Masaru Sato

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Masaru Sato was born in 1928 in Rumoi on Hokkaido. He studied at the National Academy of Music and became a pupil of Fumio Hayasaka at the film studio Toho. He helped with the orchestration of Shichinin no samurai (1954). After Hayasaka's sudden death in 1955 he took over the work for Akira Kurosawa. Among other things he wrote the music for Kumonosu-jō (Throne of Blood, 1957), Yōjimbō (1961) and Akahige (1965). Unlike Akira Ifukube, Sato used Western popular styles and light jazz. He also wrote for four Godzilla films, from Gojira no gyakushū (1955) to Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974). In 44 years at Toho he made more than 300 film scores. He wrote only for film, not for the concert hall.

Listening

• 
  Titles · Masaru Sato, 1957
• 
  Go Sanjuro · Masaru Sato, 1961
• 
  Main Title · Masaru Sato, 1974

Discography

Studio albums

• 1962Yojimbo (soundtrack)
• 1980交響組曲 地球へ… (soundtrack)
• 1982交響組曲 地球へ… (soundtrack)
• 1988交響組曲 地球へ… (soundtrack)
• 1993交響組曲 地球へ… (soundtrack)
• 1993交響組曲 地球へ… (soundtrack)
• 1995The H-Man (soundtrack)
• 1996日本沈没 = Tidal Wave (soundtrack)
• 2001The Hidden Fortress (soundtrack)
• 2001交響組曲 地球へ… (soundtrack)
• 2002High & Low (soundtrack)
• 2002交響組曲 地球へ… (soundtrack)
• 2016Half Human (soundtrack)
• 2016交響組曲 地球へ… (soundtrack)
• 2019Akira Kurosawa - Soundtracks: 1952-1963 (soundtrack)
• 2022The Sword Of Doom (soundtrack)
• 2024交響組曲 地球へ… (soundtrack)
• 2024交響組曲 地球へ… (soundtrack)

Other work

• 1955Gojira no gyakushū
• 1957Kumonosu-jō / Throne of Blood
• 1965Akahige
• 1974Godzilla tegen Mechagodzilla

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Film Music Map^NL Map
• The Dream Factory: Film Reel 6^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• Japanese golden age and tokusatsu GenreAfter his death in 1955, his pupil Masaru Sato took over the work for Kurosawa.

See also

• Japanese golden age and tokusatsu