Takeshi Furukawa
Takeshi Furukawa is a Japanese-American composer and conductor. His works have spanned the concert stage, films, television, video games, and advertising campaigns.
Takeshi Furukawa
- Name
- Takeshi Furukawa
- Occupation
- * Composer
- Born
- 1901 · Tokyo.
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- soundtrack · contemporary classical
- Languages
- Japanese
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Takeshi Furukawa is a Japanese-American composer and conductor. His works have spanned the concert stage, films, television, video games, and advertising campaigns.
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• Name — Takeshi Furukawa • Genre — *Soundtrack • Contemporary classical • Occupation — * Composer • conductor • Instrument — * Piano • viola • Label — Iam8bit • Website — http: www.takeshifurukawa.com/
Early life
Early life
Furukawa was born in Tokyo, Japan, and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles after moving to the United States at the age of three. As a child, he studied the piano, then, later on, the viola. Furukawa was inspired to pursue composition after seeing Jurassic Park and hearing John Williams' score, and his parents, although non-musical themselves, accorded him to a very privileged music education.
Career
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. On February 16, 2023 it was confirmed that Takeshi Furukawa was attached to the live action Avatar: The Last Airbender project as its composer.
Works
Works
• Video games • Year — Title — Role — Awards & nominations • 2012 — 007 Legends — Composer (additional music) • 2016 — The Last Guardian — Composer, orchestrator, conductor — Winner - IGN Award for Best Original Music Winner - Premio Drago d'Oro for Miglior Colonna Sonora Nominated - BAFTA Games Award for Music Nominated - D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Nominated - IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media Nominated - SXSW Gaming Awards for Excellence in Musical Score • 2023 — Planet of Lana — Composer — Nominated - D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Nominated - International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media • 2026 — Planet of Lana II — Composer • Films • Year — Title — Role — Awards & Nominations • 2008 — Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Orchestrator • 2010 — NoNAMES — Composer • 2011 — Bhopali • Television • Year — Title — Role — Awards & Nominations • 2004–2005 — Star Trek: Enterprise — Orchestrator • 2008–2013 — Star Wars: The Clone Wars — Composer • 2019–2025 — Mythic Quest • 2024–present — Avatar: The Last Airbender • 2025 — Side Quest
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1901
Takeshi Furukawa born at Tokyo.
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- 1."GSA Music" retrieved 24 May 2017
- 2.Barder, Ollie. Takeshi Furukawa on How He Composed the Beautiful Score for The Last Guardian. Forbes.
- 3.Kerr, Chris. "Q&A: Weaving together The Last Guardian s emotional score", Gamasutra, 8 December 2016
- 4."Best of 2016, Best Original Music", IGN, retrieved 24 May 2017
- 5."Drago d'Oro 2017"
- 6."British Academy Games Awards Winners in 2017", 8 March 2017
- 7.Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. D.I.C.E. Awards By Video Game Details The Last Guardian. interactive.org.
- 8.Levy, Dani. "Arrival, La La Land Among Film Music Critics Nominees", Variety, 9 February 2017
- 9."Announcing the 2017 SXSW Gaming Awards Winners", 18 March 2017
- 10.Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. D.I.C.E. Awards By Video Game Details Planet of Lana. interactive.org.
- 11.International Film Music Critics Association. IFMCA Award Nominations 2023. February 8, 2024.
- 12.Cardy, Simon. Planet of Lana 2 Is Like a Star Wars Story Made by Studio Ghibli. IGN. February 5, 2026.
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