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Takeshi Furukawa
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Takeshi Furukawa (古川 毅, Furukawa Takeshi) is a Japanese-American composer and conductor. His works have spanned the concert stage, films, television, video games, and advertising campaigns.[1]

Early life

Furukawa was born in Tokyo, Japan, and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles after moving to the United States at the age of three. As a child, he studied the piano, then, later on, the viola. Furukawa was inspired to pursue composition after seeing Jurassic Park and hearing John Williams' score,[2] and his parents, although non-musical themselves, accorded him to a very privileged music education.[2]

Career

In 2016, Furukawa composed the score for Fumito Ueda's The Last Guardian. The performance of the soundtrack was conducted by Furukawa with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Trinity Boys Choir, and London Voices, and was recorded at Lyndhurst Hall.[3] On February 16, 2023 it was confirmed that Takeshi Furukawa was attached to the Upcoming live action Avatar the Last Airbender project as its composer.

Works

Video games
Year Title Role Awards & nominations
2010 GoldenEye 007 Composer
2016 The Last Guardian Composer, orchestrator, conductor Winner - IGN Award for Best Original Music[4]
Winner - Premio Drago d'Oro for Miglior Colonna Sonora[5]
Nominated - BAFTA Games Award for Music[6]
Nominated - D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Original Music Composition[7]
Nominated - IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media[8]
Nominated - SXSW Gaming Awards for Excellence in Musical Score[9]
2023 Planet of Lana Composer
Films
Year Title Role Awards & Nominations
2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Orchestrator
2010 NoNAMES Composer
2011 Bhopali Composer
Television
Year Title Role Awards & Nominations
2004 - 2005 Star Trek: Enterprise Orchestrator
2008 - 2013 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Composer
2019 Mythic Quest Composer
2024 Avatar: The Last Airbender Composer

References

  1. ^ "GSA Music" retrieved 24 May 2017
  2. ^ a b Barder, Ollie. "Takeshi Furukawa on How He Composed the Beautiful Score for The Last Guardian". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  3. ^ Kerr, Chris. "Q&A: Weaving together The Last Guardian's emotional score", Gamasutra, 8 December 2016
  4. ^ "Best of 2016, Best Original Music", IGN, retrieved 24 May 2017
  5. ^ "Drago d'Oro 2017"
  6. ^ "British Academy Games Awards Winners in 2017", 8 March 2017
  7. ^ "20th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards"
  8. ^ Levy, Dani. "Arrival, La La Land Among Film Music Critics Nominees", Variety, 9 February 2017
  9. ^ "Announcing the 2017 SXSW Gaming Awards Winners", 18 March 2017
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