Hitomi Shimizu (冷水ひとみ) is a keyboardist and

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of live action films, television programs, animated shorts and videogames. She is part of a musical duo with violinist Hiromi Nishida called

Syzygys Syzygys is a Japanese organ-violin duo composed of Hitomi Shimizu on organ and Hiromi Nishida on violin. Formed in 1985, they play "microtonal pop music", specifically just intonation in the form of Harry Partch's 43-tone scale.Louise Duchesneau ...

. Born in Nara, Japan, she majored in music composition at the Toho Gakuen School of Music. Her score for the 2001 comedy ''

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'', composed with Gakuji Matsuda, won the Japan Academy Prize for best film score. She also contributed music to the short film ''Mt. Head'', by Kōji Yamamura, which won the top prize at the 27th Annecy International Animation Film Festival, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. That film also won the Best Soundtrack Creation Award at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Shimizu has written music for several horror projects. She was the composer of the television series ‘’ Gakkou no Kaidan’’ (School Ghost Story)’’ with Gary Ashiya. Following this series, both musicians composed for the PlayStation 2 title ‘’

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’’. In 2008, Shimizu was the sole composer of the PlayStation 3 sequel ‘’ Siren: Blood Curse’’. The new title features an arrangement of the Siren main theme played on an Ondes Martenot by musician Wakana Ichihashi. The song is voiced by singer Yula Yayoi.

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'' (2003): Composer (in collaboration with Gary Ashiya) *'' Siren: Blood Curse'' (2008): Composer

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Syzygys Official Website
Video game composers Japanese women musicians Japanese musicians Toho Gakuen School of Music alumni Living people Siren (series) Musicians from Nara Prefecture Year of birth missing (living people) {{videogame-musician-stub