Best Japanese Composer

[ptasiek]

Anyone listening classical music?
If You are, You probobly heard about:

Japanese composers:
Joe Hisaishi
Nobuo Uematsu
Noriyuki Asakura
Taro Iwashiro
Taku Iwasaki
Kenji Kawaii
Keiichi Suzuki
Yasunori Mitsuda
Yoko Kano
...
Other asian composers:
Tan Dun
Cho Young-wuk

...and many more

Post which is Your favourite composer/album/track title/ost/

Thanks for respond

[eightysix]

I'm partial to Yoko Kanno because of Cowboy Bebop. She writes GREAT melodies that you find yourself humming along too. Being a trumpet player, I can say for sure that she writes the craziest trumpet parts I've heard from any Japanese composer. I bet her horn section all have massive chops to do the licks that she writes.

I also adore the music of Uematsu Nobuo and Mitsuda Yasunari of Squaresoft (back then) fame. Chrono Trigger had the best SNES music IMO.

[ptasiek]

eightysix wrote:

I'm partial to Yoko Kanno because of Cowboy Bebop

music from Cowboy bebop are good, but I better like Yoko Kano music from "Wol'f Rain"

eightysix wrote:

I also adore the music of Uematsu Nobuyuki and Mitsuda Yasunari of Squaresoft (back then) fame. Chrono Trigger had the best SNES music IMO.

hmmm Chrono Cross is the masterpice of Mitsuda Yasunari, but of course "Chrono Tiger" is precursor of this masterpiece

[bmwracer]

Haven't heard much/any of the stuff from most of those composers, but what I have heard from Hisaishi Jo is pretty awesome: his soundtracks for Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke) and Majo No Takkyuubin (Kiki's Delivery Service) are outstanding.

[ptasiek]

bmwracer wrote:

Haven't heard much/any of the stuff from most of those composers, but what I have heard from Hisaishi Jo is pretty awesome: his soundtracks for Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke) and Majo No Takkyuubin (Kiki's Delivery Service) are outstanding.

If You like that much sountrack from "Mononoke Hime" I recomendet to You Hisaishi soundtrack from "Sen to Chihiro"(Spirited Away)Miyazaki's

Joe Hisaishi is know from doing ost to Kitano films and Hayao Miyazaki anime.

[eltinator]

Does TK and Tsunku count?

[ptasiek]

eltinator wrote:

Does TK and Tsunku count?

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.

[groink]

My favorite Japanese composer is Toshifumi Hinata. Besides several classical music pieces, he's also responsible for various Japanese drama soundtracks (virtually all BGMs) including Tokyo Love Story, Imouto Yo and Hitotsu yane no shita.

--- groink

[eltinator]

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.

Hahaha in that case go for music produced by Tetsuya Komuro (TK). The guy's like a freaking genius when it comes to music. Nearly every artist he made music for in the mid to late 90s became number 1 and he also was the one behind Ayu's songs too before she started composing her own

[eightysix]

eltinator wrote:

Nearly every artist he made music for in the mid to late 90s became number 1 and he also was the one behind Ayu's songs too before she started composing her own

Yeah, he's what made Ayu good. After Ayu started doing her own crap, it just wasn't as good.

Golden Age of Ayu = Poker Face all the way up to her last good album, Duty.

[eightysix]

ptasiek wrote:

music from Cowboy bebop are good, but I better like Yoko Kano music from "Wol'f Rain"

And another thing about Kanno Yoko. She picks the absolute best vocalists to sing her songs. Sakamoto Maaya's sweet voice coupled with Yoko's music is pure heaven. And Steve Conte too. Man, that guy is my hero when it comes to Western male vocalists. He's severely underrated though.

[eltinator]

eightysix wrote:

Yeah, he's what made Ayu good. After Ayu started doing her own crap, it just wasn't as good. Golden Age of Ayu = Poker Face all the way up to her last good album, Duty.

I liked her music up til the "I am" album with Dearest being her last real good single but give her some credit though, her songs lately have been getting better. I guess it's also nice to try to sell songs that she actually wrote.

[Fuuj]

Yeah Yoko Kanno is a genius, and I also like Mitsuda.
My other favorites are Ryuichi Sakamoto and Masashi Hamauzu.

[ptasiek]

Fuuj wrote:

Yeah Yoko Kanno is a genius, and I also like Mitsuda. My other favorites are Ryuichi Sakamoto and Masashi Hamauzu.

Yep, Masashi Hamauzu show his talent when he works on the FFX ost, and this is my favourite ost from FF series.
Thank for remaind Ryuichi Sakamoto - never heard of him before , now I searching his works.

[Jeanxi]

Joe Hisaishi is absolutely amazing. I love all his works for Hayao Miyazaki movies ...Also really like Nobuo Uematsu for his work in the FF series
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[ptasiek]

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...

[bmwracer]

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


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

[ptasiek]

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

[Fuuj]

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!

[MixxDreamer]

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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