Composition
Major Music
| Music Title | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2000 | Suite "The 20th Century In Moving Images" | Premiere: The Symphony Hall Takashi Kako (Pf.) Conductor: Seikyo Kim Osaka Century Symphony Orchestra |
| Waltz in the Evening Glow | |||
| 1999 | 1999 | White plum blossoms | Premiere: Sumida Triphony Hall Takashi Kako (Pf.) |
| 1998 | 1998 | Aria in the Desolated Field | Premiere: Kioi Hall Takashi Kako (Pf.) Oleg Riabets (male soprano) |
| 1997 | 1997 | Layers of the Color | Premiere: Park Tower Hall Takashi Kako (Pf.) Space composition: Ushio Amagatsu |
| 1993 | 1993 | Plélude de l'eau | Premiere: Le Temple De L'eau (Hokkaido, Tomamu) Takashi Kako (Pf.) |
| 1993 | 1993 | Is Paris Burning | Premiere: Kioi Hall Takashi Kako (Pf.) |
| 1992 | 1992 | El Viento De Gibraltar | Premiere: Casals Hall Takashi Kako (Pf.) |
| 1991 | 1991 | Piano Suite "Estampe Sonore" | Premiere: Spiral Hall Takashi Kako (Pf.) |
| 1989 | 1989 | Apocalypse | Premiere: Spiral Hall, Theatre Odeon (Vienna) Takashi Kako (Pf.) Izmael Ivo (Dancer) Director: Ushio Amagatsu |
| 1988 | 1988 | Kenji Kara Kikoeru Ongaku | Original: Kenji Miyazawa Composition: Nachi Nozawa, Takashi Kako |
| Symphonic Poem "Spring" ∼ Homage To Flowers | Premiere: The International Garden and Greenery Exposition in Osaka Takashi Kako (Pf.) Conductor: Naoto Otomo CD by Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra | ||
| 1987 | 1987 | White Nile | Premiere: Montpellier Music Festival |
| 1986 | 1986 | Klee | Premiere: Ohara Museum |
| 1985 | 1985 | Poésie ∼ Greensleeves | Premiere: Parco Theater Takashi Kako (Pf.) |
| 1982 | 1982 | Sea Storm | Premiere: Toho Seimei Hall |
| 1978 | 1978 | 11 Rue Titon | Premiere: TOK Takashi Kako (Pf.) Oliver Johnson (Drs.) Kent Carter (B.) |
| El Al | Premiere: Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd | ||
| 1974 | 1974 | Quartet for flute, clarinet, marimba, and percussion | Premiere: Paris National Radio Broadcasting Station |
| 1972 | 1972 | Night Song of a Traveller | Premiere: Paris International Universty Hall |
| Movement for Orchestra | Premiere: Salle Gaveau Paris Concervatoire Orchestra | ||
| 1971 | 1971 | Construction for Orchestra | Premiere: Hibiya Kokaido Tokyo hilharmonic Orchestra by Hiroshi Wakasugi |
Film Music
| Film Title | Director | Production, Distribution | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2022 | Touge: Saigo no Samurai (Touge: The Last Samurai) | Takashi Koizumi | Production: Touge: Saigo no Samurai (Touge: The Last Samurai) Production committee Distribution: Shochiku, Asmik Ace | |
| 2020 | 2020 | Kikyo (The Return) | Shigemichi Sugita | ||
| 2018 | 2018 | Chiri Tsubaki (Samurai's Promise) | Daisaku Kimura | Production: Chiri Tsubaki (Samurai's Promise) Production committee Distribution: Toho | Received the 42nd Montreal World Film Festival Judge's Special Grand Prix Received the 42nd Japan Academy Award for Outstanding Music |
| 2016 | 2016 | Warau 101sai × 2 (Two Journalists: One Century) | Atsunori Kawamura | Production: PICTURESNETWORK Distribution: MAGIC HOUR, LUXES | 29th Tokyo International Film Festival Special Screening |
| Everest: Goddess of the Sky | Hideyuki Hirayama | Production: KADOKAWA Distribution: Toho、Asmik Ace | Received the 26th Japanese Movie Critics Award for Film Music | ||
| 2015 | 2015 | Hatashiai | Shigemichi Sugita | Production: Nihon Eiga Broadcasting Corporation | New York Festivals World ’s Best TV & Films Drama Special Category Gold Award |
| 2014 | 2014 | Higurashi no Ki (A Samurai Chronicle) | Takashi Koizumi | Toho | Received the 38th Japan Academy Award for Outstanding Music |
| Ieji (Homeland) | Nao Kubota | Production: Solid-Jam Distribution: BITTERS END | Official exhibition at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival | ||
| 2011 | 2011 | Taiheiyou no Kiseki (Oba: The Last Samurai) | Hideyuki Hirayama | Toho | |
| 2010 | 2010 | Saigo no Chushingura (The Last Ronin) | Shigemichi Sugita | Warner Bros. | Received the 35th Japan Academy Award for Outstanding Music |
| 2009 | 2009 | Satoyama | Tetsunori Kikuchi | GAGA Corporation | NHK documentary |
| 2008 | 2008 | Ashita e no yuigon (Best Wishes for Tomorrow) | Takashi Koizumi | Cinema Investment Corporation | |
| 2006 | 2006 | Hakase no Aishita Sushiki (The Housekeeper and the Professor) | Takashi Koizumi | Asmik Ace Entertainment | Received the 61st Mainichi Film Awards Music Award |
| 2002 | 2002 | Shiroi Inu to Waltz o (To Dance with the White Dog) | Takashi Tsukinoki | Toei | Main theme |
| Amidado Dayori (Letter from the Mountain) | Takashi Koizumi | Asmik Ace Entertainment | Received the 57th Mainichi Film Awards Music Award Received the 26th Japan Academy Award for Outstanding Music | ||
| 2001 | 2001 | Taiga no Itteki (A Single Drop of Water in a Mighty River) | Seijiro Kouyama | Toho | |
| 2000 | 2000 | ritual | Hideaki Anno | STUDIO KAJINO | Received the Tokyo International Film Festival Excellence Award |
| Choi Seung-Hee and Kim Mae-Ja | Tomoko Fujiwara | Distribution: Iwanami Hall | |||
| 1998 | 1998 | The Quarry | Marion Hansel | Distribution: Renaissance | Belgian cinema 1998 Montreal World Film Festival Grand Prix Winner Received the Best Artistic Contribution Award for Music |
| 1997 | 1997 | Ano Hi Kono Kosha De | Toru Yoshikawa | Iwanami Audio-Visual Media Inc. | |
| 1993 | 1993 | Arakawa | Yoshihiro hagiwara | Shiguro | |
| 1992 | 1992 | Mirai No Omoide | Yoshimitsu Morita | Toho | |
| On the Earth In Heaven | Marion Hansel | Belgium, Spain, France collaboration Winner of the 1992 Arcachon Film Festival Grand Prix | |||
| 1990 | 1990 | Kazantou - Oshima | Hisaya Iwasa | Izu Ooshima Volcano Museum | |
| 1986 | 1986 | Keshin | Yoichi Higashi | Toei |
TV, Radio
| Program Title | Broadcaster | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2022 | The Century in Moving Images Butterfly Effect | NHK | |
| 2018 | 2018 | Kenji Miyazawa, Journey to the Galaxy | NHK BS4K | Director: Tsutomu Konno |
| 2015 | 2015 | NHK Special "The Century in Moving Images" | NHK | 2015–2016 |
| NHK Special "The 20th Century in Moving Images Digital Remaster" | NHK BS1 | 2015–2016 | ||
| Shuuhei Fujisawa Drama Series "Hatashiai" | SKY PerfecTV! Basic Service | |||
| 2013 | 2013 | Joui-uchi Hairyoutsuma-shimatsu | TV Asahi | |
| 2012 | 2012 | Sprint! Soma Nomaoi ∼ Beyond the Great East Japan Earthquake | NHK | |
| A Quilt House | NHK | |||
| 2011 | 2011 | NHK Special "Whether the Japanese Why Headed to War" | NHK | |
| 2010 | 2010 | NHK Special "Japan-US Security Treaty 50 Years" | NHK | |
| 2009 | 2009 | NHK Special "Takashi Tachibana Thinking Document, Cancer, Challenging the mysteries of life and death" | NHK | |
| NHK Special "Japanese Navy 400 Hours Testimony" | NHK | |||
| NHK Special "End of the War Drama, Judgment of The Soul" | NHK | |||
| PROJECT JAPAN Series | NHK | Ending Theme | ||
| 2008 | 2008 | Satoyama III | NHK | |
| 2005 | 2005 | NHK Special "Nippon no Gunzo, 20 Years for the Revival" | NHK | |
| 2003 | 2003 | NHK Special "Battle of Wealth ∼ The Global Market" | NHK | |
| NHK Special "War and Peace in the Showa Period" | NHK | |||
| Shiroi Kyotou (The Great White Tower) | Fuji TV | October 2003–March 2004 Fuji TV 45th Anniversary Program | ||
| 2001 | 2001 | Hiroyuki Itsuki "Heart of The Japanese" | TBS BS-i | Theme |
| 2000 | 2000 | Ningen Document | NHK | February 2000–March 2003 Theme |
| 1997 | 1997 | NHK Special "Masyu-ko" | NHK | Director: Masaru Ikeo |
| Document Nippon | NHK | 1997–2000 Theme | ||
| 1996 | 1996 | Keiji Ou! | TV Tokyo | Director: Kon Ichikawa, Koreyoshi Kurahara, etc |
| Kenji Miyazawa, Traveler of the Galaxy | NHK | Director: Yasuaki Tsuji | ||
| 1995 | 1995 | NHK Special "The 20th Century In Moving Images" | NHK | 1995–1996 |
| NHK Special "Kingdom of the Heart ∼ Misuzu Kaneko" | NHK | Director: Ben Konno NHK Broadcast 70th Anniversary Program Received the Mainichi Art Award | ||
| 1993 | 1993 | Chichibu Yo-matsuri Satsujin-jiken | TV Asahi | Director: Koreyoshi Kurahara |
| 1990 | 1990 | Raiju | TBS | Director: Toshimasa Suzuki Written by Wahei Tatematsu |
| 1989 | 1989 | HDTV "Flowers, The Mystery of Life" | NHK | The 2nd Electronic Cinema Festival Documentary Division Best Film Award |
| 1988 | 1988 | Shimanto River ∼ Atsuyoshi no Natsu | TBS | Director: Shin-ichi Kamoshita |
| Diary | Nippon TV | Director: Shintaro Sofue Screenplay: Ben Konno | ||
| 1987 | 1987 | The Walnut's House | TBS | Director: Akira Sakazaki |
| 1986 | 1986 | Love ∼ Like a Wind ... | TBS | Director: Osamu Naganuma |
| The Tender Button | Fuji TV | Director: Ben Konno | ||
| Walk The Tibetan Plateau | Fuji TV | Director: Shuji Miyamae | ||
| 1981 | 1981 | Shiroyama Saburo Series "Price Destruction" | NHK | Director: Ben Wada |
| 1977 | 1977 | Matsumoto Seicho Series "The Missing Person" | NHK | Director: Akihiko Shigemitsu |
| Matsumoto Seicho Series "The Client" | NHK | Director: Kiyoshi Takano | ||
| Matsumoto Seicho Series "The Habitat Distribution", "The Last Self-Portrait" | NHK | Director: Ben Wada |
Commissioned Music
| Music Title | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2010 | Vermilion Scape | Commission: Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa Premiere: Ishikawa Ongakudo Conductor: Michiyoshi Inoue Performance: Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa |
| 2006 | 2006 | Suite "Kumano Kodo" | Commissin: Mie Cultural Promotion Foundation Premiere: Mie Center For the Arts Conduct & Piano: Takashi kako Performance: Mariko Aikawa Chamber Orchestra |
| 2001 | 2001 | Wind in Water ∼ Empty Trans "for 25 String Koto" | Commission & Premiere: Keiko Nosaka |
| Ave Maria | Commission & Premiere: Slava | ||
| 1993 | 1993 | The legend of lake | Commissin: The 6th World Lake Conference Kasumigaura Image Music |
| 1990 | 1990 | Ocean Road | Commissin: Kesen Numa City Conference |
| 1985 | 1985 | Divertimento | Commission & Premiere: Sumire Yoshihara |
| 1984 | 1984 | Concerto for Koto and Orchestra | Commission & Premiere: Kazue Sawai & New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Michiyoshi Inoue |
| 1983 | 1983 | Genka Niso | Commission & Premiere: Kazue Sawai |
| 1981 | 1981 | Horoscope | Commission & Premiere: Sumire Yoshihara |