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tomita
real name Isao Tomita (冨田勲 - Tomita Isao)
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Japan
tomita is credited on 603 releases across 80 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1959–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
603
Credits
80
Albums
8
Decades active
91
In collections
Biography
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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 The Earth" (1969), "The new Tale Of Heike" (1972) and "Kaishu Katsu" (1974). In 1973 Tomita established "Plasma Music".
On July 30, 1980 it was announced that Tomita was to be the first president of Japan Records.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
603 releases · 80 albums · active 1959–2026
- Performance · 967
- Other credits · 292
- Engineering · 83
- Production · 27
Studios: Filmkunst Musikverlag · Plasma Music Inc. · Onkio Haus · GOK Sound
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Snowflakes Are Dancing
1974

Pictures At An Exhibition
1975

The Planets
1976

The Music Of Cosmos
1981

The Bermuda Triangle
1978

Kosmos
1978

The Firebird
1975

The Ultimate Performance
1981

Live At Linz, 1984 (The Mind Of The Universe)
1985

Logic
1981

Daphnis Et Chloé
1979

Dawn Chorus
1984

Space Walk - Impression Of An Astronaut
1984

Tomita's Greatest Hits
1979

Super Roots 8
1999

Golliwog's Cakewalk / Clair De Lune
1974
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Osamu Tezuka
- Isao Tomita
- Kodō
- Hajime Tachibana
- David Holmes
- Boredoms
- The Helpful Soul
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