Shigeru Umebayashi
Shigeru Umebayashi ( Japanese 梅林 茂 , Umebayashi Shigeru ; born February 19, 1951 in Kitakyūshū , Fukuoka Prefecture ) is a Japanese film composer . He has composed music for over 40 films from Japan and China and in particular created some soundtracks for films by director Wong Kar-Wai .
Life
Umebayashi began working as a film composer in 1985. He was previously the front man of the Japanese new wave rock band EX .
Outside of Asia Umebayashi is best known for his collaboration with Wong Kar-Wai on the films In the Mood for Love (2001) and the sequel 2046 (2004). The song Lovers for the film House of Flying Daggers was sung by the soprano Kathleen Battle .
Works
Filmography (selection)
- 1984: Itsuka darekaga korosareru
- 1985: Sorekara
- 1985: Tomo yo shizukani nemure
- 1986: Shinshi dōmei
- 1986: Sorobanzuku
- 1987: Kyofu-no yacchan
- 1988: Kanashi iro yanen
- 1990: Tekken
- 1990: Hong Kong Paradise
- 1991: Ōte
- 1991: Yumeji
- 1991: Akuyaku shōkai: Ōkami-tachi no jingi
- 1992: Yamai wa kikara: Byōin e ikō 2
- 1993: Nemuranai machi - Shinjuku same
- 1994: Izakaya yurei
- 1994: Yoi ko to asobō
- 1994: Tokarefu
- 1994: Kaze wa dotchi ni fuite iru?
- 1995: Nan Jing de ji du
- 1995: Boxer Joe
- 1995: Kitanai yatsu
- 1995: Zero Woman: Keishi-chō 0-ka no Onna
- 1996: Shin gokudō kisha - Nigeuma densetsu
- 1996: Shin izakaya yurei
- 1997: Watashitachi ga suki datta koto
- 1997: Ichigo domei
- 1997: Isana no umi
- 1998: Beru epokku
- 1998: Fuyajo
- 2000: In the Mood for Love (Fa yeung nin wa)
- 2000: Game Over - Dangerous Games (Gong yuan 2000 AD)
- 2001: Hikari no ame
- 2001: Shōjo
- 2001: Huang xin jia qi
- 2001: Onmyoji
- 2002: Zhou Yu's move
- 2003: Onmyoji 2
- 2003: Lian zhi feng jing
- 2004: House of Flying Daggers (Shí Miàn Mái Fú)
- 2004: 2046
- 2005: Miyabi: Yukio Mishima (documentary)
- 2005: Hibi
- 2006: Fearless (Huo Yuan Jia)
- 2006: Night Head Genesis
- 2006: Mare nero
- 2006: The Triangle (Daisy)
- 2006: The Curse of the Golden Flower (Mǎn chéng jìn dài huáng jīn jiǎ)
- 2007: Hannibal Rising - How it all began (Hannibal Rising)
- 2008: Blown Apart (Incendiary)
- 2008: A Simple Love Story
- 2008: Absurdistan
- 2008: The Real Shaolin (documentary)
- 2008: Zhu meng (documentation)
- 2008: Carlston za Ognjenku
- 2009: A Single Man
- 2013: The Grandmaster (Yī dài zōng shī)
- 2014: One Step Away
- 2015: La novia
- 2016: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
- 2016: The Wasted Times
Music (staff)
- The Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) (music programmer)
- Fearless (2006) (conductor)
Prizes and awards
Ariel Awards , Mexico
- Best Soundtrack: Días de gracia (2011) (won, 2012, together with Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Atticus Ross, Claudia Sarne and Leopold Ross)
- Best music: Yi dai zong shi (2013) (nominated, 2014, together with Nathaniel Méchaly)
- Best composer: Yi dai zong shi (2013) (won, 2014, together with Nathaniel Méchaly)
- Best Soundtrack: Onmyoji (nominated, 2002)
- Best Soundtrack: Sorekara (nominated, 1986)
- Best Soundtrack: Tomo yo shizukani nemure (nominated, 1986)
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
- Best soundtrack: Fa yeung nin wa (nominated, together with Michael Galasso , 2001)
- Best Soundtrack: 2046 (won, together with Peer Raben , 2005)
- Best soundtrack: Huang feihong zhi yingxiong you meng (nominated, 2015)
- Best soundtrack: Yi dai zong shi (won, together with Nathaniel Méchaly, 2014)
- Best Soundtrack: Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia (nominated, 2006)
- Best Soundtrack: 2046 (won, together with Peer Raben, 2005)
- Best Soundtrack: Izakaya yurei (won, 1995)
- Best Soundtrack: lso for Tokarefu (nominated, 1995)
- Best Soundtrack: Sorekara (won, 1986)
- Best soundtrack: Tomo yo shizukani nemure (nominated, 1986).
- Best Soundtrack: Tokarefu (won, 1995)
- Best soundtrack: Izakaya yurei (nominated, 1995).
- Best Soundtrack: Tekken (won, 1991)
- Best Soundtrack: Sorekara (won, 1986)
- Best soundtrack: Tomo yo shizukani nemure (nominated, 1985).
Web links
- Works by and about Shigeru Umebayashi in the catalog of the German National Library
- Shigeru Umebayashi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website by Shigeru Umebayashi (English)
- Interview with Shigeru Umebayashi , February 2005 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Umebayashi, Shigeru |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 梅林 茂 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese film composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th February 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kitakyushu , Fukuoka |