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Isao Tomita (冨田 勲, Tomita Isao, 22 April 1932 – 5 May 2016), [ 1 ] often known simply as Tomita, was a Japanese composer, regarded [ 2 ] as one of the pioneers of electronic music [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] and space music, [ 6 ] and as one of the most famous producers of analog synthesizer arrangements. [ 7 ] In addition to creating note-by-note ...
Isao Tomita was born in Tokyo in 1932, and at the age of three moved to China with his father, where he remained for five years before returning to Japan. As a student he took private lessons in composition, orchestration and theory while reading art history at Keio University in Tokyo. At the same time, he honed his art and supported himself ...
May 12, 2016 · Isao Tomita was born in Tokyo on April 22, 1932. He spent part of his childhood in China, where his father, Kiyoshi, was a physician at a textile mill; the family returned to Japan in 1939.
Real Name: Isao Tomita (冨田勲 - Tomita Isao) Profile: Japanese composer, arranger and synthesizer player. Born in Tokyo in April 22, 1932. Died May 5, 2016, Tokyo, Japan. He wrote the theme music used by the Japanese gymnastics team in the 1956 Olympics. He has written the background music for "The Life Of The Flower (1960), "The Heaven And ...
Isao Tomita was one of the great pioneers of electronic music in the mid 1970's and 1980's. Here are some of Tomita's best arrangements - of particular inter...
Debussy: Arabesque No. 1 (Tomita electronic arrangement)5.5K views- isao tomita - the tale of genji, symphonic fantasy (1999)9K views
- Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Tomita electronic arrangement)5.9K views
- Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (Tomita electronic arrangement)3.3K views
- Pachelbel: Canon in D (Tomita electronic arrangement)7.6K views
- Dvořák-Fisher: Goin' Home (arr. Tomita / Clamma Dale, soprano)1.2K views
- Isao Tomita - Fantasy of the Clock / Whistling Boy (Bach)66.1K views
- 08 Tomita - The Girl With The Flaxen Hair (Preludes, Book I, No.8)51.8K views
- Isao Tomita - Storm From The East (Full Album)45.5K views
- Ravel: Boléro (Tomita electronic arrangement)25.7K views
May 17, 2016 · Tomita, who died of heart failure last week at the age of 84, understood happiness. In the early 70s, he imported his electronic gear to Japan at great cost, spending nearly $125,000 on a Moog III ...
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in Music | May 13th, 2016 Leave a Comment. During his childhood in the Japan of the 1930s, Isao Tomita would have barely had the chance to hear Western music. But when the Second World War came to an end, the introduction of local U.S. Army broadcasts must have felt like the opening of a sonic floodgate: “I thought I ...
