Great Anime Composers: Keiji Inai

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Keiji Inai’s career only really started four years ago and he already has much to show for. He is an anime composer in name only, what he does is writing genuine Hollywood music from the 80s and 90s. If he continues to get work (which he evidentely does) and budget, we could witness here the rise of one of the future greats. His music is not only 100% Hollywood but also has spark in many compositions. The potential is definetely here.

So far his biggest work is his Dungeon Project (Familia Myth + Extension of Sword Oratoria), but sadly all the major action pieces with the Main Theme were not recorded with the orchestra because of budget constraints (and scored to picture at the last minute). Nonetheless some wonderful stuff in there.

Alderamin continues with likewise excellent moments that are again undercut by budget issues, but nothing major. One thing to note about his work is his folk/celtic influence similar to Horner he really likes to show. Heavy Object and Tokyo Raven show that even modern Hollywood scores can have some meat to them and especially Tokyo Ravens has many hybrid tracks I quite like. Michael Kamen’s "Go Heavy!" is also worthy of note 😉

Outbreak Company is probably hurt the most because of budget limitations but boy does his writing make up for it. It’s so good I can stomach any samples. He already has potential written all over it the moment it got released and frankly it deserves a symphony orchestra but what he achieved in just three years after it gives me much hope for the future.

He’s pretty much the most busy IMAGINE guy right now (at least on the TV-Anime scene). Here’s hoping for greatness to appear in the future.

Enjoy!