Takeshi Furukawa
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Takeshi Furukawa (古川 毅 Furukawa Takeshi) is a BAFTA-nominated Japanese-American composer and conductor. His works have spanned the concert stage, films, television, video games, and advertising campaigns.[1]
Early life
Furukawa was born in Tokyo and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles. As a child, he studied the piano and viola. Furukawa was inspired to pursue composition after seeing Jurassic Park and hearing John Williams’ score.[2]
Career
In 2016, Furukawa composed the score for Fumito Ueda’s The Last Guardian. The performance of the soundtrack was conducted by Furukawa with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Trinity Boys Choir, and London Voices, and was recorded at Lyndhurst Hall.[3]
Works
| Video games | |||
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| Year | Title | Role | Awards & Nominations |
| 2010 | GoldenEye 007 | Composer | |
| 2016 | The Last Guardian | Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor | Winner - IGN Award for Best Original Music[4] Winner - Premio Drago d'Oro for Miglior Colonna Sonora[5] Nominated - BAFTA Games Award for Music[6] Nominated - D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Original Music Composition[7] Nominated - IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media[8] Nominated - SXSW Gaming Awards for Excellence in Musical Score[9] |
| Films | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Awards & Nominations |
| 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Orchestrator | |
| 2010 | NoNAMES | Composer | |
| 2011 | Bhopali | Composer | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Awards & Nominations |
| 2004 - 2005 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Orchestrator | |
| 2008 - 2013 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Composer | |
References
- ↑ "GSA Music" retrieved 24 May 2017
- ↑ Barder, Ollie. "Takeshi Furukawa On How He Composed The Beautiful Score For 'The Last Guardian'", "Forbes", 30 November 2016
- ↑ Kerr, Chris. “Q&A: Weaving together The Last Guardian’s emotional score”, “Gamasutra”, 8 December 2016
- ↑ "Best of 2016, Best Original Music", "IGN", retrieved 24 May 2017
- ↑ "Drago d'Oro 2017"
- ↑ "British Academy Games Awards Winners in 2017", 8 March 2017
- ↑ "20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards"
- ↑ Levy, Dani. "‘Arrival,’ ‘La La Land’ Among Film Music Critics Nominees", "Variety", 9 February 2017
- ↑ "Announcing the 2017 SXSW Gaming Awards Winners", 18 March 2017
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