Shunsuke Kikuchi
Shunsuke Kikuchi (菊池 俊輔 Kikuchi Shunsuke, born November 1, 1931) is a prolific Japanese composer from Hirosaki. He specializes in incidental music for media such as television and film. Active since the early 1960s, he has been one of Japan's most highly demanded film and TV composers, working principally on tokusatsu and anime productions for children, as well as violent action films, jidaigeki and dorama. His works are comparatively more common in Toei-related productions.
Kikuchi's compositions characteristically have a 16-beat blues and pentatonic basis. Up-tempo works like those in Kamen Rider and Abarenbō Shōgun form the majority of his works, while the 12/8 theme of Doraemon and the slow background music from long-running series have become some of his best-known works. As anime and tokusatsu like Doraemon, Kamen Rider, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, jidaigeki such as Abarenbō Shōgun and Chōshichirō Edo Nikki, and TBS Saturday-night productions ranging from Key Hunter to G-Men '75 became long-running hit series, people began to say that "if Kikuchi Shunsuke is in charge of the music, the show will be a hit."
Selected works
- Abare Hasshū Goyō Tabi
- Abarenbō Shōgun
- Arabian Nights: Sinbad's Adventures
- Babel II
- Casshan[1]
- Chōshichirō Edo Nikki
- Daimos
- Danguard Ace
- Denjin Zaborger
- Doraemon (Nobuyo Ōyama series, up to March 18, 2005)
- Dotakon
- Dr. Slump and Arale-chan[1]
- Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z
- Dragon Ball Kai (2011, replacing Kenji Yamamoto)
- Dragon Princess[2]
- Female Convict 701: Scorpion[3]
- Gaiking[1]
- Gamera series,[4] including Gamera vs. Guiron,[5] Gamera vs. Jiger,[4] Gamera vs. Zigra[6][7] and Gamera: Super Monster,
- Getter Robo[1] and Getter Robo G
- Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell[8]
- Grendizer
- High School! Kimengumi
- Hurricane Polymer[1]
- Jumborg Ace
- Kamen Rider (first series through -ZX; only New Kamen Rider excepted)
- Kiteretsu Daihyakka
- Kure Kure Takora
- La Seine no Hoshi
- Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger
- Message from Space (TV series) [9]
- Q-tarō (Fusako Amachi series)
- Robotto Keiji
- Ronin of the Wilderness
- Sakigake!! Otokojuku
- Sister Street Fighter[10]
- Starzinger'
- Tenchi in Tokyo (also known as New Tenchi Muyo)
- Terror beneath the Sea[11]
- Tiger Mask
- Tōyama no Kin-san (with Ryōtarō Sugi)
- Yojimbo of the Wilderness
- Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
External links
- Shunsuke Kikuchi at the Internet Movie Database
- Shunsuke Kikuchi at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Patten, Fred (2004). Watching anime, reading manga: 25 years of essays and reviews. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 978-1-880656-92-1. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ↑ Thomas, Brian (2003). VideoHound's dragon: Asian action & cult flicks. Visible Ink Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-57859-141-1. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ↑ Thomas, Brian (2003). VideoHound's dragon: Asian action & cult flicks. Visible Ink Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-57859-141-1. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Spencer, Kristopher (2008). Film and television scores, 1950-1979: a critical survey by genre. McFarland. p. 212. ISBN 978-0-7864-3682-8. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ↑ Harris, Steve (1988). Film, television, and stage music on phonograph records: a discography. McFarland. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-89950-251-9. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ↑ Young, R. G. (1 April 2000). The encyclopedia of fantastic film: Ali Baba to Zombies. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-55783-269-6. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- ↑ Thomas, Brian (2003). VideoHound's dragon: Asian action & cult flicks. Visible Ink Press. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-57859-141-1. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ↑ Thomas, Brian (2003). VideoHound's dragon: Asian action & cult flicks. Visible Ink Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-57859-141-1. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ↑ Thomas, Brian (2003). VideoHound's dragon: Asian action & cult flicks. Visible Ink Press. p. 419. ISBN 978-1-57859-141-1. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ↑ Thomas, Brian (2003). VideoHound's dragon: Asian action & cult flicks. Visible Ink Press. p. 575. ISBN 978-1-57859-141-1. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ↑ Thomas, Brian (2003). VideoHound's dragon: Asian action & cult flicks. Visible Ink Press. p. 609. ISBN 978-1-57859-141-1. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
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