Shinichiro Ikebe

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

2021
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger poster

Nobutora - Samurai Tiger

Movie · Music

2018
Haruko's Doll poster

Haruko's Doll

Movie · Music

2014
Climbing to Spring poster

Climbing to Spring

Movie · Original Music Composer

2009
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity poster

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

Movie · Music Director

2007
Glory to the Filmmaker! poster

Glory to the Filmmaker!

Movie · Original Music Composer

2006
The Ode to Joy poster

The Ode to Joy

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
Summer of Ubume poster

Summer of Ubume

Movie · Original Music Composer

2005
The Milkwoman poster

The Milkwoman

Movie · Original Music Composer

2003
Winter Days poster

Winter Days

Movie · Original Music Composer

2003
Spy Sorge poster

Spy Sorge

Movie · Original Music Composer

2001
Ino Tadataka: Meridian Dreams poster

Ino Tadataka: Meridian Dreams

Movie · Music

2001
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge poster

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge

Movie · Original Music Composer

2001
Closed Ward poster

Closed Ward

Movie · Original Music Composer

2000
Boy's Choir poster

Boy's Choir

Movie · Original Music Composer

2000
Colorful poster

Colorful

Movie · Original Music Composer

1998
Murder on D Street poster

Murder on D Street

Movie · Original Music Composer

1997
The Eel poster

The Eel

Movie · Original Music Composer

1997
Moonlight Serenade poster

Moonlight Serenade

Movie · Original Music Composer

1993
Madadayo poster

Madadayo

Movie · Original Music Composer

1993
Paradise of Paradise

Paradise of Paradise

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
Dohten poster

Dohten

Movie · Music

1991
Rhapsody in August poster

Rhapsody in August

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
The Great Shogunate Battle poster

The Great Shogunate Battle

Movie · Original Music Composer

1991
Kimi no na wa poster

Kimi no na wa

TV · Music · 312 eps

1990
Making of 'Dreams' poster

Making of 'Dreams'

Movie · Music

1990
Dreams poster

Dreams

Movie · Original Music Composer

1990
Takeshi: Childhood Days poster

Takeshi: Childhood Days

Movie · Original Music Composer

1990
Sea of ​​Wandering poster

Sea of ​​Wandering

Movie · Original Music Composer

1989
Days with Harasu poster

Days with Harasu

Movie · Music

1988
Labyrinth Romanesque poster

Labyrinth Romanesque

Movie · Original Music Composer

1987
Zegen poster

Zegen

Movie · Original Music Composer

1987
Keshin poster

Keshin

TV · Music · 4 eps

1986
Surgical Designs in Flames poster

Surgical Designs in Flames

Movie · Original Music Composer

1986
Late Night Salute poster

Late Night Salute

TV · Original Music Composer · 4 eps

1985
Gray Sunset poster

Gray Sunset

Movie · Original Music Composer

1985
Shiawase no Kuni: Aoi Tori Patapata? poster

Shiawase no Kuni: Aoi Tori Patapata?

Movie · Music

1985
Miotsukushi poster

Miotsukushi

TV · Original Music Composer · 162 eps

1984
MacArthur's Children poster

MacArthur's Children

Movie · Original Music Composer

1984
Future Boy Conan: The Big Giant Robot's Resurrection poster

Future Boy Conan: The Big Giant Robot's Resurrection

Movie · Music

1983
The Ballad of Narayama poster

The Ballad of Narayama

Movie · Original Music Composer

1982
Eternal Monument poster

Eternal Monument

Movie · Original Music Composer

1982
Toge no Gunzo poster

Toge no Gunzo

TV · Music · 50 eps

1981
Eijanaika poster

Eijanaika

Movie · Original Music Composer

1980
Kagemusha poster

Kagemusha

Movie · Original Music Composer

1980
Fujin no Mon poster

Fujin no Mon

TV · Music · 23 eps

1980
On-yado Kawasemi poster

On-yado Kawasemi

TV · Music · 24 eps

1979
Vengeance Is Mine poster

Vengeance Is Mine

Movie · Original Music Composer

1979
Rika poster

Rika

Movie · Music

1978
Ōgon no Hibi poster

Ōgon no Hibi

TV · Music · 51 eps

1978
Future Boy Conan poster

Future Boy Conan

TV · Original Music Composer · 26 eps

1976
Akai Hana poster

Akai Hana

Movie · Music

1975
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees poster

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

Movie · Original Music Composer

1974
Dream Island Girl poster

Dream Island Girl

Movie · Music