Biography
Isao Tomita (冨田 勲, Tomita Isao, 22 April 1932 – 5 May 2016), often known simply as Tomita, was a Japanese composer, regarded as one of the pioneers of electronic music and space music, and as one of the most famous producers of analog synthesizer arrangements. In addition to creating note-by-note realizations, Tomita made extensive use of the sound-design capabilities of his instrument, using synthesizers to create new sounds to accompany and enhance his electronic realizations of acoustic instruments. He also made effective use of analog music sequencers and the Mellotron, and featured futuristic science-fiction themes, while laying the foundations for synth-pop music and trance-like rhythms. Many of his albums are electronic versions and adaptations of familiar classical music pieces. He received four Grammy Award nominations for his 1974 album based on music by Claude Debussy, Snowflakes Are Dancing.
Filmography
all 75
Movies 65
TV Shows 10
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)
Welcome Home, Hayabusa (2012)
About Her Brother (2010)
Kabei: Our Mother (2008)
Love and Honor (2006)
Black Jack: The Two Doctors in Black (2005)
The Hidden Blade (2004)
The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji (2001)
Prince Shotoku (2001)
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen (2000)
Jungle Emperor Leo (1997)
The Planets (1997)
A Class to Remember II (1996)
A Class to Remember (1993)
Patrick Stewart Narrates 'The Planets' (1993)
Kimba the White Lion: Symphonic Poem (1991)
Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape (1989)
Mighty Jack (1987)
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983)
The Phantom Thief Nezumi Kozo and the Tattooed Judge (1981)
Demon Pond (1979)
Zatoichi monogatari (1974)
Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974)
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon (1974)
The Shinano River (1973)
Mute Samurai (1973)
Hanzo the Razor: The Snare (1973)
A Mummy’s Love (1973)
Shin Heike Monogatari (1972)
The Midnight Parasites (1972)
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)
Epic Chushingura (1971)
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex (1970)
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
Postwar Secrets (1970)
Memoir of Japanese Assassinations (1969)
A Thousand and One Nights (1969)
Wicked Priest 3: A Killer's Pilgrimage (1969)
Yakuza on Foot (1969)
Ex-Convict - Territory of Rampage (1969)
Heaven and Earth (1969)
Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder (1968)
Enlisted Yakuza (1968)
Black Lizard (1968)
Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit (1968)
The Time of Reckoning (1968)
Return of the Outlaw (1968)
The Bandits (1968)
The Marked Man (1968)
Gambler's Farewell (1968)
Captain Ultra: The Movie (1967)
Dissolution Rites (1967)
Rampaging Dragon of the North (1966)
Kimba, the White Lion (1966)
Women Doing Time (1966)
The Threat (1966)
Chained Bitch (1965)
宇宙人ピピ (1965)
A Fugitive from the Past (1965)
New Treasure Island (1965)
Mermaid (1964)
Wolves, Pigs & Men (1964)
Big X (1964)
Life of a Flower (1963)
Police Department Story Pt.19: Landfill (1962)
Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad (1962)
Police Department Story Pt.18: Mysterious Red Phone (1962)
Officer Morgan and a Man of Mystery (1961)
Police Department Story Pt.16: 15 Year Old Woman (1961)
Police Department Story Pt.15: Alibi (1961)
Keishichō monogatari iryū-hin nashi (1959)
Keishichō monogatari 108 gōsha (1959)
A Dead Drifter (1959)
Keishichō monogatari gao no nai on'na (1959)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1932-04-22
Deathday2016-05-05 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceSuginami-ku, Japan
ChildrenMasaru Tomita
CitizenshipsJapan
ResidencesTokyo · Okazaki, Japan, Beijing · Qingdao · Tsingtao · Peking, People's Republic of China
Also Known As冨田勲, 富田勲
AwardsOrder of the Rising Sun, 4th class
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