Takeo Watanabe
April 16, 1933 – June 2, 1989 was a Japanese musician and composer. In addition to composing the well known theme song for Cutie Honey he has also composed music for multiple anime television series and films including Lone Wolf and Cub, Candy Candy, and Mobile Suit Gundam. Tomei Tengu BGM written and performed by Takeo Watanabe was used in the soundtrack of the 2003 movie Lost in Translation fourteen years after his death.
Takeo Watanabe
- Name
- Takeo Watanabe
- Born
- 16 April 1933
- Birthplace
- Tokyo, Japan
- Died
- 2 June 1989
- Nationality
- Japan · Empire of Japan
- Occupation
- composer · lyricist
- Fields
- anime
- Education
- Musashi University
- Languages
- Japanese
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April 16, 1933 – June 2, 1989 was a Japanese musician and composer. In addition to composing the well known theme song for Cutie Honey he has also composed music for multiple anime television series and films including Lone Wolf and Cub, Candy Candy, and Mobile Suit Gundam. Tomei Tengu BGM written and performed by Takeo Watanabe was used in the soundtrack of the 2003 movie Lost in Translation fourteen years after his death.
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In 2008 Takeo Watanabe posthumously received an Award of Merit from the Tokyo International Anime Fair.
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Key facts
• Name — Takeo Watanabe • Native Name — 渡辺 岳夫 • Born — 16 April 1933 • Birthplace — Tokyo, Japan • Died — 2 June 1989 • Father — Urato Watanabe
Biography
Biography
Eldest son of Urato Watanabe. Graduated from Musashi(?) University he studied music in Paris, France.
Animation
Animation
• Star of the Giants • Attack No. 1 • Mahō no Mako-chan - See The Little Mermaid • Tensai Bakabon • Cutie Honey • Heidi, Girl of the Alps • Little Meg the Witch Girl • A Dog of Flanders • Candy Candy • Rascal the Raccoon • Nobody's Boy - Remi • Invincible Super Man Zambot 3 • Invincible Steel Man Daitarn 3 • Magical Girl Tickle • The Perrine Story • Mobile Suit Gundam • Mori no Yōki na Kobito-tachi: Berufi to Rirubitto (In the English version of this series as well as in adaptations based on the English version, Watanabe's score was replaced with one by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy.) • Hello! Sandybell • Little Women • Lady Georgie
TV dramas
TV dramas
• The White Tower
Historical dramas
Historical dramas
• Nemuri Kyōshirō • Lone Wolf & Cub • Amigasa Jūbei • Ōoku
Movies
Movies
• (ja) Hakuja komachi (1958) Actor • Invisible Demon • The Ninja: A New Beginning (1966) • (ja) Nemuri Kyoshiro 9: Burai-Hikae masho no hada (1967) • (ja) Waka oyabun o kese (1967) • (ja) Waka oyabun senryū-hada (1967) • When the Cookie Crumbles (1967) • (ja) Bakuto retsuden (1968) • The Daring Nun (1968) • Lone Wolf Isazo (1968) • Nemuri Kyoshiro 10: Onna jigoku (1968) • Nemuri Kyoshiro 12: Akujo-gari (1969) • Priest and the Gold Mint (1968) • The Valiant Red Peony (1968) • Broken Swords (1969) • Nemuri Kyōshirō manji giri (1969) • The Valiant Red PeonyFlower Cards Match (1969) • Watch Out, Crimson Bat! (1969) • Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive (1970) • The Invisible Swordsman (1970) • The Return of the Desperado (1970) • (ja) Asobi (1971) • Chivalrous Woman (1971) • Duel of Swirling Flowers (1971) • (ja) Kaihei yon-gō seito (1971) • Fearless Avenger (1972) • Trail of Blood (1972) • The Cockroach (1973) • Cockroach Cop (1973) • Slaughter in the Snow (1973) • (ja) Hiroshima jingi: Hitojichi dakkai sakusen (1976) • The Shadowstar (1976) soundtrack • Shogun's Sadism (1976) • (ja) Piranha-gundan: Daboshatsu no ten (1977) • あばれはっちゃく (1979) • (ja) Miira no hanayome: Kindaichi Kōsuke sirīzu: Arashi no yoru ni ubugoe ga kikoeru (1983) • Serendipity Stories: Friends on Pure Island (1983) • Fugitive Samurai (1984) • (ja) Gokumon-iwa no kubi: Kindaichi Kōsuke shirîzu (1984) • (ja) Mori no tonto tachi (1984) • (ja) Kōsui shinjū: Yokomizo Seishi supesharu (1987) • (ja) Fushichō: Kindaichi Kōsuke no kessaku suiri (1988) • Lost in Translation (2003) soundtrack
Animated Movies
Animated Movies
• 30000 Miles Under the Sea (1971) • Boy of the Wilderness Isamu (1973) • Candy Candy - The Call of Spring • Candy Candy - Candy's Summer Vacation • Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981) • Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow (1981) • Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space (1982) • Candy Candy Movie soundtrack
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