Japanese New Wave and arthouse

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

Japanese New Wave and arthouse · Around 1960 Japanese directors such as Nagisa Ōshima, Masaki Kobayashi and Hiroshi Teshigahara made radical, modern films. Tōru Takemitsu, a largely self-taught composer, wrote the music for many of them. In Seppuku (1962) he used the biwa, a Japanese lute, with sharp, isolated notes. For Suna no onna (1964) he processed string sounds into a dry, grainy sound. He saw sound and silence as a single whole. Ryuichi Sakamoto, a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra, acted in Ōshima's Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) and wrote the music for it. Takemitsu worked with Kurosawa on Ran (1985).

Listening

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  Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence · Ryuichi Sakamoto, 1983
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  Harakiri Theme · Toru Takemitsu, 1962
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  Opening Credits (Main Title) · Toru Takemitsu, 1985

In School of Rock

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• Film Music Map^NL Map

See also

• Japanese golden age and tokusatsu
• Nouvelle vague