Jun Senoue

is a Japanese video game composer and musician. He works for Sega. He is known for his music in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. He is also the songwriter and lead guitarist for the band Crush 40. Crush 40 has also created songs to many Sonic games.

Biography
Senoue was born on August 2, 1970 in Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan. He started playing piano at the age of three. He moved to Panama when he was 12 years old. In Panama, he became dedicated to rock music after being watching MTV. He started to teach himself to play the electric guitar when he was 15 years old. He created his first original band recording when he was 17 years old.

He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University with a degree in economics in 1993. After that, Senoue sent demo tapes to Namco and Sega. Sega hired him. His first project with Sega was on Dark Wizard. He arranged a medley of the game's music for its staff roll.

Works
+ Video gamesYearGameNotes 1993  Dark Wizard  ending theme arrangement 1994  Sonic the Hedgehog 3 with various others Game no Kanzume  arrangements Formula One World Championship: Beyond the Limit with various others Sonic & Knuckles 1995  J. League Victory Goal   Metal Head with Teruhiko Nakagawa Sega International Victory Goal   F1 Challenge  sound effects In the Hunt with Masahiro Ito (Sega Saturn version) 1996  J. League Victory Goal '96   Sega Worldwide Soccer 97 with Seirou Okamoto Sonic 3D Blast with Tatsuyuki Maeda (Sega Genesis version) Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition with Richard Jacques, Kenichi Tokoi, and Tomonori Sawada 1997  J. League Victory Goal '97  Sega Worldwide Soccer 98 1998  Sega Rally 2  composed "Soul on Desert" Sonic Adventure with Fumie Kumatani, Kenichi Tokoi, and Masaru Setsumaru 2000  NASCAR Arcade   2001  Sonic Adventure 2 with Tomoya Ohtani, Fumie Kumatani, and Kenichi Tokoi Sonic Adventure 2 Battle  2003  Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukuro! 2 Sonic Heroes with various others 2005  Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukuro! 3   Shadow the Hedgehog with Yutaka Minobe, Mariko Nanba, and Tomoya Ohtani 2006  Sega Rally 2006 with various others Sonic Rivals  sound supervisor 2007  J. League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 5   OutRun 2 SP with Mitsuharu Fukuyama Burnout Running  played guitars Sonic Rivals 2  sound supervisor Nights: Journey of Dreams  sound effects 2008  Super Smash Bros. Brawl  "Angel Island Zone" arrangement Sonic Unleashed  vocal track coordinator 2009  Sonic and the Black Knight  various others Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)  arrangements with Teruhiko Nakagawa 2010  Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll  vocal track coordinator Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I   Sonic Free Riders  Composed "Free" 2011  Sonic Generations with various others Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games 2012  Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II  2013  Soccer Tsuku: Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games  arrangements with various others 2014  Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax with various others Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U  supervisor 2015  Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax Ignition with various others 2016  Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Yakyuu Tsuku!!  guitars 2017  Sonic Mania  audio engineer Sonic Forces  recording coordinator and guitars 2018  Puyo Puyo Champions  arrangementsSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate  "Mega Man 4 Medley" arrangement 2019  Team Sonic Racing  with Tomoya Ohtani, Tee Lopes, and Hidekuni Horita
+ Solo albums/otherYearAlbumNotes 2000  Thrill of the Feel as Sons of Angels 2003  Crush 40 as Crush 40 2005  Ready! with Junko Noda 2009  Ted Poley's Greatestits Vol. 1  provided "Takoyaki Rock" The Works   The Best of Crush 40: Super Sonic Songs as Crush 40 2012  Rise Again Live! 2015  2 Nights 2 Remember 2016  The Works II   2019   The Works III  Crush 40: Driving Through Forever as Crush 40

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