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Murai was born to Japanese popular music composer Kunihiko Murai. [1] He moved to Los Angeles when he was nine years old. He graduated with a degree from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. [4]
Murai was born to Japanese popular music composer Kunihiko Murai. [1] He moved to Los Angeles when he was nine years old. He graduated with a degree from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. [4]
Hiro Murai (born 1983) is a Japanese-born American filmmaker based in Los Angeles.
- The Beginning of A Life in Music
- Yellow Magic Orchestra Finds Global Success
- An Anniversary Concert
INTERVIEWER Tell us how you got your start in the music scene. Murai Kunihiko at 25 or 26. He composed more than 300 songs in five years and promoted many artists as president of Alfa Music, the former name for Alfa Records. (Courtesy of Murai Kunihiko) MURAI KUNIHIKO My work is based on jazz and classical music. I was crazy about big band since I ...
INTERVIEWER When you contracted with Screen Gems–Columbia, which managed songwriters like Neil Sedaka and Carole King, you encountered a lawyer who would play a role in bringing Yellow Magic Orchestra to a world audience. MURAI Carole King’s producer Lou Adler came to Japan in 1972. When I played some Hosono Haruomi for him, he was thrilled: “This ...
INTERVIEWER This December you’ll hold a concert in Tokyo to celebrate 50 years of your career as a composer. You’ll be playing many old favorites, but presenting them in new forms, like a new jazz arrangement of “Wings to Fly.” What keeps you so actively involved in creating? MURAI Music is playing in my head from the very moment I wake up in the m...
May 25, 2022 · I n the early 2010s, Hiro Murai was a Los Angeles-based music-video director, working regularly with the local Odd Future music collective—which included Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt, and Tyler...
- Elijah Wolfson
Aug 10, 2018 · Born in Japan, Murai was nine years old when he moved with his family to West Hollywood, after his father—who owned a music-publishing business—decided to relocate.
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Jan 8, 2023 · Director’s Chair: Hiro Murai. Born in Tokyo, Hiro moved to Los Angeles at the age of nine and went to USC School of Cinematic Arts before becoming a music video director. Coming up, the director found inspiration in the works of Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano and writer Haruki Murakami.
