Composer Spotlight: The heart of Taku Iwasaki (2001-2014)

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MP3 / 320kbps / 24 Tracks / 80min

This is a project I originally planned as part of my upcoming blog/website. This is an overview over composers I consider to be the best media composers working today. They are a huge inspiration for me and I hope many upcoming composers. Yeah I know, many are from Japan but I also intend to cover the Hollywood sound in detail, from John Williams to Bruce Broughton as well as the sound of the Golden Age. Of course I will also go all the way back to the old masters (Prokofiev/ Tchaikovsky / Mahler / Beethoven). I hope I can still make it happen in 2015.

Let’s begin with a fascinating candidate: Taku Iwasaki. His scores are usually a surprise bag full of very different musical ideas and styles. To be honest I’m not a huge fan of his action work which is more in early Zimmer territory but it is still enjoyable. But he is perhaps the greatest experimentalist of them all, creating new interesting textures and combining very different musical styles and instruments. Don’t expect anything conventional from a Iwasaki score. I guess you could argue against his approach of not delivering a coherent score with common tone but his little pieces of musical ideas form a very refreshing and fascinating mix. In a sense he even stays conventional by the way his different pieces are constructed: A string piece from his earliest works is not much different from his most recent. His orchestral style stays consistent wether it is performed by a small studio ensemble or a huge symphony orchestra. He does not venture much in great classcial territory but he is very much capable of delievering in that style. His recent operatic piece "Il mare eterno nella mia anima" is a reminder of his great talent. He really brings a unique voice to the world of anime scoring which would never be allowed in a more controlled industry (Hollywood). This album is a closer look at the more conventional, introspective and heartwarming side of Iwasaki, a composer who can make you dream, who can make you smile and who can make you cry. If you never heared of Iwasaki before it would also function well as a singular film score. I hope I can spread his music to more and more people and make it a worthwhile experience for long-time admirers of his work.

Enjoy

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