is a Japanese

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. He graduated from

Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music or is the most prestigious art school in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained renowned artists in the fields of painting, scul ...

in 1986. Sahashi has composed music for various

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series (including

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s, movies, and drama CDs), video games, movies, dramas, and musicals. His works include the original soundtracks for '' Zipang'', ''

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'' and composed all three Saint Seiya anime series. Together with the

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, two symphonic albums have been released, each arranging his compositions from ''Gundam SEED'' and ''Gundam SEED Destiny''. For the ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' franchise's 30th anniversary, he again collaborated with the London Symphony Orchestra for another symphonic music album. The style of his composition is richly

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and classical (occasionally

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). The use of sophisticated compositional techniques, as well as complicated harmony writing such as

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can often be heard in his work, demonstrating his solid training in the western classical music. He also uses

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s to deliver more sentimental soundtracks to good effect.

Musics

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References

External links

Official homepage
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sahashi, Toshihiko 1959 births Anime composers Japanese composers Japanese film score composers Japanese male composers Japanese male film score composers Living people People from Tachikawa Tokyo University of the Arts alumni Video game composers