Kaoru Wada
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Kaoru Wada (和田薫 Wada Kaoru?, born 5 May 1962) is a Japanese music composer, and atteded the Tokyo College of Music. He is most popularly known for his work on anime soundtracks. He became known to the west through work on both 3x3 Eyes series and Battle Angel, and more recently, TV series like To Heart, Samurai 7, and the worldwide hit InuYasha. He also arranged several works for orchestra and solo piano on the original soundtracks for Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II.
His powerful and sweeping melodies are given counterpoint by his sometime harsh, creepy lilting themes of suspense. His most popular works usually are found on the soundtracks of series with heavy emotional and horror themes being juxtaposed.
Wada is also an apprentice of the famed Godzilla composer, Akira Ifukube.
[edit] Work
Kaoru Wada has composed the soundtracks for the following anime series:
- InuYasha
- Ghost Stories (also known as Gakkou no Kaidan)
- Samurai 7
- 3x3 Eyes
- To Heart
- Ninja Scroll
- Battle Angel
- Gilgamesh
- Princess Tutu
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