Shinichiro Ikebe

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Shinichiro Ikebe

Sound 83 September 15, 1943

Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

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…

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Kagemusha

Kagemusha

7.8 1980 Movie
Dreams

Dreams

7.7 1990 Movie
Future Boy Conan

Future Boy Conan

8.4 1978 TV Show
The Ballad of Narayama

The Ballad of Narayama

7.5 1983 Movie
Rhapsody in August

Rhapsody in August

7.2 1991 Movie
Vengeance Is Mine

Vengeance Is Mine

7.6 1979 Movie
Kimi no na wa

Kimi no na wa

7.5 1991 TV Show
The Eel

The Eel

6.9 1997 Movie
Madadayo

Madadayo

7.4 1993 Movie
Ōgon no Hibi

Ōgon no Hibi

1978 TV Show
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

6.6 2001 Movie
Glory to the Filmmaker!

Glory to the Filmmaker!

6.3 2007 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    Nobutora - Samurai Tiger

    Movie Music

  2. 2018
    Haruko's Doll

    Movie Music

  3. 2014
    Climbing to Spring

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 2009
    The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

    Movie Music Director

  5. 2007
    Glory to the Filmmaker!

    Movie Original Music Composer

  6. 2006
    The Ode to Joy

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 2005
    Summer of Ubume

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 2005
    The Milkwoman

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 2003
    Winter Days

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 2003
    Spy Sorge

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Kagemusha'

    Movie Self

  12. 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Seven Samurai'

    Movie Self

  13. 2002
    Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Drunken Angel'

    Movie Self

  14. 2001
    Ino Tadataka: Meridian Dreams

    Movie Music

  15. 2001
    Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 2001
    Closed Ward

    Movie Original Music Composer

More credits
  1. 2000
    Boy's Choir

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 2000
    Colorful

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 1998
    Murder on D Street

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 1997
    The Eel

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 1997
    Moonlight Serenade

    Movie Original Music Composer

  6. 1993
    Paradise of Paradise

    Movie

  7. 1993
    Madadayo

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 1991
    The Great Shogunate Battle

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 1991
    Rhapsody in August

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 1991
    Kimi no na wa

    TV show Music

  11. 1991
    Dohten

    Movie Music

  12. 1990
    Sea of ​​Wandering

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 1990
    Making of 'Dreams'

    Movie Music

  14. 1990
    Dreams

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 1990
    Takeshi: Childhood Days

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 1989
    Days with Harasu

    Movie Music

  17. 1988
    Labyrinth Romanesque

    Movie Original Music Composer

  18. 1987
    Zegen

    Movie Original Music Composer

  19. 1987
    Keshin

    TV show Music

  20. 1986
    Late Night Salute

    TV show Original Music Composer

  21. 1986
    Surgical Designs in Flames

    Movie Original Music Composer

  22. 1985
    Gray Sunset

    Movie Original Music Composer

  23. 1985
    Shiawase no Kuni: Aoi Tori Patapata?

    Movie Music

  24. 1984
    MacArthur's Children

    Movie Original Music Composer