← Back to explore
Biography
Toru Takemitsu was a Japanese composer. He composed several hundred independent works of music, scored more than ninety films and published twenty books.
Awards & recognition
- Grawemeyer Award — Music Composition · 1994
- Maurice Ravel Prize · 1990
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres · 1985
- Glenn Gould Prize
- Honorary Member of the International Society — Contemporary Music
Show all 6 awards →
- Otaka prize
Filmography32 titles
Harakiri
1962Original Music Composer
1962Original Music Composer
Samurai Rebellion
1967Original Music Composer
1967Original Music Composer
Woman in the Dunes
1964Original Music Composer
1964Original Music Composer
Ran
1985Original Music Composer
1985Original Music Composer
Two in the Shadow
1967Original Music Composer
1967Original Music Composer
The Face of Another
1966as Man Smoking in Bar (uncredited)
1966as Man Smoking in Bar (uncredited)
Kwaidan
1964Original Music Composer
1964Original Music Composer
Black Rain
1989Original Music Composer
1989Original Music Composer
Pale Flower
1964Original Music Composer
1964Original Music Composer
Pitfall
1962Original Music Composer
1962Original Music Composer
Antonio Gaudí
1984Original Music Composer
1984Original Music Composer
Silence
1971Original Music Composer
1971Original Music Composer
Assassination
1964Original Music Composer
1964Original Music Composer
The Inheritance
1962Original Music Composer
1962Original Music Composer
The Inland Sea
1991Original Music Composer
1991Original Music Composer
Ballad of Orin
1977Original Music Composer
1977Original Music Composer
Dodes'ka-den
1970Original Music Composer
1970Original Music Composer
Gonza the Spearman
1986Original Music Composer
1986Original Music Composer
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
1975Original Music Composer
1975Original Music Composer
Youth in Fury
1960Original Music Composer
1960Original Music Composer
Empire of Passion
1978Original Music Composer
1978Original Music Composer
Himiko
1974Original Music Composer
1974Original Music Composer
Double Suicide
1969Original Music Composer, Writer
1969Original Music Composer, Writer
Crazed Fruit
1956Original Music Composer
1956Original Music Composer
Tokyo Trial
1983Original Music Composer
1983Original Music Composer
The Ceremony
1971Original Music Composer
1971Original Music Composer
Samurai Spy
1965Original Music Composer
1965Original Music Composer
The Petrified Forest
1973Original Music Composer
1973Original Music Composer
Rising Sun
1993Original Music Composer
1993Original Music Composer
A Flame at the Pier
1962Original Music Composer
1962Original Music Composer
The Man Who Left His Will on Film
1970Original Music Composer
1970Original Music Composer
With Beauty and Sorrow
1965Original Music Composer
1965Original Music Composer