Also known as Masa Name Masato Nakamura Genres J-pop, Jazz, Chiptune Years active 1988–present Music group Sleep Walker | Instruments Bass guitar Spouse Makii (m. 2008) Origin Chofu, Tokyo Role Musician | |
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Born 1 October 1958 (age 65) ( 1958-10-01 ) Occupation(s) Bassist, composer, record producer, instrumentalist Labels Universal Music Japan), Universal Republic Records Albums Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 Soundtrack, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Love Is Everywhere Similar People Miwa Yoshida, Jun Senoue, Makii, Tomoya Ohtani, DJ Krush | ||
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Masato Nakamura (中村 正人, Nakamura Masato, born 1 October 1958) is a Japanese musician, bass guitarist, and record producer for the J-pop band Dreams Come True. He is best known outside of Japan for his soundtracks for the video games Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in the early 1990s.
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- Masato nakamura casino night zone 1p for classical guitar quartet
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- Life and music career
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- Other musical activity
- References
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Life and music career
Nakamura was originally a session musician before forming the "Cha-Cha & Audrey's Project" with Miwa Yoshida. In 1988, they formed the band Dreams Come True. In July 2002, he founded the record company "DCT Records" with Yoshida. They now serve as executive producers. Nakamura composes much of the catalog for Dreams Come True and arranges almost all of it.
On 22 June 2008, he married Mākii, the 21-year-old former lead vocalist of the Japanese rock band, High and Mighty Color.
Sonic the Hedgehog
Nakamura was picked by Sega to compose the music for the original Sonic the Hedgehog early in 1990. Later that year on 7 November, the game was revealed for the first time by being painted on the side of Dream Come True's tour bus. He was also in the middle of recording the band's fourth album, Million Kisses during Sonic the Hedgehog, and their fifth album, The Swinging Star during Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
He was originally brought in to do the music again in Sonic the Hedgehog 3, but financial disagreements led Sega to dropping him and being forced to use their in-house musicians for the project. In 2006, he contributed a remixed version of the ending theme from Sonic the Hedgehog 2, "Sweet Sweet Sweet", for the 2006 game, Sonic the Hedgehog, and also allowed Sega to remix some of his music for the series in Sonic Generations in 2011.
Other musical activity
He has also composed music for various television commercials and movies.