Reo Nagumo: Difference between revisions

 

Reo Nagumo (born November 20th, 1973) can be considered the grandfather of BEMANI. He was the first sound director, the first in-house composer, and did the first title screen music. He's also the only BEMANI composer to sound direct all three beatmania series, as well as write songs for the short-lived ''ParaParaParadise''. His musical styles are especially focused on rave and pop music, though he dabbled in a few other genres as well.

 

In 2000 Reo Nagumo stopped working in-house and became a commission artist, continuing to write music for IIDX and pop'n music until 2006. His only appearance in BEMANI since then is a remix of [[GRADIUSIC CYBER]] for once-colleague [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]]'s album ''milestone''. In 2008 all of his post-[[AC 4th style|4th style]] songs were removed from IIDX, and the following year so were all of his songs in DanceDanceRevolution (and quite a few in pop'n music as well).

 

It was hinted that he inherited a sushi restaurant (see the [[Tiger_yamato#Music_Production_Info|music production Info for tiger yamato]]), though this was later proven untrue. Currently Reo is the CEO of a Japanese company called Yudo Ltd., and is currently writing music for the WiiWare/iPhone series Aero Revolution. A link to an article on this can be found [http://fingergaming.com/2009/01/reo-nagumo-returns-to-rhythm-gaming-with-aero-series/ here].