Keiichi Suzuki (composer)
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| Native name | 鈴木 慶一 |
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August 28, 1951 Tokyo, Japan |
| Origin | Japan |
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| Years active | 1970s–present |
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Keiichi Suzuki (鈴木 慶一 Suzuki Keiichi, born August 28, 1951) is a Japanese composer and musician. He is known to audiences outside Japan for his musical contributions in the Nintendo video games Mother and EarthBound, both of which have been released on several soundtracks.
Suzuki's true notoriety comes from his work with the long-lived Moonriders, a group which became one of Japan's most innovative rock bands. More recently, he has composed film scores including The Blind Swordsman: Zatōichi, Tokyo Godfathers, Uzumaki, Hiroshi Shimizu's Chicken Heart, as well as Takeshi Kitano's Outrage and Beyond Outrage films.[1]
Career
Suzuki was born in Tokyo, Japan. In the early 1970s, he became involved with the Japanese band Hachimitsu Pie, who released one album in 1973. Later in the 1970s, Suzuki functioned as the occasional-leader and regular singer of the Moonriders—the group's first album was in fact credited to "Keiichi Suzuki and the Moonriders"—which also included his brother Hirofumi. Afterward, he collaborated with Yellow Magic Orchestra co-founder Yukihiro Takahashi as the duo The Beatniks. He was also a member of the trio Three Blind Moses.
As an actor, Suzuki appeared in the 1980s films; Body Drop Asphalt; Shunji Iwai's Swallowtail Butterfly and Love Letter; and other films from the late 1990s and early 2000s.
In 1989, Suzuki cowrote the soundtrack to the video game Mother. In 1994, he would write more music for the game's sequel, EarthBound. A few years after EarthBound, Suzuki provided the music for the audio game, Real Sound: Kaze no Regret.
His song "Satellite Serenade" was remixed by The Orb and was later featured on Sasha & Digweed's Northern Exposure and The Orb's Auntie Aubrey's Excursions Beyond the Call of Duty compilation.
In February 2008, Suzuki released a new solo album Captain Hate & First Mate Love in collaboration with another Keiichi, Keiichi Sokabe, touring together in late spring 2008. The follow-up Pirate Radio Seasick appeared in 2009, and the third part In Retrospect in January 2011.
Influences
Suzuki cites John Lennon of the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Van Dyke Parks, Andy Partridge of XTC, Godley & Creme, Miklos Rozsa, and Harry Nilsson as influences on his work.[2]
Discography
External links
- Keiichi Suzuki discography at MusicBrainz
- Keiichi Suzuki at the Internet Movie Database
- Keiichi Suzuki discography at Discogs
- the Moonriders official website
References
- ↑ "Keiichi Suzuki / Profile". Keiichi Suzuki. Retrieved July 24, 2014.
- ↑ Itoi, Shigesato (June 16, 2003). "『MOTHER』の音楽は鬼だった。" [Music of "MOTHER" was a demon]. 1101.com. Translation. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
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