
Shinichiro Ikebe
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- September 15, 1943 (age 83)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography

Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
Movie · Music

Haruko's Doll
Movie · Music

Climbing to Spring
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
Movie · Music Director

Glory to the Filmmaker!
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Ode to Joy
Movie · Original Music Composer

Summer of Ubume
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Milkwoman
Movie · Original Music Composer

Winter Days
Movie · Original Music Composer

Spy Sorge
Movie · Original Music Composer

Ino Tadataka: Meridian Dreams
Movie · Music

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
Movie · Original Music Composer

Closed Ward
Movie · Original Music Composer

Boy's Choir
Movie · Original Music Composer

Colorful
Movie · Original Music Composer

Murder on D Street
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Eel
Movie · Original Music Composer

Moonlight Serenade
Movie · Original Music Composer

Madadayo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Paradise of Paradise
Movie · Original Music Composer

Dohten
Movie · Music

Rhapsody in August
Movie · Original Music Composer

The Great Shogunate Battle
Movie · Original Music Composer

Kimi no na wa
TV · Music · 312 eps

Making of 'Dreams'
Movie · Music

Dreams
Movie · Original Music Composer

Takeshi: Childhood Days
Movie · Original Music Composer

Sea of Wandering
Movie · Original Music Composer

Days with Harasu
Movie · Music

Labyrinth Romanesque
Movie · Original Music Composer

Zegen
Movie · Original Music Composer

Keshin
TV · Music · 4 eps

Surgical Designs in Flames
Movie · Original Music Composer

Late Night Salute
TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps

Gray Sunset
Movie · Original Music Composer

Shiawase no Kuni: Aoi Tori Patapata?
Movie · Music

Miotsukushi
TV · Original Music Composer · 162 eps

MacArthur's Children
Movie · Original Music Composer

Future Boy Conan: The Big Giant Robot's Resurrection
Movie · Music

The Ballad of Narayama
Movie · Original Music Composer

Eternal Monument
Movie · Original Music Composer

Toge no Gunzo
TV · Music · 50 eps

Eijanaika
Movie · Original Music Composer

Kagemusha
Movie · Original Music Composer

Fujin no Mon
TV · Music · 23 eps

On-yado Kawasemi
TV · Music · 24 eps

Vengeance Is Mine
Movie · Original Music Composer

Rika
Movie · Music

Ōgon no Hibi
TV · Music · 51 eps

Future Boy Conan
TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps

Akai Hana
Movie · Music

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
Movie · Original Music Composer

Dream Island Girl
Movie · Music