Jun Miyake (Japanese: 三宅 純 Hepburn: ''Miyake Jun'', January 7, 1958 in
Kyoto
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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
Academy Awards
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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
Terumasa Hino
is a Japanese jazz trumpeter. He is considered one of Japan's finest jazz musicians. His instruments include the trumpet, cornet, and flügelhorn.
Early life
He was born in Tokyo, Japan, and his father was a trumpeter and tap dancer. Hino start ...
, Miyake started his career as a jazz trumpet player, having studied at
Berklee College of Music
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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
TDK
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"TDK" is an initialism of the original Ja ...
TV commercial starring
Andy Warhol
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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
Pina Bausch
Philippine "Pina" Bausch (27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009) was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as . Bausch's approach was noted for a stylized blend of dance mov ...
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
Pina Pina may refer to:
People
* Pina (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname, surname or stage name
Places
* Pina, Nepal, a village development committee
* Pina, Mallorca, Spain, a town
* Pina de Ebro, a municipality of the provin ...
by
Wim Wenders
Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker, playwright, author, and photographer. He is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among many honors, he has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Docum ...
; his tracks were featured in the essential scenes. This film was awarded by European Film Award 2011 as Best Documentary; nominated for the
Academy Awards
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2012 as Best Documentary Feature,
and
BAFTA 2012 as Best non-English language film. With
Katsuhiro Otomo
is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator and film director. He is best known as the creator of '' Akira'', in terms of both the original 1982 manga series and the 1988 animated film adaptation. He was decorated a ''Chevalier'' of th ...
in 1995, he composed the soundtrack of the episode "Stink Bomb" for the anime
Memories
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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
Arne Jacobsen
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at Bellevue Teatret in Copenhagen;
Jean-Paul Goude
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who has done the artwork for Stolen from Strangers, Lost Memory Theatre act-1, Lost Memory Theatre act-2,
Oliver Stone
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, and
Philippe Decouflé
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Hal Willner
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,
Arto Lindsay
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,
Peter Scherer,
Arthur H
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He is ...
,
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,
Cosmic voice of Bulgaria,
David Byrne
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,
Grace Jones
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,
Gavin Friday
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Friday was born in Dublin and attende ...
,
Nina Hagen
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,
Ron Carter
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,
Michael Brecker
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,
David Sanborn
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,
Al Foster
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,
Dhafer Youssef
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Biography
Dhafer Youssef was born in Téboulba (a small village of coastal Tunisia); his grandfather was a muezzin. He calls the radio ...
,
Vincent Segal,
Remi Kolpa Kopoul,
Jean-Michel Jarre
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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
Galeries Lafayette
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Homme.
In 2016, he arranged the Japanese national anthem
Kimigayo
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for
2016 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
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As per traditional Olympic protocol, the ceremony featured cultural presentations from both ...
; 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" -
Yōjirō Takita
Yōjirō Takita (滝田 洋二郎 ''Takita Yōjirō'', born December 4, 1955) is a Japanese filmmaker. Takita received an Academy Awards, Oscar for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Best Foreign Language Film for his 2008 drama '' ...
*1995 — Stink Bomb - "Memories" -
Katsuhiro Otomo
is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter, animator and film director. He is best known as the creator of '' Akira'', in terms of both the original 1982 manga series and the 1988 animated film adaptation. He was decorated a ''Chevalier'' of th ...
*1998 — "The Story of Pupu" - Kensaku Watanabe
*1999 —
"Any Given Sunday" -
Oliver Stone
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- 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 -
Diane English
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Early life
English was born in Bu ...
*2011 — Jonas - Christian Ulmen & Robert Wilde
*2011 —
Eat Pray Love
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-
Ryan Murphy
*2011 —
Pina Pina may refer to:
People
* Pina (name), a list of people with the given name, nickname, surname or stage name
Places
* Pina, Nepal, a village development committee
* Pina, Mallorca, Spain, a town
* Pina de Ebro, a municipality of the provin ...
-
Wim Wenders
Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (; born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker, playwright, author, and photographer. He is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among many honors, he has received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Docum ...
(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 -
Joseph Cedar
Yossef (Joseph) Cedar (Hebrew: יוסף סידר; born August 31, 1968) is an Israeli film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Cedar was born to an Orthodox Jewish family in New York City. His father is biochemist Howard Cedar. When Joseph was ...
*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 —
Pina Bausch
Philippine "Pina" Bausch (27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009) was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as . Bausch's approach was noted for a stylized blend of dance mov ...
/ Rough Cut / Wuppertal
*2005 —
Katrine Wiedman / The Mermaid / Copenhagen
*2005 —
Philippe Decoufle / Theatre Mogador/ Paris
*2006 —
Pina Bausch
Philippine "Pina" Bausch (27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009) was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as . Bausch's approach was noted for a stylized blend of dance mov ...
/ Rough Cut / Wuppertal
*2007 —
Pina Bausch
Philippine "Pina" Bausch (27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009) was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as . Bausch's approach was noted for a stylized blend of dance mov ...
/ Bamboo Blues / Wuppertal
*2007 — Breht-Weil /
The Threepenny Opera
''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, ''The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François Villon, with music ...
/
Akira Shirai / Tokyo
*2008 —
Pina Bausch
Philippine "Pina" Bausch (27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009) was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as . Bausch's approach was noted for a stylized blend of dance mov ...
/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 —
Paul Auster
Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947) is an American writer and film director. His notable works include ''The New York Trilogy'' (1987), ''Moon Palace'' (1989), ''The Music of Chance'' (1990), ''The Book of Illusions'' (2002), ''The Broo ...
/ Ghosts /
Akira Shirai / Tokyo
*2011 —
Kyoka Izumi / Tenshu Monogatari /
Akira Shirai / Tokyo
*2012 —
Georg Büchner
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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 —
Pearl S. Buck
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973) was an American writer and novelist. She is best known for ''The Good Earth'' a bestselling novel in the United States in 1931 and 1932 and won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, Pulitze ...
/ PEARL /
Lincoln Center
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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:
Lisa Papineau
Lisa Papineau is an American musician and songwriter. She has released four solo albums, and is the songwriter and vocalist for Los Angeles band Big Sir. Papineau is a frequent collaborator of Japanese composer Jun Miyake and has also written son ...
.
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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