Lightchild
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Mitsuko Alexandra Yabe | |
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 Yabe performing[when?] | |
| Born | December 14, 1991 |
| Nationality | American |
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| Website | loveisthevision.com |
Mitsuko Alexandra Yabe (born December 14, 1991), known professionally as Lightchild (stylized as llghtchlld), is an American and Japanese musician, composer, and music editor.
Early life
Yabe was born in New York City. Growing up, she was influenced simultaneously by both American and Japanese culture.[1] Her music career began with the study of classical violin under the tutelage of Roberta Guaspari and Lynelle Smith of Opus 118 Harlem School of Music.
Career
After graduating from Pomona College, she moved back to New York City to pursue a career in the arts and entertainment industry. She got a job transcribing interviews for producers on the reality crime series The First 48 (2004-present) for ITV Studios (formerly Granada Entertainment) and she eventually joined the Editors Guild as an edit room assistant, the equivalent to an apprentice on the West Coast.[2]
She has collaborated with film directors and composers on several soundtracks as a music editor, including Boots Riley's Sorry To Bother You[3] (2018), Radha Blank's The Forty-Year Old Version (2020),[4] and Lena Waithe's Beauty (2020) which are scheduled to release through Netflix. Her work with major studios includes Warner Brothers New Line Cinema, Universal Studios, and HBO. Her independent films have featured at the Sundance Festival, Toronto Film Festival, and American Black Film Festival. She is the founder of Lightchild Studios, a music and film-focused creative studio developing her original projects in immersive art and animation.
Her first solo record, 01001, for which she wrote, composed, did vocals, and produced herself, is scheduled to release in 2021. As of 2021[update], she is also working on a hybrid-documentary feature with filmmaker Edwin Martínez called Monster, which is scheduled to be released in 2021 as well.
Style
Yabe is "deeply influenced by Japan's fantastical futurism and New York City's gritty art-music scene."[1] She describes her music as cinematic with an electronic/experimental edge, blending J-pop, synth rock and hints of funk.[1]
Awards and nominations
| Award | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| Golden Reel Awards | 2021 | The Forty-Year-Old Version | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Musical | Nominated | [4] |
References
- ^ a b c "About". Love Is the Vision. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Feld, Rob (June 12, 2018). "She's Got the Music in Her: Mitsuko Alexandra Yabe". CineMontage. Motion Picture Editors Guild. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Jones, Dom G. (July 6, 2018). "How music editor Mitsuko Alexandra Yabe helped Boots Riley and Tune-Yards create the sonic world of Sorry To Bother You". Fact. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Pedersen, Erik (March 1, 2021). "Sound Editors Nominate 'Wonder Woman', 'Sound Of Metal', 'Tenet' & Others For Golden Reel Awards – Full List". Deadline. Retrieved April 27, 2021.