My favourite composition of Joe Hisaishi:


B+1:
-Remorse Wind ~Haruno Kane~

Ano Natsu, Ichiban Shizukana Umi OST:
-Silent Love (Main Theme)

Brother OST:
-Party~one year later~
-Ballade

Curved Music II:
-Asian Dream Song (TOYOTA Corolla)
-Summer (TOYOTA Corolla)

Encore:
-Summer
-One Summer's Day
-Silencio de Parc Guell
-Ashitaka and San

HANA-BI:
-hana-bi
-Tenderness
-Smile and Smile

Kawa No Nagare No You Ni OST:
-Old Fishermans
-Voice of the Sea (Bulgarian Song)
-Kawa No Nagare No You Ni 2000

Kaze No Tani No Nausicaa OST:
-Tori No Jin~Ending

Kid's Return OST:
-High Spirits

Kikujirou No Natsu OST:
-whole album

Majo No Takkyuubin OST:
-Tareta Hi Ni....
-Yasashisani Tsutsumareta Nara
-Urusura No Koya E

My Lost City:
-1920 - Age of Illusion.mp3

NOKTO DE LA GALAKSIA FERVOJO ~Ginga Tetsudou No Yoru~:
-Purioshin Kaigan
-Tori No Toru Jin
-Sazankurosu No Inori~New World~
-Kamupanerura

Parasite Eve OST:
-Choral

Piano Stories:
-The Wind Forest

Piano Stories II:
-Asian Dream Song
-Kids Return
-Highlander

Quartet OST:
-Student Quartet
-Passakariya
-Melody Road

Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi Image Album OST:
-Ano Hi No Kawa E
-Fushigi No Kuni No Juunin
-Shiroi Tatsu.mp3
-Chihiro No Warutsu

Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi OST:
-Ryuu no Shounen
-Boiraa Mushi
-Ano Nichi No Kawa
-Futatabi
-Kaeru Hi
-Itsumo Nandodemo (Shudaika)

Sonatine OST:
-Into a Trance
-Sonatine III ~ Be Over

Tenkuu No Shiro Laputa OST:
-Gasshou Kimi Wo Nosete
-Gekkou No Unkai

Tonari No Totoro OST:
-Oka Asan

Works I:
-Sonatine

Dolls OST:
-Sakura

When the Last Sword is Drawn OST:
-Mibu Gishiden
-Traveler

Mononoke Hime:
-The legend of Ashitaka
-Princess Mononoke theme song
-Ashitaka and san

Howl's Moving Castle Image Album OST:
-War War War

Live.Best.2003:
-mibu

and many more...

Wow, that looks like his entire catalog of music...


I'd have to say he must be Japan's answer to John Williams, neh?

bmwreacer wrote:

Wow, that looks like his entire catalog of music... I'd have to say he must be Japan's answer to John Williams, neh?

catalog... yes I have every his album
Yes, he is japanese John Williams, but I think his works is greater then Williams for me of course

ptasiek wrote:

catalog... yes I have every his album Yes, he is japanese John Williams, but I think his works is greater then Williams for me of course

^ werd!

pta> you have all his cds too? i have all of them (all originals) except im missing the howling castle & cat's return soundtrack ..do u have them by any chance?

and dont forget yoko kanno's husband hajime mizoguchi.. he mostly produced the soundtrack of Beautiful Life
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I love the soundtrack to Samurai Champloo. I think the composer is some Japanese hip-hop dude named Fat John. It's really good to listen to when you're reading or studying.
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I'm no expert when it comes to japanese composers but my favourite is probably Ryuichi Sakamoto. Especially his soundtrack for a movie called Gohatto really hit me. It was hypnotic, threatening and beautiful all at the same time, and you really can't imagine the movie without it.

The soundtracks for Samurai Champloo are absolutely great! It's by a bunch of hip-hop guys; namely Force of Nature, Nujabes, and Fat Jon. Imagine soft melodies with smooth hip-hop-style beats on top of it without the annoying lyrics. Now that I think about it, it pretty much sounds like what Sakamoto Ryuichi would compose.
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hell yeh, how can i forget.. i love his work & collected all his discographies Nujabes is one of the legends, and has worked with various artists most likely in the hiphop scene.

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it pretty much sounds like what Sakamoto Ryuichi would compose.

yeh but not really, ryuichi has his own style like trance, urban, new age, and folk songs. i cant imagine Nujabes doing trance

i also like to mention Taku Takashi (m-flo), more like a producer though, doing beats like 2step/uk garage, electronic, and hiphop.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto is the one name that jumps out for me because he composed the tracks for the Last emperor and Merry Christmas Mr Lawerence which was later remixed into a techno trance track. However his original pieces are good enough on their own.

To me, there are some great composers/producers from the pop arena:

Tak Matsumoto (from B'z . . . doesn't Koshi Inaba assist in some of the songwriting, too? He brings a mathematic aspect to the table, I suppose, bwhahah.)

Oda Kazumasa (do I really need to list the king of J-dorama pop tunes' accomplishments?)

And, yes, I'll agree with Eltinator (and for the benefit of us Morning Musume fans) in that TSUNKU DOES count! After all, if it weren't for him, MM would just be dancing to drum beats, eh? And T.K. counts too -- I think he did the obligatory action sequence score for the film Speed 2, I kid you not! Also, do you like a lot of Amuro Namie tunes? Well, thank T.K. for that, too! Besides . . . T.K. deserves automatic "composer" by simply wearing a cape on a regular basis if you ask me.

i very enjoy the music compose by Akira Senju. i like the music for the Japanese dorama Suna No Utsuwa, so good, i buy it.

do anybody know anymore Japanese TV dorama soundtrack CDs that have Akira Senju compose music for?

Tsuyoshi-kun's Yomigaeri movie original soundtrack was also composed by Akira Senju!^^ I have both Yomigaeri and Suna soundtracks!^_^

you're right! Akira Senju is really a great composer! i really love his SHUKUMEI piece! sugoi nee.....

I really love both Yomigaeri movie and Suna dorama^^ but as for the soundtrack, I love Yomigaeri's slightly better!!^___^ more various of tunes...heehee....
In Suna, few tracks have the same tunes with SHUKUMEI deshou? x)
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yanie_chan wrote:

you're right! Akira Senju is really a great composer! i really love his SHUKUMEI piece! sugoi nee..... In Suna, few tracks have the same tunes with SHUKUMEI deshou? x)

I agree. I was really moved and felt very emotional when I heard Shukumei. I have watched "Suna No Utsuwa" starring Nakai Masahiro and it was such a good tv series, it is no wonder it won awards.

Akira Senju is a music genius.

I have never heard the soundtrack to Tsuyoshi's movie "Yomigaeri". Just curious, is the music scary?

I don't think is the right section for this thread.

Yeah, there's already a thread here:

http://www.jdorama.com/viewtopic.6047.htm

Topic merged.
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He is the GOD of soundtracks!

ptasiek wrote:

Every asian composer count so if You know any that not on the list just post becouse I serch good music from asian composers. I like they specific music.

I have quite a number of OSTs which I love, and I think all of the composers are really really good.. people like Knife, Sin, Remedios, Akira Senju, Hajime Mizugochi, Ryo Yoshimata, ... the list is endless.
But my absolute fave happens to be Korean... He's Yiruma. I love his compositions very very much.

MixxDreamer wrote:

except im missing the howling castle & cat's return soundtrack ..do u have them by any chance?

I have then in mp3 format

Keiichi Suzuki is realy great composer witch his unique style. Just listen Uzumaki OST or Zatoichi OST. Electro fans probably knows him from Satellite Serenade. SS was great track and was remikxed by many artist like Orb or Simon Posford (every fan of trance know him. I was a fan of psy trance 7 years ago )