Shin'ichirō Ikebe (Japanese: 池辺 晋一郎 Ikebe Shin'ichirō; born September 15, 1943, in Mito, Ibaraki) is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music. He has written the scores for many films by Akira Kurosawa and other Japanese film directors, including Kagemusha (1980), MacArthur's Children (1984), Kurosawa's Dreams (1990), Rhapsody in August (1991), Madadayo (1993), and Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001). He studied composition with Tomojirō Ikenouchi, Akio Yashiro, and Akira Miyoshi at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, obtaining a master's degree in 1971. He serves as a professor at the Tokyo College of Music. He had several awards up to 2004, such as Excellence at the Salzburg TV Opera, The Italian Broadcasting Corporation, that is, RAI, The International Emmy Award, the Otaka Award, the Broadcasting Culture Award, the Yoshio Sagawa incentive Award, the Medal with Purple Ribbon.
Making of 'Dreams'
(Music)
The Eel
(Original Music Composer)
Kagemusha
(Original Music Composer)
Dreams
(Original Music Composer)
Ino Tadataka: Meridian dreams
(Music)
Days with Harasu
(Music)
Dohten
(Music)
Why Not?
(Original Music Composer)
Rhapsody in August
(Original Music Composer)
Climbing to Spring
(Original Music Composer)
Summer of Ubume
(Original Music Composer)
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
(Original Music Composer)
Spy Sorge
(Original Music Composer)
Moonlight Serenade
(Original Music Composer)
Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
(Original Music Composer)
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
(Original Music Composer)
Labyrinth Romanesque
(Original Music Composer)
Murder on D Street
(Original Music Composer)
Takeshi: Childhood Days
(Original Music Composer)
Glory to the Filmmaker!
(Original Music Composer)
Madadayo
(Original Music Composer)
Gray Sunset
(Original Music Composer)
Boy's Choir
(Original Music Composer)
The Milkwoman
(Original Music Composer)
Winter Days
(Original Music Composer)
Zegen
(Original Music Composer)
The Ballad of Narayama
(Original Music Composer)
MacArthur's Children
(Original Music Composer)
The Ode to Joy
(Original Music Composer)
Surgical Designs in Flames
(Original Music Composer)
Future Boy Conan
(Music)
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
(Music)
Haruko's Doll
(Music)
Paradise of Paradise
(Original Music Composer)
Vengeance Is Mine
(Original Music Composer)
Closed Ward
(Original Music Composer)
Eternal Monument
(Original Music Composer)
Dream Island Girl
(Music)
Future Boy Conan: The Big Giant Robot's Resurrection
(Music)
Future Boy Conan
(Music)
Fujin no Mon
(Music)
Toge no Gunzo
(Music)
Ōgon no Hibi
(Music)
Kimi no na wa
(Music)