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Screenshot: Toei/Marvel Michiaki”Chumei” Watanabe, the Japanese composer who composed the first six Super Sentai TV series and several other Japanese pop culture classics, died at the age of 96. Anime News Network reports that Watanabe died of heart failure on June 23, with his death confirmed by japanese magazine Televi Kun yesterday morning. Watanabe’s work …

There was a common element in four different theaters across South Korea on Thursday night. They all featured music by American composer Frank Wildhorn, the great mind behind the musicals “The Man Who Laughs”, “Death Note”, “Mata Hari” and “Jekyll & Hyde”. “It’s 7,000 to 8,000 people every night listening to my music…all I can …

Composer Michiaki Watanabe (also known as Chumei Watanabe) died due to In the heart failed in a Tokyo hospital on June 23. He was 96 years old. Watanabe was born in 1925. He studied psychology at the prestigious University of Tokyo under the direction of composers Ikuma Dan and Saburo Moroi. He made his debut …

John Williams is arguably the greatest film composer in the history of cinema. The Kennedy Center hosts Williams… WTOP’s Jason Fraley salutes John Williams at the Kennedy Center (Part 1) John Williams is arguably the greatest film composer in the history of cinema. The Kennedy Center is hosting Williams in person for a series of …

Scarlet Moon is thrilled to announce that composer Yuko Komiyama has joined her roster of musical talents. Komiyama – best known for her work on the monster hunter and Mega Man X series – is eager to delve into indie game development and put her skills to work for projects big and small. In addition …

Kenji Yamamoto is a prolific video game composer, probably best known to Nintendo fans for his beloved contributions to the Metroid series. In a new video of interview clips from Kiki Talkz, a few former Nintendo songwriters and sound engineers talk about Yamamoto, what they admire about him, and what it was like working with …

DUBAI: In contemporary Egyptian cinema, no composer has had a greater impact than Hesham Nazih. Across more than 40 films over an award-winning 20-year span, Nazih has strengthened every project he’s scored, from “Son of Rizk” to “Blue Elephant.” Now the composer of Marvel’s “Moon Knight” TV show, Nazih has officially done the crossover that …

Enjoy this interview with Nico Muhly Apple is betting big on their new show, pachinko, and that bet paid off. It has been called “redefining” and “extraordinary” in terms of beauty and drama. The first season begins in 1910s Korea and follows a family across generations and around the world. While the composer Nico Muhly …

Japanese musician and songwriter Ryuichi Sakamoto has revealed he recently underwent surgery to treat cancer that had spread to both of his lungs. Sakamoto detailed his diagnosis in an article titled “Living with Cancer”, published Tuesday by the monthly literary magazine “Shincho”. Throughout a career that spans decades, Sakamoto has refused to limit himself to …

Mega Man 3 composer also attended otakon 2021 otakon announced on Monday that game music composer Harumi Fujita will be participating in this year’s event. The convention shared a video of Fujita: Fujita joined SNK in 1983 and composed for the play The Mad Crusher. She quickly started working for CAPCOM and has composed music …

classical composer Nico Muhly rarely writes for television (the BBC’s “Howard’s End” was the last, five years ago), making its score for Apple TV+ eight hours”Pachinkosomething of an event. The age-old epic follows a poor Korean woman and her descendants as their lives intertwine, often sadly, with those of their Japanese neighbors. Variety spoke to …

The prestigious and trendy City Winery on the Hudson is proud to present global musical fantasy Randy Edelman on Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. The award-winning composer will feature music, stories and songs drawn from the soundscape of his incredible ongoing journey as he presents “A Life in 80 Minutes”. As a pop …

Final Fantasy 14 fans won’t be surprised to learn that Naoki Yoshida is producing Final Fantasy 16 (opens in a new tab), the music for the game will be composed by Masayoshi Soken. Avid listeners could have already told in the game’s two trailers that the music sounds like what you hear all the time …

AArthur Russell was a perfectionist. He could never decide when something was over. When the musician died of AIDS-related illnesses in 1992, at the age of 40, he had released only three solo albums and was barely known beyond New York’s experimental art scene. But his apartment was overflowing with piles of boxes containing notebooks, …

Composer Ingram Marshall, photographed in 2021 by his son. Clem Marshall/Clem Marshall hide caption toggle caption Clem Marshall/Clem Marshall Composer Ingram Marshall, photographed in 2021 by his son. Clem Marshall/Clem Marshall Composer and performer Ingram Marshallwhose honors include awards from the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, died at the age …

Featuring Three Nights of Beethoven (June 9-11), Pacific Symphony presents “Beethoven’s Piano Concertos” – a weekend-long extravaganza belatedly celebrating the beloved composer’s 250th birthday. Originally scheduled for March 2020, the start of the pandemic necessitated a postponement. Boasting a different Beethoven program each evening, the weekend features the composer’s five piano concertos, performed by spectacular …

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Tigran Arakelyan, will present a concert of chamber music at 6 p.m. Friday. The free concert will take place at Finnriver Cidery, 124 Center Road, Chimacum. It will feature American guitarist Michael Nicolella, who has performed across North America, Europe and Japan …