Kenta Nagata
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Kenta Nagata (Nicknamed "gon" in 1080° Snowboarding) is a Japanese composer that works for Nintendo. He is proficient with the piano and bass but also plays guitar.
Nagata joined Nintendo in 1996 and his latest composition is for Wii Music[1]. In the Mario franchise, he is most notable for his works in Mario Kart 64, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Super Mario 64 DS and Mario Kart 7, as well as serving as Sound Director for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, New Super Mario Bros. 2, and Mario Kart 8. He married fellow Nintendo composer Shinobu Tanaka over the course of his employmentTemplate:Refneeded.
Other works include some tracks for Pokémon Stadium, Animal Crossing and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and the entirety of Big Brain Academy.
Song Credits
Mario Kart 64
- Title — Composition & Arrangement
- Circuit — Composition & Arrangement
- Farm — Composition & Arrangement
- Beach — Composition & Arrangement
- Desert — Composition & Arrangement
- Highway — Composition & Arrangement
- Snow — Composition & Arrangement
- Mountain — Composition & Arrangement
- Castle — Composition & Arrangement
- Jungle — Composition & Arrangement
- Obake — Composition & Arrangement
- Rainbow — Composition & Arrangement
- Battle — Composition & Arrangement
- Select — Composition & Arrangement
- Result #1 (Win) — Composition & Arrangement
- Result #2 (Lose) — Composition & Arrangement
- Result #3 (VS & Battle) — Composition & Arrangement
- Star — Arrangement
- Prize #1 (1st~3rd) — Composition & Arrangement
- Prize #2 (4th~8th) — Composition & Arrangement
- Staff Roll — Composition & Arrangement
- Start Grid #1 (GP & VS) — Composition & Arrangement
- Start Grid #2 (Time Attack & Battle) — Composition & Arrangement
- Final Lap — Composition & Arrangement
- Goal in #1 (1st) — Composition & Arrangement
- Goal in #2 (2nd~4th) — Composition & Arrangement
- Goal in #3 (5th~8th) — Composition & Arrangement
- Game Over — Composition & Arrangement
Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.1: Healing Music
- Aryll's Theme — Composition, Guitar
- Title — Composition, Bass
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
- Title — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Baby Park — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Waluigi Stadium — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Koopa Castle — Composition & Arrangement [Localized name: Bowser's Castle]
- Rainbow Road — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Battle — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Staff Roll — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.2: Loud Music
- Fortress Boss — Bass
- Among the Demons — Bass
Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.3: B-Side Music
- Epona's Song — Arrangement
- K.K. Soul — Bass
Touch! Generations Sound Track
- Nintendogs Theme - Live Ver. — Bass
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
- World 1 Map — Composition & Arrangement
- Overworld BGM — Arrangement
- Underground BGM — Arrangement
- World 2 Map — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- World 3 Map — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Snow Overworld BGM — Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- World 5 Map — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- World 6 Map — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- World 7 Map — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- World 8 Map — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Volcano Overworld BGM — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Volcano Underground BGM — Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- World 9 Map — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Castle Boss BGM — Composition & Arrangement
- Game Over — Arrangement
Mario Kart 7
- Mario Kart 7 ~Main Titles~ — Composition & Arrangement
- Main Menu — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Course Start Fanfare — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Race Start Fanfare [Grand Prix & VS] — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Race Start Fanfare [Time Attack] — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Toad Circuit & Mario Circuit — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Cheep Cheep Lagoon — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Wuhu Loop & Maka Wuhu — Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Rock Rock Mountain — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Neo Koopa City — Composition & Arrangement [Localized name: Neo Bowser City]
- Rosalina's Ice World — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Koopa Castle — Composition & Arrangement [Localized name: Bowser's Castle] Template:Refneeded
- Rainbow Road — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Race Start Fanfare [Battle] — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Final Lap Fanfare — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Result #1 (Win) — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Result #2 (Lose) — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Staff Roll — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Spectating Race — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Star Power — Arrangement Template:Refneeded
New Super Mario Bros. 2
- Channel Menu — Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Title BGM — Arrangement
- Overworld BGM — Arrangement
- Opening — Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Athletic BGM — Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Undergound BGM — Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Tower Boss BGM — Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Rainbow Overworld BGM — Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Rainbow Bonus Screen BGM — Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- World Mushroom Map — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- World Flower Map — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- World Star Map — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- All Moon Coins Collected — Composition & Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- The Princess..? — Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Ending — Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Staff Roll — Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- eShop Menu — Arrangement Template:Refneeded
- Gold Rush Stages BGM — Arrangement Template:Refneeded
Mario Kart 8
- Wii Wario's Gold Mine — Arrangement
- GCN Baby Park — Composition & Arrangement
- 3DS Neo Bowser City — Composition & Arrangement
- GBA Ribbon Road — Arrangement
- Big Blue — Arrangement
References
- ^ http://www.squareenixmusic.com/composers/nintendo/nagata.shtml Kenta Nagata's profile on Square-Enix music