Shinichiro Ikebe
Sound
- Born
- September 15, 1943 (age 83) · 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 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).
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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
Kagemusha
April 26, 1980
Dreams
May 11, 1990
The Ballad of Narayama
April 29, 1983
Rhapsody in August
May 25, 1991
Vengeance Is Mine
April 21, 1979
Madadayo
April 17, 1993
The Eel
May 12, 1997
Glory to the Filmmaker!
June 2, 2007
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
November 3, 2001
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
May 31, 1975
Winter Days
November 27, 2003
Eijanaika
January 8, 1981
Behind the camera44
- 2021Nobutora - Samurai Tiger Music
- 2018Haruko's Doll Music
- 2014Climbing to Spring Original Music Composer
- 2009The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity Music Director
- 2007Glory to the Filmmaker! Original Music Composer
- 2006The Ode to Joy Original Music Composer
- 2005Summer of Ubume Original Music Composer
- 2005The Milkwoman Original Music Composer
- 2003Winter Days Original Music Composer
- 2003