- Kōji Ueno
]
He graduated from
Nihon University 's department of music at its faculty of art, and in 1978, began his career in music with his first music ensemble, 8&1/2, after which he worked with the group Halmens between 1979 and 1981.en icon citeweb|url=http://www.n-two.net/biog.html|title=Kouji Ueno composer arranger - Biography|accessdate=2007-02-05] In 1980, Ueno formed the musical group Guernica, noted for its unique form ofavant garde music, along with vocalistJun Togawa and lyricistKeichi Ohta .In the 1980s, Ueno worked with renowned composer
Ryuichi Sakamoto on the soundtracks of the films "Koneko Monogatari ", "", and "The Last Emperor ". In 2004, he composed the music for the laudedTakashi Nakamura -directed TVanime series, "Fantastic Children ".Ueno has recently formed the musical group Netszo & Gansaku, with the first album, "Polarity Integration" released by Sony Music on April 2007.
Ueno has also lectured on film music at the Faculty of Art at
Nihon University . He has won several awards, including the award for best musical composition at the1989 Mainichi Film Festival for his composition of the musical score for the film "Untama Giru ", and has also won numerous international awards, including the best music at the Festival Des Trois Continents inNantes in 1989, as well as the "Cristal tcheque pour la musique contemporaine" at the 32rd Golden Prague International Television Festival in1995 , held inPrague , for his score for theNHK television series, "The Pale Cast of Thought".Compositions
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Koneko Monogatari " (1986, composition and arrangement)
*"Untama Giru " (1989, music) [ja icon citeweb|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=87473|title=ウンタマギルー - 映画情報 allcinema ONLINE|accessdate=2007-02-05]
*"Teito Taisen " (1989, music) [ja icon citeweb|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=86137|title=帝都大戦 - 映画情報 allcinema ONLINE|accessdate=2007-02-05]
*"" (1994, music) [ja icon citeweb|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=87269|title=江戸川乱歩劇場 押繪と旅する男 - 映画情報 allcinema ONLINE|accessdate=2007-02-05]
*"Mugen Ryūkyū Tsuru Henrī " (1999, music)
*"-Less " (2001, music)
*"Fantastic Children " (2004, music) [ja icon citeweb|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=321274|title=ファンタジックチルドレン FANTASTIC CHILDREN - 映画情報 allcinema ONLINE|accessdate=2007-02-05]
*"Tarako, Tarako, Tarako " (2004, a TV ad song for Q.P.'s Tarako Pasta Sauce, sung by Kigurumi in CD)Notes and references
External links
*jp icon [http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/person/p0192950.htm Japan Movie Database]
*en icon [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=30952 Anime News Network]
*jp icon [http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_p.php?num_p=120147 Allcinema]
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