Tomosuke Funaki

Tomosuke Funaki
舟木 智介
Also known asTOMOSUKE
OriginJapan
GenreVideo game music
OccupationComposer
Years active1999–present

Tomosuke Funaki (舟木智介, Funaki Tomosuke; born January 1) is a Japanese composer who has contributed to the Bemani series of music video games. He has produced songs for Beatmania, Beatmania IIDX, Pop'n Music, Dance Maniax, Guitar Freaks, DrumMania, Mambo a Gogo, and Dance Dance Revolution (Dancing Stage). He collaborated with the Shibuya-Kei vocalist "EeL" to provide original songs for BEMANI under his "EeL" pseudonym.

Between 2000 - 2004 Funaki produced a series of Lounge Music compositions to accompany games created by Bemani Works using the name "Orange Lounge". The tracks were recorded with French-speaking Japanese vocalist Shizue Tokui. In all they recorded just 14 tracks, with another eight or more extended remixes Orange Lounge's signature track, "Love Is Orange" is a reference to the 1967 instrumental hit "Love Is Blue" by Paul Mauriat, whose work Funaki has cited as an influence.

"Nick boys" is the pseudonym for his Hip hop-influenced collaboration with Des-ROW. "Zektbach" is the pseudonym used for his classical music influenced concept pieces by forms of fantasy worlds, usually with choirs and classical instrumentation.

Bemani works

beatmania

Mambo a Gogo

Dance ManiaX

beatmania IIDX

pop'n music

ee'MALL

Guitar Freaks & DrumMania

Dance Dance Revolution/Dancing Stage

Jubeat

Reflec Beat

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 "Tomosuke Funaki". Video Game Music Database. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Orange Lounge". Outside Left - feature article on Orange Lounge. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
  3. ↑ Love Is Orange. 2010-09-09. Retrieved 2025-03-02 – via YouTube.
  4. ↑ "Tomosuke Funaki Discography at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The Epic of Zektbach / Introduction". Bemani Music Foundation. 2009. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  6. ↑ "[Etc] 稼働間近の『beatmania IIDX 16』の映像&着うたフルが配信" (in Japanese). livedoor ニュース by Media Works. November 12, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2010.