Jun Miyake (Japanese: 三宅純 Hepburn: ''Miyake Jun'', January 7, 1958 in

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) is a Japanese composer. His music (e.g., the songs "Lilies in the Valley" and "The Here and After") was used in the film

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, nominated for the

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for Best Documentary Feature in January 2012. He has also been awarded by the German critic's award, Der Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, as Best Album of the Year for his last three albums, "Stolen from Strangers", "Lost Memory Theatre act-1", and "Lost Memory Theatre act-2". Discovered by Japanese jazz trumpeter

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, Miyake started his career as a jazz trumpet player, having studied at

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from 1976 to 1981. In 1981, he won the prize at the Massachusetts Artist Foundation award for his composition. After returning to Tokyo, he became an influential artist, as well as a successful composer. Miyake has now released 27 solo albums, and has worked on films, documentaries, dances, advertisement, theatre pieces, and served as a producer for numerous artists. His main instruments include the trumpet, flugelhorn, melodica, piano, keyboard, fender rhodes, and programming. In 1983, he released his first album "June Night Love", which includes two tracks used in the

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TV commercial starring

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. He then continued on to working for over 3000 TV commercials, which led to winning many awards including Cannes advertisement film festival and the Digital Media Grands prix. Miyake has worked closely with

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for pieces including Rough Cut (2005), Vollmond (2006), Sweet Mambo (2008), Como El Musguito En La Piedra, Ay Si Si... (2009), which led to the film

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; his tracks were featured in the essential scenes. This film was awarded by European Film Award 2011 as Best Documentary; nominated for the

2012 as Best Documentary Feature, and BAFTA 2012 as Best non-English language film. With

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in 1995, he composed the soundtrack of the episode "Stink Bomb" for the anime

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, where he uses a combination of jazz and funk to emphasize the film's chaotic and comedic nature. He has also worked closely with Robert Wilson on White Town (2002), an homage to

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at Bellevue Teatret in Copenhagen;

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who has done the artwork for Stolen from Strangers, Lost Memory Theatre act-1, Lost Memory Theatre act-2,

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, and

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, among others, as well as collaborations with artists such as

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, Peter Scherer,

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, Cosmic voice of Bulgaria,

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, Vincent Segal, Remi Kolpa Kopoul,

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, and many others. With his ability to blend the most seemingly disparate element of music, he has achieved much respect throughout the world. From 2005, he has set a base in Paris, actively working on several projects. He has been selected as "Man of 2009" by

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Homme. In 2016, he arranged the Japanese national anthem

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for

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; composed the track "ANTHEM OUTRO" for the "ARIGATO FROM JAPAN" sequence.

Discography

*1983 — ''JUNE NIGHT LOVE　(TDK RECORDS)'' *1984 — ''Especially Sexy　(TDK RECORDS)'' *1988 — ''TOKOSHIE no TENOHIRA　〈永遠乃掌〉　(SWITCH RECORDS)'' *1989 — ''Cycloid / Stokesia　(FUNHOUSE)'' *1989 - "Gorilla original soundtrack" *1991 — ''ONE　(PONY CANYON)'' *1991 — ''Sublime&JUN MIYAKE / RECIENTE　(WEA MUSIC)'' *1991 — ''zans / La Party　(NIPPON COLUMBIA)'' *1993 — ''ENTROPATHY　〈星ノ玉ノ緒〉　(SONY RECORDS)'' *1996 — ''JUN MIYAKE CM TRACKS VOL.1　(SLC RECORDS)'' *1996 — ''JUN MIYAKE CM TRACKS VOL.2　(SLC RECORDS)'' *1996 — ''常夏乃憂ヒ JUN MIYAKE LIVE at CAY '95　(SAIDERA RECORDS)'' *1997 — ''Latinism Reversible　(TOKUMA JAPAN COMMUNICATIONS)'' *1998 — ''"angels rondo" MUSIC for TAKAYUKI TERAKADO EXHIBITION　(TERAPIKA RECORDS)'' *1998 - "PuPu the soundtrack (Little More records)" *1999 — ''Glam Exotica !　(BEAMS RECORDS)'' *2000 — ''Mondo Erotica !　(BEAMS RECORDS)'' *2000 — ''Innocent Bossa in the mirror　(BEAMS RECORDS/CONSIPIO RECORDS)'' *2004 - "MASK DE 41 Original Soundtrack (Little More records)" *2006 - "Kiba Original Soundtrack vol.1(Aniplex)" *2007 — ''Stolen from strangers　(drApe/P-VINE, enja-yellowbird)'' *2007 - "Kiba Original Soundtrack vol.2(Aniplex)" *2009 — "The Miraculous Mandarin (Parco)" *2009 — "Vollmond music from the dance theater of Pina Bausch (VideoArts)" *2010 — "Jeanne d'arc Soundtrack (Pony Canyon)" *2010 — ''Sublime&JUN MIYAKE / LUDIC (drApe/P-VINE, enja-yellowbird)'' *2011 — ''Pina by Wim Wenders Soundtrack (Wenders Music)'' *2013 — ''Lost Memory Theatre act-1 (drApe/P-VINE, enja-yellowbird)'' *2014 — ''Woyzeck (Pony Canyon)'' *2014 — ''9 Days Queen (Pony Canyon)'' *2014 — ''Lost Memory Theatre act-2 (drApe/P-VINE, enja-yellowbird)'' *2017 — ''Last Picture - Dairo Miyamoto (drApe/P-VINE, enja-yellowbird)'' *2017 - "NORMAN: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer Original Soundtrack" *2018 — ''Lost Memory Theatre act-3 (drApe/P-VINE, enja-yellowbird)'' *2019 - "COLOMENA / Kyoko Katsunuma & Jun Miyake (drApe/P-VINE) *2019 - "An artist of floating world Original Soundtrack (drApe/P-VINE) *2019 - "No Longer Human Original Soundtrack (drApe/P-VINE) *2019 - 'Les Traducteurs Original Soundtrack (drApe/P-VINE)" *2020 - Mémoires du Sapa Original Soundtrack (drApe/P-VINE)" *2021 - "No.9 -Immortal Melody Soundtrack (e+ Music)" *2021 - "Sanson Original Soundtrack (drApe/P-VINE)" *2021 — ''Whispered Garden (drApe/P-VINE, enja-yellowbird)'' *2022 - "Snow Country Original Soundtrack (drApe/P-VINE) "

Films

*1987 — "Itoshi no Half Moon" -

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*1995 — Stink Bomb - "Memories" -

*1998 — "The Story of Pupu" - Kensaku Watanabe *1999 — "Any Given Sunday" -

- Didn't come through the final cut *2004 — Mask de 41 - Taishi Muramoto *2005 — Coffee with Pina - Lee Yanor *2006 — L'Ombre et la Main - Laurence Garret *2006 - "Kiba" *2009 — Mourir d'Aimer - Josse Dayan *2010 — Katai - Claire Doyon *2010 — 3 femmes amoureuses - Pierre Daigniere *2010 — The Women -

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*2011 — Jonas - Christian Ulmen & Robert Wilde *2011 —

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- Ryan Murphy *2011 —

(Awarded for European Film Award 2011, Nominee for the Academy Awards 2012, BAFTA awards 2012) *2014 — Tiens-toi droite - Katia Lewkowicz *2016 — Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer -

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*2019 — The Translators- *2019 - "An artist of floating world (Kazutaka Watanabe)} *2019 - "No Longer Human (Mika Ninagawa)} *2022 -"Snow Country (Kazutaka Watanabe)}

Theater Pieces

*2000 — Philippe Decoufle / improvisational session / Palais de Chaillot *2002 — Robert Wilson / "Whitetown" / Bellevue Theatret (Copenhagen) *2002 — Philippe Decoufle / Iris workshop / Yokohama *2005 — Philippe Decoufle / Solo / Paris *2005 —

/ Rough Cut / Wuppertal *2005 — Katrine Wiedman / The Mermaid / Copenhagen *2005 — Philippe Decoufle / Theatre Mogador/ Paris *2006 —

/ Rough Cut / Wuppertal *2007 —

/ Bamboo Blues / Wuppertal *2007 — Breht-Weil /

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/ Akira Shirai / Tokyo *2008 —

/Sweet Mambo / Wuppertal *2009 — Shuji Terayama / The Miraculous Mandarin / Akira Shirai / Tokyo *2010 — Philippe Ridley / Leaves of Glass / Akira Shirai / Tokyo *2010 — Kazuki Nakajima / Jeanne d'Arc / Akira Shirai / Tokyo *2011 —

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/ Ghosts / Akira Shirai / Tokyo *2011 — Kyoka Izumi / Tenshu Monogatari / Akira Shirai / Tokyo *2012 —

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/ WOYZECK / Akira Shirai / Tokyo *2013 — Go Aoki / 9 Days Queen / Akira Shirai / Tokyo *2014 — Jun Miyake / Lost Memory Theatre / Akira Shirai / Yokohama *2015 —

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/ PEARL /

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/ New York (unfinished master has been used illegally) *2015 — No.9 Melody Immortality / Akira Shirai / Tokyo *2020 - Flying Sapa / Kumiko Ueda *2021 - Sanson / Akira Shirai

References

External links

junmiyake.com
– official website (in Japanese and English) * Son
"The Here and After"
music: Jun Miyake; lyrics:

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. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Miyake, Jun 1958 births Japanese composers Japanese jazz musicians Japanese jazz trumpeters Japanese male composers Living people Musicians from Kanagawa Prefecture Tokuma Japan Communications artists 21st-century trumpeters 21st-century Japanese male musicians Male jazz musicians Berklee College of Music alumni