Shinichiro Ikebe
Sound
Shinichiro Ikebe (池辺 晋一郎 Ikebe Shinichirou; born September 15, 1943, in Mito, Ibaraki) is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music. He has written the scores for many films by Akira Kurosawa and other Japanese film directors, including Kagemusha (1980), MacArthur's Children (1984), Kurosawa's Dreams (1990), Rhapsody in August (1991), Madadayo (1993), and Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001). He studied composition with Tomojirō Ikenouchi, Akio Yashiro, and Akira Miyoshi at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, obtaining a master's degree in 1971. He serves as a professor at the Tokyo College of Music. He had several awards up to 2004, such as Excellence at the Salzburg TV Opera, The Italian Broadcasting Corporation, that is, RAI, The International Emmy Award, the Otaka Award, the Broadcasting Culture Award, the Yoshio Sagawa incentive Award, the Medal with Purple Ribbon.
Known for
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movieClimbing to Spring
2014
Original Music Composer
movieThe Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
Music Director
movieGlory to the Filmmaker!
2007
Original Music Composer
movieThe Ode to Joy
2006
Original Music Composer
movieSummer of Ubume
2005
Original Music Composer
movieThe Milkwoman
2005
Original Music Composer
movieWinter Days
2003
Original Music Composer
movieSpy Sorge
2003
Original Music Composer
movieWarm Water Under a Red Bridge
2001
Original Music Composer
movieClosed Ward
2001
Original Music Composer
movieBoy's Choir
2000
Original Music Composer
movieColorful
2000
Original Music Composer
movieMurder on D Street
1998
Original Music Composer
movieThe Eel
1997
Original Music Composer
movieMoonlight Serenade
1997
Original Music Composer
Paradise of Paradise
1993
Original Music Composer
movieMadadayo
1993
Original Music Composer
movieThe Great Shogunate Battle
1991
Original Music Composer
movieRhapsody in August
1991
Original Music Composer
tvKimi no na wa
1991
Music
movieDohten
1991
Music
movieSea of Wandering
1990
Original Music Composer
movieDreams
1990
Original Music Composer
movieTakeshi: Childhood Days
1990
Original Music Composer
movieLabyrinth Romanesque
1988
Original Music Composer
movieZegen
1987
Original Music Composer
tvKeshin
1987
Music
tvLate Night Salute
1986
Original Music Composer
movieSurgical Designs in Flames
1986
Original Music Composer
movieGray Sunset
1985
Original Music Composer
movieMacArthur's Children
1984
Original Music Composer
movieThe Ballad of Narayama
1983
Original Music Composer
movieEternal Monument
1982
Original Music Composer
tvToge no Gunzo
1982
Music
movieEijanaika
1981
Original Music Composer
movieKagemusha
1980
Original Music Composer
tvFujin no Mon
1980
Music
movieVengeance Is Mine
1979
Original Music Composer
movieRika
1979
Music
tvFuture Boy Conan
1978
Original Music Composer
tvŌgon no Hibi
1978
Music
movieAkai Hana
1976
Music
movieUnder the Blossoming Cherry Trees
1975
Original Music Composer
