Shigeru Umebayashi

Japanese composer (born 1951)
Shigeru Umebayashi
Background information
Birth nameShigeru Umebayashi
Born (1951-02-19) February 19, 1951 (age 73)
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
GenresRock, film scores
Occupation(s)Composer, musician
Years active1984–present
Websiteshigeru-umebayashi.com
Musical artist

Shigeru Umebayashi (梅林茂, Umebayashi Shigeru, [ɯmebajaɕi ɕiɡeɾɯ]) (born February 19, 1951) is a Japanese composer.[1]

Once the leader and bass player of Japan's new wave rock band EX, composer Shigeru Umebayashi began scoring films in 1985 when the band broke up.[2] He has more than 30 Japanese and Chinese film scores to his credit[3] and is perhaps best known in the West for "Yumeji's Theme" (originally from Seijun Suzuki's Yumeji), included in director Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love (2000). Umebayashi scored most of Wong Kar-wai's follow-up film, 2046 (2004), and House of Flying Daggers. He is also the composer for the music of the first Serbian spectacle, Charleston & Vendetta. Umebayashi received the special "Tomislav Pinter Award" at Avvantura Film Festival Zadar (Croatia) in 2013 during his stay as member of the official Jury.

Filmography

1980s

  • Itsuka Darekaga Korosareru (1984)
  • Tomoyo Shizukani Nemure (1985)
  • Sorekara (1985)
  • Sorobanzuku (1986)
  • Shinshi Domei (1986)
  • Kyohu no Yacchan (1987)
  • Getting Blue in Color (1988)

1990s

  • Hong Kong Paradise (1990)
  • Tekken (1990)
  • Yumeji (1991)
  • Ote (1991)
  • Goaisatsu (1991)
  • Arihureta Ai ni Kansuru Chosa (1992)
  • Byoin he Iko 2 Yamai ha Kikara (1992)
  • Nemuranai Machi Shinjuku Zame (1993)
  • Izakaya Yurei (1994)
  • Zero Woman (1995)
  • Kumokiri Nizaemon (1995)
  • Boxer Joe (1995)
  • Kitanai Yatsu (1995)
  • Hashirana Akan Yoake Made (1995)
  • The Christ of Nanjing (1995)
  • Shin Gokudo Kisha (1996)
  • Izakaya Yurei 2 (1996)
  • Ichigo Domei (1997)
  • Isana no Umi (1997)
  • Watashitachi ga Sukidatta Koto (1997)
  • G4 Option Zero (1997)
  • Fuyajo (1998)
  • Belle Epoch (1998)

2000s

2010s

Discography

1980s

  • "Someday Someone will be Killed" Soundtrack (1984)
  • Sorekara (1985)
  • Bazaar (1986)
  • "Sorobanzu" Original Soundtrack (1986)
  • Main Title (1986)
  • I Can't Lose My Heart Tonight (1986)
  • "Yachijin of Terror" Original Soundtrack (1987)
  • Do It To Me / Boys / All I Want Is You (1988)
  • Ume (1988)

1990s

  • Nightingale's Drum (1992)
  • "Teacher Summer Vacation Story" Original Soundtrack (1992)

2000s

  • "Yin Yang Shi" Original Soundtrack (2001)
  • Yemeni's Theme (2001)
  • Une Adolescente (2002)
  • "Yin Yang Division II" Original Soundtrack (2003)
  • "House of Flying Daggers" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2004)
  • Fire (2005)
  • The World Of Shigeru Umebayashi 1985-2005 (2006)
  • "Jet Li's Fearless" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2006)
  • "Daisy" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2006)
  • "Curse Of The Golden Flower" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2007)

2010s

  • For the Record (2010)
  • "The Grandmaster" Original Scores By Shigeru Umebayashi And Nathaniel Mechaly (2013)
  • "Sword of Destiny" Soundtrack (2016)
  • "Rise Of The Legend" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016)

2020s

See also

References

  1. ^ "Shigeru Umebayashi". 文化庁. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "音楽と映画の密接な関係featuring 梅林茂 優秀な映画音楽家". BARKS Janpan Music Network. 13 May 2001. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Biography".

External links

  • Official website
  • October 2009 video interview in Greek, from the Ghent Film Festival 2009
  • February 2005 interview
  • Oticons Film Music Composers Agency - Shigeru Umebayashi Profile
  • Shigeru Umebayashi at IMDb
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