- Takanori Arisawa
nihongo|Takanori Arisawa|有澤孝紀|Arisawa Takanori (
April 4 ,1951 -November 26 ,2005 ) was a Japanesecomposer andarranger fromTokyo . He wrote the background music for several notableanime , including the award-winning soundtrack of the "Sailor Moon" anime series.He died of
bladder cancer at 54 years of age.Background
Arisawa was mostly self-taught, having been interested in music from childhood. He started to learn piano when he was 20 years old, and entered
Senzoku Gakuen College when he was 22, eventually graduating with degrees in Composing and Orchestral Music. He studiedjazz and pop arrangement with arrangerNorio Maeda . [cite web |url=http://www.arizm.com/profile/profile-e.html | title= Takanori Arisawa Profile | accessdate=2007-08-08]In 1980, Arisawa's song "Shinjuku Transfer" was recorded by the
chorus group SOAP forEpic Sony Records . He released a full album the following year, "Hamot Pier," and received the New Composer Incentive Award at the 1981Tokyo Music Festival . The group broke up in 1982, but "Hamot Pier" was re-released in 1993.During the 1980s Arisawa worked as a composer and arranger for
Tokyo Broadcasting System and wrote music fortelevision commercial s, includingCoca-Cola advertisements. He also composed for variousTV drama s, and released a single, "Takeoff of Love", forJapan Airlines ' 30th anniversary celebration. He later served as Music Director for theNHK seriesLet's Learn English! .As the Music Director for "
Sailor Moon ", Arisawa's first award was the 1993 Golden Disk Grand Prize fromColumbia Records . He continued to compose for the entire anime series, plus several video games and some of the stage musicals. In 1998, 2000, and 2001 he won theJASRAC International Award for most international royalties, owing largely to the popularity of "Sailor Moon" music in other nations. [cite web |first =Patrick |last=Cunningham |url=http://sailormusic.net/arisawa_takanori.html | title= SAILORMUSIC.NET - Biography of ARISAWA Takanori | accessdate=2007-06-09]Arisawa expressed an admiration of
Hollywood -style music, drawing his initial inspiration for the tone of the "Sailor Moon" soundtrack from the "Charlie's Angels " TV series. He frequently made use of symbolism when writing themes for specific characters or groups, borrowing thematic elements from diversegenre s and from other countries. As the series progressed, his music gravitated from a pop feeling toward more classical arrangements to represent the protagonist having passed through painful experiences and grown as a person. [cite web |url=http://www.kurozuki.com/takeuchi/anime/arisawa.html | title= Interview with Arisawa Takanori | accessdate=2007-06-09]Works
Anime, games, and TV shows for which Arisawa composed music: [cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=150 | title= Anime News Network | accessdate=2007-06-09]
*"Ask Dr. Rin! "
*"Bikkuriman " and "Super Bikkuriman "
*"Digimon " series
*"Don-Don Domel to Ron "
*"Galaxy Fraulein Yuna "
*"Goldfish Warning! "
*"Kamen no Ninja Akakage "
*"King's Brunch " (opening theme)
*"Moeru!! Robokon "
*"Sailor Moon " series
*"Sesame Street " (Japanese version)
*"Tales of Eternia "
*"Yume no Crayon Oukoku "References
External links
* [http://www.arizm.com/index-e.html Official website]
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