Taro Iwashiro

Taro Iwashiro (岩代 太郎, Iwashiro Tarō, born May 1, 1965 in Tokyo) is a Japanese composer.

Career

Iwashiro has composed the music for many Japanese television series and films. He has composed for both Red Cliff films, Shinobi: Heart Under Blade, Azumi, The Prince of Tennis, Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture, and the Korean film Memories of Murder. He was also lead composer for the Capcom video game Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny. Iwashiro has often led the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra for his soundtracks, including the 2005 taiga drama Yoshitsune and 2008 film Red Cliff.

Filmography

• Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture (1997)
• The Dog of Flanders (1997)
• Aoi Tokugawa Sandai (2000)
• Memories of Murder (2003)
• Spring Snow (2005)
• Sinking of Japan (2006)
• Red Cliff (2008)
• Shodo Girls (2010)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2011)
• Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan: Yamamoto Isoroku (2011)
• Our Homeland (2012)
• Ask This of Rikyu (2013)
• Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet (2013)
• Unforgiven (2013)
• Kiki's Delivery Service (2014)
• The Crossing (2014)
• The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2015)
• Kado: The Right Answer (2017)^[1]
• A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-^[2]
• Uma Musume Pretty Derby (2018)

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Taro Iwashiro on IMDb
• Taro Iwashiro at Anime News Network's encyclopedia