Yoshihisa Hirano

His musical style combines impressionism and atonal music. He employs techniques such as polyrhythm, tone clusters, polytonality, brass glissandi and polymodal chromaticism to create unique musical textures.

• Name — Yoshihisa Hirano • Native Name — 平野義久 • Born — 7 December 1971 • Birthplace — Wakayama Prefecture, Japan • Genre — * Contemporary Music • Soundtrack • Classical • Experimental Music • Occupation — * Composer • Arranger • Conductor • Label — VAP • Website — https: www.yoshihisahirano.com

Yoshihisa Hirano was born in Wakayama, Japan, in 1971. He started to study composition by himself as an elementary student because of his interest for baroque music. He then discovered jazz in high school, and this enthusiasm has shaped his career in music. He mentioned having listened to Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Eric Dolphy and John Coltrane, among others. His admiration of them once gave him dreams of becoming a jazz musician, but he then discovered contemporary music. He gained interest in the works of John Zorn, one of the musicians who had the biggest influence on him in his youth. On the other hand, symphonies by Shostakovich also greatly impressed him, and helped him make up his mind to study composition seriously. He moved to the United States and studied composition at Juilliard School, in 1992, with Stanley Wolfe. He later entered Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Christopher Rouse and Joseph Schwantner. Some of the awards he has received include first prize in the Axia Tape Competition, in Japan, during his high school years, and New York's New Music for Young Ensembles. Hirano made his debut as a composer in 2001, in the anime series Beyblade. After that, he made the music for Tokyo DisneySea's 2002 and 2004 countdown celebrations. In 2002, Hirano paired with pianist Masako Hosoda to form the unit Bleu, releasing 3 albums since then. Hirano was also responsible for some of the orchestration and arrangement for a number of Ali Project's albums. Since then, Hirano has composed for many anime series, as well as music for concert, dance, film and radio, with compositions ranging from classical to pop and contemporary music. Although Hirano's style can be considered unique and innovative, he cited the composers Isang Yun, Toru Takemitsu, John Zorn, George Crumb, Olivier Messiaen, Tan Dun, György Ligeti and Maurice Ravel as sources of inspiration.

• 2000 - Variations on the Overture from “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” for Orchestra • 2002 - Piano Suite “Le Miracle de la Rose” • 2005 - Four Variations on Mahler's “Adagietto” for Chamber Orchestra • 2006 - Conte ~ after Kenji Miyazawa's "Night on the Galactic Railroad" for Piano solo • 2007 - Variations on a Theme of Paganini for Orchestra • 2008 - Death Note Concertino for Concert Band • 2009 - Symphonic Suite “Final Fantasy XIII” for Orchestra • 2012 - String Quartet “Descending Dragon” • 2015 - Piano Sonata • 2015 - “San Narciso Capriccio” for Saxophone Quartet • 2015 - Exercises Radio Nobles et Sentimentals for Piano Solo • 2015 - Nocturne of Princess Tankaku for Piano Solo • 2016 - “LIBERAL DANCES” for Saxophone Quartet • 2016 - 10 Preludes for Piano Solo • 2017 - Symphonic Suite “Hunter x Hunter” for Orchestra • 2018 - Picaresque for Cello Solo • 2019 - Concerto for Koto and Orchestra “Fukuyama Fantasia” • 2022 - “Elegy” for Harp and Contrabass • 2024 - Unnamed Piece for Piano Solo • 2025 - Rhapsodia Sinfonica HUNTERxHUNTER for Concert Band

Yoshihisa Hirano has participated in the making of the soundtracks from the following anime works: • Year — Title — Note(s) — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 2001 — Beyblade — TV • 2002 — Seven of Seven — TV • Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~Ajisai Yumegatari~ — OVA • Hanada Shōnen-shi — TV • 2003 — Air Master — TV • 2004 — Maria-sama ga Miteru — * TV * Music arrangement • Midori Days — TV • Doki Doki School Hours — TV • Maria-sama ga Miteru ~Haru~ — * TV * Opening theme song arrangement • Harukanaru Toki no Naka de Hachiyō Shō — TV • Ginyuu Mokushiroku Meine Liebe — TV • 2006 — Strawberry Panic — TV • Ouran High School Host Club — TV • Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~Maihitoyo~ — Film • Silk Road Boy Yuto — TV • Super Robot Wars Original Generation: Divine Wars — TV • Death Note — * TV * Other tracks by Hideki Taniuchi • 2007 — Kotetsushin Jeeg — TV • 2008 — Top Secret ~The Revelation~ — TV • RD Sennō Chōsashitsu — TV • 2009 — Hajime No Ippo: New Challenger — TV • Tatakau Shisho — TV • 2010 — Chu-Bra!! — TV • Broken Blade — Film series • 2011 — Hunter × Hunter (2011) — TV • 2012 — Tanken Driland — TV • 2013 — Hajime No Ippo: Rising — TV • Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge — Film • Hunter × Hunter: The Last Mission — Film • 2014 — Broken Blade — TV • Ai Tenchi Muyo! — TV • 2021 — Edens Zero — TV • 2023 — Helck — TV • 2026 — Red River — TV

• Year — Title — Director — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 2022 — I Am Makimoto — Nobuo Mizuta • 2023 — We're Millennials Got a Problem? — Nobuo Mizuta • Confess to your Crimes — Nobuo Mizuta

• Year — Title — Note(s) — Ref(s) Reference(s) • 2006 — Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- — * PS2 game * Orchestration • 2009 — Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles — * Wii game * Orchestration & additional music • Final Fantasy XIII — * PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 game * Orchestration & additional music