Known For
Sound
Born
Feb 20, 1929
Died
Apr 10, 1997
Place of Birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Credits
168 titles
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Biography
Toshirō Mayuzumi (Japanese: 黛敏郎) (20 February 1929, Yokohama – 10 April 1997, Kawasaki) was a Japanese composer known for his implementation of avant-garde instrumentation alongside traditional Japanese musical techniques. His works drew inspiration from a variety of sources ranging from jazz to Balinese music, and he was considered a pioneer in the realm of musique concrète and electronic music (Editors of the Encyclopedia Britannica n.d.; Kozinn 1997), being the first artist in his country to explore these techniques (Layne n.d.). In the span of his career, his works included symphonies, ballets, operas, and film scores (Kennedy and Kennedy 2007), and was the recipient of an Otaka prize by the NHK Symphony Orchestra and the Purple Medal of Merit (Kirkup 1997).
Known For
Filmography
The Convent
Original Music Composer
The Last Dance
Original Music Composer
Appassionata
Original Music Composer
Tokugawa Ichizoku no Houkai
Original Music Composer
Japanese Godfather: Conclusion
Original Music Composer
Japanese Godfather: Ambition
Original Music Composer
Japan's Don
Original Music Composer
Evil Spirits in the Darkness
Narrator
Noon and Midnight
Original Music Composer
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
Original Music Composer
Tiger Child
Original Music Composer
The Summit of Mt. Fuji
Original Music Composer
The Kremlin Letter
Original Music Composer
The Girl I Abandoned
Original Music Composer
Safari 5000
Original Music Composer
Profound Desires of the Gods
Original Music Composer
The Neon Taiheiki
Good-bye Moscow
Original Music Composer
The Sands of Kurobe
Original Music Composer
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Original Music Composer
A Man Vanishes
Original Music Composer
Juvenile Delinquent: Shout of the Rising Sun
Original Music Composer
Thirst for Love
Original Music Composer
The Black Sheep
Original Music Composer
Asiapol Secret Service
Original Music Composer
The Daphne
Original Music Composer
The Bible: In the Beginning...
Original Music Composer
The Heart of Hiroshima
Original Music Composer
Watashi, chigatteiru kashira
Original Music Composer
The Pornographers
Original Music Composer
Tokyo Olympics (International Version)
Music
Tokyo Olympiad
Original Music Composer
Taking the Castle
Original Music Composer
The Radish and the Carrot
Original Music Composer
The Flame of Devotion
Original Music Composer
Revenge
Original Music Composer
The Eternal Life
Original Music Composer
Whirlpool of Flesh
Original Music Composer
Flora on the Sand
Original Music Composer
Intentions of Murder
Original Music Composer
You Can Succeed, Too
Original Music Composer
Brand of Evil
Original Music Composer
Black Sun
Original Music Composer
The Hunter's Diary
Original Music Composer
Only on Mondays
Original Music Composer
Monrō no yōna onna
Original Music Composer
Bright Sea
Original Music Composer
The Insect Woman
Original Music Composer
The Gambling Monk
Original Music Composer
Miren
Music