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[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. It is speculated he married fellow Nintendo composer Shinobu Tanaka over the course of his employment[citation needed].
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 [citation needed]
- Baby Park — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Waluigi Stadium — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Koopa Castle — Composition & Arrangement [Localized name: Bowser's Castle]
- Rainbow Road — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Battle — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Staff Roll — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
Nintendo Sound Selection Vol.2: Loud Music
- Fortress Boss — Bass
- Among the Demons — Bass
Super Mario 64 DS
- Waking Up -- Arrangement
- Big Mario -- Arrangement
- Balloon Mario -- Arrangement
- Fire Yoshi -- Arrangement
- Owl Fly -- Arrangement
- Rabbit -- Composition & Arrangement
- Boss Intro -- Composition & Arrangement
- Sunshine Isles -- Arrangement
- Rec Room -- Arrangement
- Hide and Boo Seek -- Arrangement
- Loves Me -- Arrangement
- Luigi's Casino -- Arrangement
- Puzzle Panel -- Composition & Arrangement
- Slots Shot -- Arrangement
- Wanted! -- Arrangement
- Sort Or' Splode -- Composition & Arrangement
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 [citation needed]
- Underground BGM — Arrangement [citation needed]
- Overworld BGM — Arrangement
- Snow Overworld BGM — Arrangement [citation needed]
- World 6 Map — Composition & Arrangement
- Volcano Overworld BGM — Composition & Arrangement
- World 9 Map — Composition & Arrangement
- P-Switch — Arrangement
- Castle Boss BGM — Composition & Arrangement
- Peach's Castle — Arrangement
- Game Over — Arrangement
Mario Kart 7
- Mario Kart 7 ~Main Titles~ — Composition & Arrangement
- Main Menu — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Course Start Fanfare — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Race Start Fanfare [Grand Prix & VS] — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Race Start Fanfare [Time Attack] — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Toad Circuit & Mario Circuit — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Cheep Cheep Lagoon — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Wuhu Loop & Maka Wuhu — Arrangement [citation needed]
- Rock Rock Mountain — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Neo Koopa City — Composition & Arrangement [Localized name: Neo Bowser City]
- Rosalina's Ice World — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Koopa Castle — Composition & Arrangement [Localized name: Bowser's Castle] [citation needed]
- Rainbow Road — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Race Start Fanfare [Battle] — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Final Lap Fanfare — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Result #1 (Win) — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Result #2 (Lose) — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Staff Roll — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Spectating Race — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- Star Power — Arrangement [citation needed]
New Super Mario Bros. 2
- Channel Menu — Arrangement [citation needed]
- Title BGM — Arrangement
- Overworld BGM — Arrangement
- Opening — Arrangement [citation needed]
- Athletic BGM — Arrangement [citation needed]
- Undergound BGM — Arrangement [citation needed]
- Tower Boss BGM — Arrangement [citation needed]
- Rainbow Overworld BGM — Arrangement [citation needed]
- Rainbow Bonus Screen BGM — Arrangement [citation needed]
- World Mushroom Map — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- World Flower Map — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- World Star Map — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- All Moon Coins Collected — Composition & Arrangement [citation needed]
- The Princess..? — Arrangement [citation needed]
- Ending — Arrangement [citation needed]
- Staff Roll — Arrangement [citation needed]
- eShop Menu — Arrangement [citation needed]
- Gold Rush Stages BGM — Arrangement [citation needed]
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