Sumio Shiratori (白鳥澄夫 ''Shiratori Sumio'') is a Japanese

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and music producer. He is best known for composing the soundtrack to the 1990-1992 ''

Moomin The Moomins ( sv, Mumintroll) are the central characters in a series of novels, short stories, and a comic strip by Finns, Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish language, Swedish by Schildts in Finland. The ...

anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...

television series, based on the

books and comic strips by illustrator and author

Tove Jansson Tove Marika Jansson (; 9 August 1914 – 27 June 2001) was a Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Swedish-speaking Finnish author, novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. Brought up by artistic parents, Jansson studied art from ...

. He is the husband and co-producer of the singer and songwriter

Emiko Shiratori Emiko Shiratori ( ''Shiratori Emiko''; born March 16, 1950) is a Japanese singer and songwriter. In 1969, the record label Toshiba EMI (now EMI Music Japan) paired her with Sumio Akutagawa, and they formed the folk group Toi et Moi. They achieved ...

, and father of singer Maika Shirator

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Sumio Shiratori's recording studio

at the official website of Emiko Shiratori 1948 births Anime composers Japanese composers Japanese film score composers Japanese male composers Japanese male film score composers Japanese male musicians Japanese record producers Living people {{japan-composer-stub