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Shinichiro Ikebe

Profession
Sound
Born
September 15, 1943 · Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

Biography

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

Kagemusha poster
Kagemusha
Film · 1980 · ★ 7.8
Dreams poster
Dreams
Film · 1990 · ★ 7.7
Future Boy Conan poster
Future Boy Conan
Series · 1978 · ★ 8.4
The Ballad of Narayama poster
The Ballad of Narayama
Film · 1983 · ★ 7.5
Rhapsody in August poster
Rhapsody in August
Film · 1991 · ★ 7.2
Vengeance Is Mine poster
Vengeance Is Mine
Film · 1979 · ★ 7.5
Madadayo poster
Madadayo
Film · 1993 · ★ 7.3
The Eel poster
The Eel
Film · 1997 · ★ 6.9
Glory to the Filmmaker! poster
Glory to the Filmmaker!
Film · 2007 · ★ 6.3
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge poster
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Film · 2001 · ★ 6.6
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees poster
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Film · 1975 · ★ 7.0
Winter Days poster
Winter Days
Film · 2003 · ★ 6.1

Filmography