Shigeru Umebayashi
Shigeru Umebayashi (born February 19, 1951) is a Japanese composer. Once the leader and bass player of Japan's new wave rock band EX, Umebayashi began scoring films in 1985 when the band broke up. He has more than 30 Japanese and Chinese film scores to his credit and is perhaps best known in the West for "Yumeji's Theme" (originally from Seijun Suzuki's Yumeji), included in director Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love (2000).
Shigeru Umebayashi
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- Name
- Shigeru Umebayashi
- Born
- 19 February 1951
- Birthplace
- Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
- Occupation
- Composer, musician
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
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Shigeru Umebayashi (born February 19, 1951) is a Japanese composer. Once the leader and bass player of Japan's new wave rock band EX, Umebayashi began scoring films in 1985 when the band broke up. He has more than 30 Japanese and Chinese film scores to his credit and is perhaps best known in the West for "Yumeji's Theme" (originally from Seijun Suzuki's Yumeji), included in director Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love (2000).
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Shigeru Umebayashi (born 1951) is a composer, film score composer and musician, among other activities, of Japanese nationality. The composer was born in Kitakyūshū. Languages used include Japanese.
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Umebayashi scored most of Wong Kar-wai's follow-up film, 2046 (2004), and House of Flying Daggers.
Japanese film composer Shigeru Umebayashi in Krakow
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• Name — Shigeru Umebayashi • Birth Name — Shigeru Umebayashi • Born — 19 February 1951 • Birthplace — Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan • Occupation — Composer, musician • Genre — Rock, film scores • Years Active — 1984–present • Website — shigeru-umebayashi.com
1980s
1980s
• Itsuka Darekaga Korosareru (1984) • Tomoyo Shizukani Nemure (1985) • Sorekara (1985) • Sorobanzuku (1986) • Shinshi Domei (1986) • Kyohu no Yacchan (1987) • Getting Blue in Color (1988)
1990s
1990s
• Hong Kong Paradise (1990) • Tekken (1990) • Yumeji (1991) • Ote (1991) • Goaisatsu (1991) • Arihureta Ai ni Kansuru Chosa (1992) • Byoin he Iko 2 Yamai ha Kikara (1992) • Nemuranai Machi Shinjuku Zame (1993) • Izakaya Yurei (1994) • Zero Woman (1995) • Kumokiri Nizaemon (1995) • Boxer Joe (1995) • Kitanai Yatsu (1995) • Hashirana Akan Yoake Made (1995) • The Christ of Nanjing (1995) • Shin Gokudo Kisha (1996) • Izakaya Yurei 2 (1996) • Ichigo Domei (1997) • Isana no Umi (1997) • Watashitachi ga Sukidatta Koto (1997) • G4 Option Zero (1997) • Fuyajo (1998) • Belle Epoch (1998)
2000s
2000s
• 2000 A.D. (2000) • Shojo (2000) • In the Mood for Love (2000) • Midnight Fly (2001) • Hikari no Ame (2001) • Onmyoji (2001) • Zhou Yu's Train (2002) • Onmyoji II (2003) • Floating Land Scape (2003) • House of Flying Daggers (2004) • 2046 (2004) • Hibi (2004) • Fearless (2006) • Daisy (2006) • Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) • Hannibal Rising (2007) • Absurdistan (2008) • Incendiary (2008) • Tears for Sale (2008) • The Real Shaolin (2008) • Murderer (2009) • A Single Man (2009)
2010s
2010s
• True Legend (2010) • Days of Grace (2011) • Trishna (2011) • The Grandmaster (2013) • Rise of the Legend (2014) • The Bride (2015) • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016) • The Wasted Times (2016)
2020s
2020s
• Ghost of Tsushima (2020) • Hero (2022) • In the Belly of a Tiger (2024)
Accolades
Accolades
• 2023 – Lifetime Achievement Award at the 18th Rome Film Festival.
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- 1.Shigeru Umebayashi. 文化庁.
- 2.音楽と映画の密接な関係featuring 梅林茂 優秀な映画音楽家. BARKS Janpan Music Network. 13 May 2001.
- 3.Biography.
- 4.Siddhartha Jatla's 'In the Belly of a Tiger' set for its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival. Firstpost. 19 February 2024.
- 5.Torcasio, Marco. Il compositore Shigeru Umebayashi premiato alla Festa del Cinema di Roma 2023: ecco le sue colonne sonore più belle. Vogue Italia. 19 October 2023.
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