeda.

DefaultGen · 08-09-2006, 11:19 PM

Wikipedia FTW

bemaniguy: 2nd Style · 08-10-2006, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by capachijim

w8 w8 I thought Naoki was a girl. If Naoki is a composer, who is the voice? Paula Terry? Cuz I see a lot of Naoki feat. Paula Terry, yet certain songs like 1998 , Burnin the Floor, etc. don't have a feat. anyone.

Naoki is male, despite not looking like it. ****** L. Hopkins does the vocals in 1998 along side Aaron G. It seems that she also does the vocals in Burnin' The Floor, but only Aaron G. is credited. I'm pretty sure she also did the vocals in Dance Dance Revolution, but Paula Terry is also featured as well as a colaboration of various composers.

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Well, isn't Tatsh supposed to be the new Naoki?

maybe in IIDX, but he's only got one song in one DDR game, compared to how nearly all of the Konami originals in previous DDR games were made by Naoki Maeda.

Tatsh really isn't the next anyone. TAKA has pretty much been the Naoki of IIDX. With (I think) the most songs, the most aliases, and like Naoki for DDR, he composes most of the system music for IIDX.