Taro Iwashiro

Taro Iwashiro

Known for
Sound
Born
May 1, 1965 (age 61)
Birthplace
Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Taro Iwashiro (岩代 太郎 Iwashiro Tarō) has composed the music for many Japanese television series and films. He has composed for both Red Cliff films, Shinobi: Heart Under Blade, Azumi, The Prince of Tennis, Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture, and the Korean film Memories of Murder. He was also lead composer for the Capcom video game Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny. Iwashiro has often led the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra for his soundtracks, including the 2005 taiga drama Yoshitsune and 2008 film Red Cliff.

Known For

Filmography

2026
One Last Love Letter poster

One Last Love Letter

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Guilty, the AI Said poster

Guilty, the AI Said

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
The Secret Battlefield poster

The Secret Battlefield

Movie · Original Music Composer

2026
Never Guilty poster

Never Guilty

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
The 35-Year Promise poster

The 35-Year Promise

Movie · Music Director

2025
Yasuko, Songs of Days Past poster

Yasuko, Songs of Days Past

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
YUKIKAZE poster

YUKIKAZE

Movie · Original Music Composer

2025
A Light in the Harbor poster

A Light in the Harbor

Movie · Original Music Composer

2024
Rude to Love poster

Rude to Love

Movie · Music

2023
The Moon poster

The Moon

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Grandson of a Monster poster

Grandson of a Monster

Movie · Music

2023
(Ab)normal Desire poster

(Ab)normal Desire

Movie · Music

2023
The Village poster

The Village

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Kubi poster

Kubi

Movie · Original Music Composer

2023
Imaginary Ritual poster

Imaginary Ritual

TV · Music · 10 eps

2022
Prior Convictions poster

Prior Convictions

Movie · Original Music Composer

2022
The Journalist poster

The Journalist

TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps

2021
It's a Flickering Life poster

It's a Flickering Life

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Unlock Your Heart poster

Unlock Your Heart

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
A Family poster

A Family

Movie · Music

2021
Hito to shigoto poster

Hito to shigoto

Movie · Original Music Composer

2021
Zenkamono poster

Zenkamono

TV · Original Music Composer · 6 eps

2020
Fukushima 50 poster

Fukushima 50

Movie · Original Music Composer

2020
MOTHER poster

MOTHER

Movie · Original Music Composer

2019
The Journalist poster

The Journalist

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
Starlight Promises poster

Starlight Promises

Movie · Original Music Composer

2018
A.I.C.O. -Incarnation- poster

A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-

TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps

2018
Umamusume: Pretty Derby poster

Umamusume: Pretty Derby

TV · Music Producer · 39 eps

2017
Manhunt poster

Manhunt

Movie · Original Music Composer

2017
KADO: The Right Answer poster

KADO: The Right Answer

TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps

2016
Ken San poster

Ken San

Movie · Original Music Composer

2016
Detective Mitarai's Casebook: The Clockwork Current poster

Detective Mitarai's Casebook: The Clockwork Current

Movie · Original Music Composer

2016
Museum poster

Museum

Movie · Original Music Composer

2016
Double Life poster

Double Life

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
The Pearls of the Stone Man poster

The Pearls of the Stone Man

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
The Crossing II poster

The Crossing II

Movie · Original Music Composer

2015
The Heroic Legend of Arslan poster

The Heroic Legend of Arslan

TV · Original Music Composer · 33 eps

2014
The Crossing I poster

The Crossing I

Movie · Original Music Composer

2014
Kiki's Delivery Service poster

Kiki's Delivery Service

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
A Tale of Samurai Cooking poster

A Tale of Samurai Cooking

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Unforgiven poster

Unforgiven

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Super Fish - An Endless Adventure poster

Super Fish - An Endless Adventure

Movie · Music, Music Director

2013
Ask This of Rikyu poster

Ask This of Rikyu

Movie · Original Music Composer

2013
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet poster

Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet

TV · Original Music Composer · 13 eps

2012
Tug of War! poster

Tug of War!

Movie · Music

2012
Our Homeland poster

Our Homeland

Movie · Original Music Composer

2012
知られざる大英博物館 poster

知られざる大英博物館

TV · Music · 3 eps

2012
Super Fish - An Endless Adventure poster

Super Fish - An Endless Adventure

TV · Original Music Composer · 5 eps

2011
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos poster

Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos

Movie · Original Music Composer

2011
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet poster

Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
Battle Under Orion poster

Battle Under Orion

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
No More Cry poster

No More Cry

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
Castle Under Fiery Skies poster

Castle Under Fiery Skies

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
Red Cliff II poster

Red Cliff II

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
Red Cliff poster

Red Cliff

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
The Chasing World poster

The Chasing World

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
252: Signal of Life poster

252: Signal of Life

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
Children of the Dark poster

Children of the Dark

Movie · Original Music Composer

2008
Double Trouble poster

Double Trouble

Movie · Original Music Composer

2007
Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky poster

Akanezora Beyond the Crimson Sky

Movie · Original Music Composer

2007
Maiko Haaaan!!! poster

Maiko Haaaan!!!

Movie · Original Music Composer

2007
The End of the Wind poster

The End of the Wind

TV · Music · 8 eps

2006
Hear the Sound of Life poster

Hear the Sound of Life

Movie · Music

2006
Aogeba Tôtoshi poster

Aogeba Tôtoshi

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade poster

Shinobi: Heart Under Blade

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Dear Hinagon

Dear Hinagon

Movie · Music

2005
Spring Snow poster

Spring Snow

Movie · Music, Original Music Composer

2005
The Samurai I Loved poster

The Samurai I Loved

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Winter Game

Winter Game

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Diary of June poster

Diary of June

Movie · Original Music Composer

2004
Blood and Bones poster

Blood and Bones

Movie · Original Music Composer

2004
Kaikyo wo Wataru Violin poster

Kaikyo wo Wataru Violin

Movie · Original Music Composer

2004
Proof of the Man poster

Proof of the Man

TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps

2003
Memories of Murder poster

Memories of Murder

Movie · Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator

2003
Farewell, Kuro poster

Farewell, Kuro

Movie · Music, Music Producer

2003
Azumi poster

Azumi

Movie · Original Music Composer

2003
Free and Easy 14 poster

Free and Easy 14

Movie · Original Music Composer

2003
ぼくの魔法使い poster

ぼくの魔法使い

TV · Original Music Composer · 11 eps

2002
September 11 poster

September 11

Movie · Original Music Composer

2000
Another Heaven poster

Another Heaven

Movie · Original Music Composer

2000
Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations poster

Aoi: Tokugawa Three Generations

TV · Music · 49 eps

1999
Autumn Blossoms

Autumn Blossoms

Movie · Original Music Composer

1999
Living Alone poster

Living Alone

TV · Music · 12 eps

1999
Don't be a cry baby poster

Don't be a cry baby

TV · Original Music Composer · 11 eps

1998
Ping Pong Bath Station poster

Ping Pong Bath Station

Movie · Original Music Composer

1998
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · Original Music Composer · 11 eps

1998
With Love poster

With Love

TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps

1997
The Dog of Flanders poster

The Dog of Flanders

Movie · Original Music Composer

1997
Samurai X: The Motion Picture poster

Samurai X: The Motion Picture

Movie · Original Music Composer

1997
The Perfect Boss poster

The Perfect Boss

TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps

1997
Children of Promise

Children of Promise

TV · Original Music Composer · 12 eps

1997
Agri poster

Agri

TV · Original Music Composer · 156 eps

1997
Love Vacance poster

Love Vacance

TV · Music · 10 eps

1996
The Bridge Club poster

The Bridge Club

Movie · Original Music Composer

1996
Midori no Makibaō poster

Midori no Makibaō

TV · Original Music Composer · 61 eps

1996
Hakusen Nagashi poster

Hakusen Nagashi

TV · Original Music Composer · 11 eps

1995
Goodbye for Tomorrow poster

Goodbye for Tomorrow

Movie · Original Music Composer

1995
Koi mo ni Dome Nara

Koi mo ni Dome Nara

TV · Original Music Composer · 10 eps

1995
Sashow The Last Case poster

Sashow The Last Case

TV · Original Music Composer · 11 eps

1995
H2 poster

H2

TV · Original Music Composer · 41 eps