Michiru Oshima
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, is a Japanese composer
who has worked on several video game, movie, and television titles. Her works include composition for the video games Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf
for Super Nintendo
, Ico
for PlayStation 2
, Legend of Legaia
for the PlayStation
(and its PlayStation 2 sequel, Legaia Duel Saga, for which she collaborated with eminent Japanese game composers Yasunori Mitsuda
and Hitoshi Sakimoto
), Arc the Lad III
, and an orchestral arrangement of a Zelda medley for the Wii
and Nintendo GameCube
game The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
. In addition to video game music, she has composed music for Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
and Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
movies and scores for numerous anime
television series, including Fullmetal Alchemist
(and the motion picture Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
), Nabari no Ou, Queen Emeraldas
, Xam'd: Lost Memories
, Arc the Lad, and Weathering Continent
. She was also the composer for a Japanese stage musical adaptation of the classic Hollywood film Roman Holiday
. Her latest work includes the composition of several music tracks for the highly acclaimed Chinese espionage thriller film: The Message 《风声》in 2009.
Nominations
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
who has worked on several video game, movie, and television titles. Her works include composition for the video games Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf
Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf
Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf, known as in Japan, is a video game developed by Koei. It is part of Koei's Historical Simulation Series of games, and is the sequel to Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan II was developed and published for MSX, NES, DOS, X68000, PC-98, PC-88, Sega Genesis, SNES, Sega...
for Super Nintendo
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
, Ico
Ico
is an action-adventure game published by Sony Computer Entertainment and released for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It was designed and directed by Fumito Ueda, who wanted to create a minimalist game around a "boy meets girl" concept. Originally planned for the PlayStation, Ico took...
for PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2
The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
, Legend of Legaia
Legend of Legaia
is a 1998 Sony PlayStation role-playing video game created by Contrail. The game was followed by a 2001 video game called Legaia 2: Duel Saga on the PlayStation 2...
for the PlayStation
PlayStation
The is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
(and its PlayStation 2 sequel, Legaia Duel Saga, for which she collaborated with eminent Japanese game composers Yasunori Mitsuda
Yasunori Mitsuda
is a Japanese video game composer, sound programmer, and musician. He has composed music for or worked on over 35 games, and has contributed to over 15 other albums...
and Hitoshi Sakimoto
Hitoshi Sakimoto
is a Japanese video game composer and arranger. He is best known for scoring the games Final Fantasy Tactics and Final Fantasy XII, though he has composed soundtracks for over 70 games and arranged music for more than 40 others. He began playing music and video games in elementary school, and began...
), Arc the Lad III
Arc the Lad III
Arc the Lad III is a tactical role-playing video game developed by ARC Entertainment for the PlayStation and is the third game in the Arc the Lad series. It was released in 1999 in Japan, and released in North America on April 18, 2002, as part of Arc the Lad Collection...
, and an orchestral arrangement of a Zelda medley for the Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
and Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo GameCube
The , officially abbreviated to NGC in Japan and GCN in other regions, is a sixth generation video game console released by Nintendo on September 15, 2001 in Japan, November 18, 2001 in North America, May 3, 2002 in Europe, and May 17, 2002 in Australia...
game The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
is an action-adventure game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development, and published by Nintendo for the GameCube and Wii video game consoles. It is the thirteenth installment in The Legend of Zelda series...
. In addition to video game music, she has composed music for Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, released in Japan as is a 2000 science fiction kaiju film directed by Masaaki Tezuka and written by Hiroshi Kashiwabara and Wataru Mimura...
and Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, released in Japan as , is a 2002 Japanese science fiction kaiju film directed by Masaaki Tezuka, written by Wataru Mimura, and produced by Toho Co., Ltd. It is the 26th installment in the Godzilla series of films. It is the fourth film to feature Mechagodzilla...
movies and scores for numerous anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
television series, including Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist
, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution...
(and the motion picture Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa
is a 2005 Japanese animated film directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Sho Aikawa, and acts as a continuation of the first Fullmetal Alchemist television series...
), Nabari no Ou, Queen Emeraldas
Queen Emeraldas
is a four-episode Japanese anime OVA that continues the Harlock franchise created by Leiji Matsumoto. The anime was adapted from Matsumoto's 1978 manga of the same name. Queen Emeraldas is the story of the pirate spaceship, Queen Emeraldas, which is captained by the mysterious and beautiful...
, Xam'd: Lost Memories
Xam'd: Lost Memories
Xam'd: Lost Memories, released in Japan as , is an anime series, conceptualized by Bones and co-developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, Aniplex and Bones, which made its debut on Sony's inaugural launch of the PlayStation Network video download service at E3 in the United States on July 16,...
, Arc the Lad, and Weathering Continent
Weathering Continent
is a Japanese fantasy light novel series written by Sei Takekawa and illustrated by Mutsumi Inomata. The Weathering Continent centers on three travelers - the delicately handsome sorcerer Tieh, the burly and reticent warrior Bois, and the spritely young Lakshi - as they trek though the shattered...
. She was also the composer for a Japanese stage musical adaptation of the classic Hollywood film Roman Holiday
Roman Holiday
Roman Holiday is a 1953 romantic comedy directed and produced by William Wyler and starring Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. It was written by John Dighton and Dalton Trumbo, though with Trumbo on the Hollywood blacklist, he did not receive a credit; instead, Ian McLellan Hunter fronted for him...
. Her latest work includes the composition of several music tracks for the highly acclaimed Chinese espionage thriller film: The Message 《风声》in 2009.
Awards and nominations
Awards- 2005: Yubari International Fantastic Film FestivalYubari International Fantastic Film FestivalThe , also sometimes called YIFFF, is held in a resort-like environment in the small town of Yūbari on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaidō. From 1990 to 1999, the festival was known as the Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Film Festival.-History:...
Award for Composer Orchestrator - 2006: Tokyo Anime AwardTokyo Anime AwardThe Tokyo Anime Award started from 2002, but was named in 2005. The first, second and third awards were only named simply 'Competition'. The award ceremony is held at the Tokyo International Anime Fair....
for Best Music for Conqueror of Shamballa
Nominations
- 1998: Japanese Academy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music for Paradise LostParadise LostParadise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books, with a total of over ten thousand individual lines of verse...
- 2001: Japanese Academy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music for Nagasaki Burabura Bushi
- 2003: Japanese Academy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music for The Sun Also Rises and Copycat Criminal
- 2004: Japanese Academy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music for Like Asura
- 2006: Japanese Academy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music for Year One in the North
- 2007: Japanese Academy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music for Memories of TomorrowMemories of Tomorrowis a 2006 Japanese drama film starring Ken Watanabe, Higuchi Kanako and directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi. The film is based on a novel of the same title published by Hiroshi Ogiwara in 2004.-Plot:...
Film soundtracks (selective)
- 2010: Gôsuto (Tarô Ohtani)
- 2007: Tsubaki Sanjûrô (Yoshimitsu Morita)
- 2005: Princess RaccoonPrincess Raccoonis a 2005 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. The "raccoon" of the English title is actually a translation for the tanuki. It is a love story set in the musical genre and stars Zhang Ziyi as a tanuki princess and Joe Odagiri as the banished prince she falls in love with...
(Seijun SuzukiSeijun Suzuki, born Seitaro Suzuki on May 24, 1923, is a Japanese filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter. His films are renowned by film enthusiasts worldwide for their jarring visual style, irreverent humour, nihilistic cool and entertainment-over-logic sensibility...
) - 2003: Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., released in Japan as , is a 2003 science fiction kaiju film directed by Masaaki Tezuka. It was the twenty-seventh film to be released in the Godzilla series. It is the twelfth film to feature Mothra, the second film to feature Kamoebas, and the fifth and latest film to...
(Masaaki Tezuka) - 2002: Godzilla Against MechagodzillaGodzilla Against MechagodzillaGodzilla Against Mechagodzilla, released in Japan as , is a 2002 Japanese science fiction kaiju film directed by Masaaki Tezuka, written by Wataru Mimura, and produced by Toho Co., Ltd. It is the 26th installment in the Godzilla series of films. It is the fourth film to feature Mechagodzilla...
(Masaaki Tezuka) - 2002: Mohou-han (Yoshimitsu Morita)
- 2002: Hi wa mata noboru (Kiyoshi Sasabe)
- 2000: Godzilla vs. MegaguirusGodzilla vs. MegaguirusGodzilla vs. Megaguirus, released in Japan as is a 2000 science fiction kaiju film directed by Masaaki Tezuka and written by Hiroshi Kashiwabara and Wataru Mimura...
(Masaaki Tezuka) - 1998: Ohaka ga nai! (Takahito Hara)
- 1995: Winds of God (Yôko Narahashi)
Anime soundtracks (selective)
- 2011: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha (Kozo Morishita)
- 2010: Sound of the Sky (Mamoru KanbeMamoru Kanbeis a director whose works include Elfen Lied, Demon Prince Enma, and Cardcaptor Sakura.- Filmography :* Ninja Ryukenden * Ninja Toshi Monogatari * Harimogu Harry * Cardcaptor Sakura * Princess Comet...
) - 2010: The Tatami GalaxyThe Tatami Galaxyis a Japanese comedy-drama campus novel written by , originally published in December 2004 by in the tankōbon format and later reissued in March 2008 by Kadokawa Shoten as a bunkoban...
(Masaaki YuasaMasaaki Yuasais an anime television and film director, screenwriter, storyboard artist and animator known for his wild free form style. He was born on March 16, 1965 in Fukuoka, Japan...
) - 2008: Nabari (Kunihisa Sugishima)
- 2008: Bōnen no Xamdo (Masayuki MiyajiMasayuki Miyaji, born on , is a Japanese anime director and supervisor.-Biography:Upon graduating from Nihon University's art department's school of film, Miyaji took part in Studio Ghibli's Higashi-Koganei Sonjoku training program in 1998. He studied under the program along with fellow future animator Tadashi...
) - 2006: Project Blue Earth SOSProject Blue Earth SOS-External links:* *...
(Tensai Okamura) - 2006: Le Chevalier d'ÉonLe Chevalier D'Eonis a 24-episode anime TV series produced by Production I.G based on an original story by Tow Ubukata. The anime originally aired in Japan on WOWOW from August 19, 2006 to February 2, 2007. The story has also been adapted into a manga series written by Tow Ubukata and illustrated by Kiriko Yumeji,...
(Kazuhiro FuruhashiKazuhiro Furuhashiis a Japanese anime director and supervisor, born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. He is amongst anime's most foremost directors, having directed and helmed the entire Rurouni Kenshin series , the You're Under Arrest series, GetBackers, Hunter x Hunter, Zipang, Le Chevalier D'Eon,...
) - 2005: Garasu no Usagi (Setsuko Shibuichi)
- 2005: Fullmetal Alchemist: Conqueror of Shamballa (Seiji MizushimaSeiji Mizushimais a Japanese anime director. He has directed such series as Slayers Next, Shaman King, Fullmetal Alchemist, and more recently, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 and Un-Go...
) - 2003: Fullmetal AlchemistFullmetal Alchemist, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The world of Fullmetal Alchemist is styled after the European Industrial Revolution...
(Seiji MizushimaSeiji Mizushimais a Japanese anime director. He has directed such series as Slayers Next, Shaman King, Fullmetal Alchemist, and more recently, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 and Un-Go...
) - 1999: Magic User's ClubMagic User's Clubis a magical girl/boy anime, released as a six part OVA in 1996 and then a 13-episode TV series in 1999, which was broadcast by WOWOW, and then by the anime television network, Animax, across its respective networks worldwide, including Southeast Asia, South Asia and other regions...
(Junichi SatoJunichi Satois an anime director.-TV anime:*Queen Millennia *Patalliro! *Bemubemu Hunter Kotengu Tenmaru...
) - 1999: Arc the Lad (Itsuro KawasakiItsuro Kawasakiis a Japanese director of anime.-TV anime:*Popolocrois Monogatari - Assistant Director, Episode Director*Arc the Lad - Director*Wild Arms: Twilight Venom - Series Director, Storyboard*Love Hina - Storyboard...
) - 1998: Queen Emeraldas (Yuji Asada)
- 1996: Boys Over FlowersBoys Over Flowersis a Japanese shōjo manga series written by Yoko Kamio. It was serialized in the bi-weekly anthology magazine Margaret, which is aimed at high-school-age girls. The manga series ran continuously from October 1992 to September 2003, and was collected into 37 tankōbon volumes. In 1996, it received...
(Shigeyasu Yamauchi) - 1995: Legend of Crystania (Ryutaro NakamuraRyutaro Nakamura' is a Japanese Director and Animator, best known for directing the landmark anime series Serial Experiments Lain, and for his collaboration with Masamune Shirow and Chiaki J. Konaka on Ghost Hound...
) - 1994: Lord of Lords Ryu Knight (Toshifumi Kawase)
- 1993: (Hiroyuki Fukushima)
- 1992: (Koichi MashimoKoichi Mashimois a well-known Japanese anime director and the founder of the animation studio Bee Train. Since the creation of the studio, Mashimo directed or otherwise participated in all its works, for example, as a member of art or sound department...
)
Video games soundtracks (selective)
- 2006: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight PrincessThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princessis an action-adventure game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development, and published by Nintendo for the GameCube and Wii video game consoles. It is the thirteenth installment in The Legend of Zelda series...
(arranges) - 2003: Arc the Lad Twilight of the Spirits (arranges)
- 2002: Suikoden (arranges)
- 2002: Legaia DuelSaga
- 2002: IcoIcois an action-adventure game published by Sony Computer Entertainment and released for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It was designed and directed by Fumito Ueda, who wanted to create a minimalist game around a "boy meets girl" concept. Originally planned for the PlayStation, Ico took...
- 2000: Arc the Lad IIIArc the Lad IIIArc the Lad III is a tactical role-playing video game developed by ARC Entertainment for the PlayStation and is the third game in the Arc the Lad series. It was released in 1999 in Japan, and released in North America on April 18, 2002, as part of Arc the Lad Collection...
(arranges) - 1998: Legend of LegaiaLegend of Legaiais a 1998 Sony PlayStation role-playing video game created by Contrail. The game was followed by a 2001 video game called Legaia 2: Duel Saga on the PlayStation 2...
- 1992: UNDERCOVER COPSUndercover Copsis an arcade-style beat 'em up video game by Irem. It is Irem's first attempt in the modern beat 'em up genre that was founded by Capcom's Final Fight. A few years later after its release, a lot of the team who made the game went on to form Nazca, who created the Metal Slug game series...
(arranges) - 1992: Taikou RisshidenTaikou Risshidenis a Japanese video game series produced by Koei. It was later re-released on the Wii Virtual Console on September 1, 2009, ported from the Super Famicom version.The name of the game roughly means "the Taikō's success story"...
Drama soundtracks (selective)
- 2010: Misaki Number One!!
- 2008: Yasuko to KenjiYasuko to Kenjiis a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Aruko. Yasuko to Kenji was serialized in the shōjo manga magazine Bessatsu Margaret from April 2005 to November 2006...
- 2007: Watashi wa Kai ni Naritai
- 2007: HotelierHotelierHotelier is a South Korean drama broadcast by MBC in 2001. Asahi TV of Japan later remade the series in 2007. Hotelier contains a total of 20 episodes. The word "Hotelier" literally means "a person who owns or runs a hotel"...
- 2006: RegattaRegattaA regatta is a series of boat races. The term typically describes racing events of rowed or sailed water craft, although some powerboat race series are also called regattas...
- 2006: CA to Oyobi
- 2006: Oishii Proposal
- 2005: Yume de Aimashou
- 2003: Tenshi mitai
- 2002: Satorare
- 2002: GokusenGokusenis a manga series by Kozueko Morimoto. The story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a Yakuza boss and teacher at an all-male private high school. In 2008, a SP manga was out, featuring some of Yankumi's old students who are by now working adults.In 2002, the manga was adapted into a...
- 2001: Sayonara, Ozu Sensei
Selected concerts and projects
- 2011: In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores (musical project with the violist Hilary HahnHilary HahnHilary Hahn is an American violinist.Hahn was born in Lexington, Virginia. Beginning her studies when she was three years old at Baltimore's Peabody Institute, she was admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia at age ten, and in 1991, made her major orchestral debut with the...
) - 2011: Vocalise (with the mezzo-soprano Irina De Baghy for Festival Sérénade in SurgèresSurgèresSurgères is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. It is the home of the Surgères 48 Hour Race.-Surrounding communes:...
) - 2011: Ganbalo Nippon (short film The Orchestra in Hot Air Balloon for Japan)
- 2010: Concerto for viola (with Pierre Lenert and the Kiushu Symphony Orchestra)
- 2009: concerto for saxophone (with Daniel Gremelle and the Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra)
- 2007: smile (with the japanese violist Emiri Miyamoto)
- 2006: London Essay (with Dai Kimura)
- 2005: For the East (with the Quatuor Ravel)
External links
- Official homepage
- Artist profile at OverClocked ReMixOverClocked ReMixOverClocked ReMix, also known as OC ReMix and OCR, is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and paying tribute to video game music through arranging and re-interpreting the songs with new technology and software, as well as by various traditional means...
- Picture of Michiru Oshima
