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Takeshi Furukawa (古川 毅, Furukawa Takeshi) is a Japanese-American composer and conductor. His works have spanned the concert stage, films, television, video games, and advertising campaigns.[1]

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Takeshi Furukawa
Genres	Soundtrack Contemporary Classical
Labels	iam8bit
Website	www.takeshifurukawa.com

Early life

Furukawa was born in Tokyo, Japan, and raised in the suburbs of Los Angeles after moving to the United States at the age of three. As a child, he studied the piano, then, later on, the viola. Furukawa was inspired to pursue composition after seeing Jurassic Park and hearing John Williams’ score,[2] and his parents, although non-musical themselves, accorded him to a very privileged music education.[3]

Career

In 2016, Furukawa composed the score for Fumito Ueda’s The Last Guardian. The performance of the soundtrack was conducted by Furukawa with the London Symphony Orchestra, the Trinity Boys Choir, and London Voices, and was recorded at Lyndhurst Hall.[4]

Works

Video games
Year	Title	Role	Awards & Nominations
2010	GoldenEye 007	Composer
2016	The Last Guardian	Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor	Winner - IGN Award for Best Original Music[5] Winner - Premio Drago d'Oro for Miglior Colonna Sonora[6] Nominated - BAFTA Games Award for Music[7] Nominated - D.I.C.E. Award for Outstanding Original Music Composition[8] Nominated - IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media[9] Nominated - SXSW Gaming Awards for Excellence in Musical Score[10]
Films
Year	Title	Role	Awards & Nominations
2008	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Orchestrator
2010	NoNAMES	Composer
2011	Bhopali	Composer
Television
Year	Title	Role	Awards & Nominations
2004 - 2005	Star Trek: Enterprise	Orchestrator
2008 - 2013	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Composer
2019	Mythic Quest	Composer

References

External links

• Official website
• Takeshi Furukawa at IMDb

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