Kenji Kawai

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Kenji Kawai

Sound 69 April 23, 1957

Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Kawai is a Japanese music composer for video games, television and movies. He has contributed to the musical scores for numerous films from Japan and other Asian countries,…

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Ip Man

Ip Man

7.8 2008 Movie
Ghost in the Shell

Ghost in the Shell

7.9 1995 Movie
Kamen Rider

Kamen Rider

6.4 1971 TV Show
Ip Man 2

Ip Man 2

7.5 2010 Movie
Ip Man 4: The Finale

Ip Man 4: The Finale

7.3 2019 Movie
Ip Man 3

Ip Man 3

7.0 2015 Movie
Ring

Ring

7.1 1998 Movie
Mob Psycho 100

Mob Psycho 100

8.5 2016 TV Show
Resident Evil: Vendetta

Resident Evil: Vendetta

6.9 2017 Movie
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

7.4 2004 Movie
Death Note

Death Note

7.1 2006 Movie
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms

8.1 2018 Movie

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Kenji Kawai is a Japanese music composer for video games, television and movies. He has contributed to the musical scores for numerous films from Japan and other Asian countries, working in film genres as diverse as anime, horror, sci-fi and historical epic.

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  1. 2027
    Patlabor EZY File 3

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2026
    Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Die Graue Hexe - Part 1

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 2026
    Patlabor EZY File 2

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2026
    The Criminal

    TV show Original Music Composer

  5. 2026
    Ultraman Teo

    TV show Music

  6. 2026
    Patlabor EZY File 1

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 2026
    科捜研の女 ファイナル

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 2026
    うちの弁護士はまたしても手がかかる

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2025
    Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 2025
    Candlestick

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2025
    Umamusume: Cinderella Gray

    TV show Original Music Composer

  12. 2024
    Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture

    TV show Music

  13. 2024
    Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 2

    Movie Music

  14. 2024
    Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture - Act 1

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 2024
    Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 2023
    The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe

    Movie Original Music Composer

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  1. 2023
    Ōoku: The Inner Chambers

    TV show Original Music Composer

  2. 2023
    Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

    Movie Music

  3. 2023
    My Home Hero

    TV show Original Music Composer

  4. 2023
    Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1

    Movie Music

  5. 2023
    The Fire Hunter

    TV show Original Music Composer

  6. 2022
    Toku: Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru ~Setsugetsuka~ Yuki no Maki

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 2022
    Blood Friends

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 2021
    Limbo

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2021
    Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the East

    TV show Music

  10. 2021
    Apocalypse: Hitler Takes on the West

    TV show Original Music Composer

  11. 2021
    Vlad Love

    TV show Original Music Composer

  12. 2020
    The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 2020
    Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW

    TV show Original Music Composer

  14. 2020
    Remotely Killed

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 2019
    Ip Man 4: The Finale

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 2019
    Shishigari

    Movie Original Music Composer

  17. 2019
    No Guns Life

    TV show Original Music Composer

  18. 2019
    Kamen Rider Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Grease

    Movie Original Music Composer

  19. 2019
    Kamen Rider Build NEW WORLD: Kamen Rider Cross-Z

    Movie Original Music Composer

  20. 2018
    Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever

    Movie Original Music Composer

  21. 2018
    Kamen Rider Build: Be The One

    Movie Original Music Composer

  22. 2018
    Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings

    Movie Original Music Composer

  23. 2018
    Servamp Movie: Alice in the Garden

    Movie Music

  24. 2018
    Ultraman Geed the Movie: Connect! The Wishes!!

    Movie Original Music Composer