Sei Ikeno (池野 成, Ikeno Sei, 24 February 1931 – 13 August 2004) was a Japanese composer who wrote the film scores for directors such as Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Yūzō Kawashima, Yasuzō Masumura and new wave filmmaker Yoshishige Yoshida.[1][2]
Sei Ikeno | |
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池野成 | |
Born | |
Died | 13 August 2004 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 73)
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Composer |
Ikeno was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido. In 1950, he entered the Tokyo Music School (now Tokyo University of the Arts) and studied under Tomojirō Ikenouchi and Akira Ifukube.[3] In addition to writing film and other music work, he lectured on composition and orchestration at the Tokyo College of Music and the Tokyo University of the Arts.[3] He died in Tokyo in 2004.[3]
Orchestral/chamber
edit- Introduction et Allegro Symphonique - for orchestra (1952)
- Ballet-Suite: Ballet en un Acte - for orchestra (1953)
- Danses Concertantes - for orchestra (1953)
- Totem Intituma - for trb & perc ensemble (1959)
- Evocation - for solo mari, 6trb, 6perc (1973)
- Timpanata - for solo timp, 1 fl, 3 hr, 3 trb, 1 tuba, 6 perc (1977)
- Rapsodia Concertante for violin and orchestra (1983)
- Fragement Antique - for 12 trb, 6 perc (1984)
- Octet - for 6 euph, 2 tuba (1984)
- Prelude - for brass band (1987)
- Omaggio a Maestro A. IFUKUBE - for chamber orchestra (1988)
- Tamburata for 8 percussionists (1989)
- Tamburata for 20 percussionists (1996)
- Divertimento - for 8 perc (1997)
Film music (selected)
edit- 1956: Night River (dir. Kōzaburō Yoshimura)
- 1961: Women Are Born Twice (dir. Yūzō Kawashima)
- 1962: The Temple of the Wild Geese (dir. Yūzō Kawashima)
- 1962: Black Test Car (dir. Yasuzō Masumura)
- 1962: A Woman's Life (dir. Yasuzō Masumura)
- 1962: The Graceful Brute (dir. Yūzō Kawashima)
- 1963: Bamboo Doll of Echizen (dir. Kōzaburō Yoshimura)
- 1964: Zatoichi's Flashing Sword (dir. Kazuo Ikehiro)
- 1965: An Innocent Witch (dir. Heinosuke Gosho)
- 1966: Woman of the Lake (dir. Yoshishige Yoshida)
- 1966: Red Angel (dir. Yasuzō Masumura)
- 1967: The Affair (dir. Yoshishige Yoshida)
- 1967: Zatoichi the Outlaw (dir. Satsuo Yamamoto)
- 1968: Affair in the Snow (dir. Yoshishige Yoshida)
References
editExternal links
editBibliography
edit- "日本映画音楽史を形作る人々:第17回 池野成 (People who shaped the history of Japanese film music #17: Ikeno Sei)". Kinema Junpo. July 1973. p. 123.