Shigeru Umebayashi

Shigeru Umebayashi
Background information
Birth name	Shigeru Umebayashi
Born	(1951-02-19) February 19, 1951 Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Genres	Rock, film scores
Occupation(s)	composer, musician
Years active	1984–present
Website	www.shigeru-umebayashi.com

Shigeru Umebayashi (梅林茂, Umebayashi Shigeru, [ɯmebajaɕi ɕiɡeɾɯ]) (born February 19, 1951 in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka) is a Japanese composer.

Once the leader and bass player of Japan's new wave rock band EX, composer Shigeru Umebayashi began scoring films in 1985 when the band broke up. He has more than 30 Japanese and Chinese film scores to his credit and is perhaps best known in the West for "Yumeji's Theme" (originally from Seijun Suzuki's Yumeji), included in director Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love (2000). Umebayashi scored most of Wong Kar-wai's follow-up film, 2046 (2004), and House of Flying Daggers. He is also the composer for the music of the first Serbian spectacle, Charleston & Vendetta. Umebayashi received the special "Tomislav Pinter Award" at Avvantura Film Festival Zadar (Croatia) in 2013 during his stay as member of the official Jury.

Filmography

1980s

• Itsuka Darekaga Korosareru (1984)
• Tomoyo Shizukani Nemure (1985)
• Sorekara (1985)
• Sorobanzuku (1986)
• Shinshi Domei (1986)
• Kyohu no Yacchan (1987)
• Getting Blue in Color (1988)

1990s

• Hong Kong Paradise (1990)
• Tekken (1990)
• Yumeji (1991)
• Ote (1991)
• Goaisatsu (1991)
• Arihureta Ai ni Kansuru Chosa (1992)
• Byoin he Iko 2 Yamai ha Kikara (1992)
• Nemuranai Machi Shinjuku Zame (1993)
• Izakaya Yurei (1994)
• Zero Woman (1995)
• Boxer Joe (1995)
• Kitanai Yatsu (1995)
• Hashirana Akan Yoake Made (1995)
• The Christ of Nanjing (1995)
• Shin Gokudo Kisha (1996)
• Izakaya Yurei 2 (1996)
• Ichigo Domei (1997)
• Isana no Umi (1997)
• Watashitachi ga Sukidatta Koto (1997)
• G4 Option Zero (1997)
• Fuyajo (1998)
• Belle Epoch (1998)

2000s

• 2000 A.D. (2000)
• Shojo (2000)
• In the Mood for Love (2000)
• Midnight Fly (2001)
• Hikari no Ame (2001)
• Onmyoji (2001)
• Zhou Yu's Train (2002)
• Onmyoji II (2003)
• Floating Land Scape (2003)
• House of Flying Daggers (2004)
• 2046 (2004)
• Hibi (2004)
• Fearless (2006)
• Daisy (2006)
• Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
• Hannibal Rising (2007)
• Absurdistan (2008)
• Incendiary (2008)
• Tears for Sale (2008)
• The Real Shaolin (2008)
• Murderer (2009)

2010s

• True Legend (2010)
• Days of Grace (2011)
• Trishna (2011)
• The Grandmaster (2013)
• Rise of the Legend (2014)
• The Bride (2015)
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
• The Wasted Times (2016)

Discography

1980s

• "Someday Someone will be Killed" Soundtrack (1984)
• Sorekara (1985)
• Bazaar (1986)
• "Sorobanzu" Original Soundtrack (1986)
• Main Title (1986)
• I Cant Lose My Heart Tonight (1986)
• "Yachijin of Terror" Original Soundtrack (1987)
• Do It To Me / Boys / All I Want Is You (1988)
• Ume (1988)

1990s

• Nightingale's Drum (1992)
• "Teacher Summer Vacation Story" Original Soundtrack (1992)

2000s

• "Yin Yang Shi" Original Soundtrack (2001)
• Yemeni's Theme (2001)
• Une Adolescente (2002)
• "Yin Yang Division II" Original Soundtrack (2003)
• "House of Flying Daggers" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2004)
• Fire (2005)
• The World Of Shigeru Umebayashi 1985-2005 (2006)
• "Jet Li's Fearless" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2006)
• "Daisy" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2006)
• "Curse Of The Golden Flower" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2007)

2010s

• For the Record (2010)
• "The Grandmaster" Original Scores By Shigeru Umebayashi And Nathaniel Mechaly (2013)
• "Sword of Destiny" Soundtrack (2016)
• "Rise Of The Legend" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2016)

See also

• List of soundtrack composers

External links

• Official website
• Oct 2009 Video Interview, in Greek, from the Ghent Film Festival 2009
• Feb 2005 interview
• Oticons Film Music Composers Agency - Shigeru Umebayashi Profile
• Shigeru Umebayashi at IMDb
• https://www.discogs.com/artist/297421-Shigeru-Umebayashi