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and the Burning Waves ensemble. In the 1980s he worked with

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. Starting in the late 1980s, Honda turned increasingly toward composing for film and television, as well as working in record producing. He composed the soundtrack for the film '' A Taxing Woman'' in 1987, which raised his prominence as a film scorer.

Discography

Studio Albums

* ''Burnin Waves'' (Electric Bird, 1978) * ''Opa Com Deus'' (Electric Bird, 1979) * ''Easy Breathing'' (Electric Bird, 1980) * ''Boomerang'' as Toshiyuki Honda & Burning Waves (Electric Bird, 1981) * ''Spanish Tears'' as Toshiyuki Honda & Burning Waves (Electric Bird, 1981) * ''Toshiyuki Honda'' (Electric Bird, 1982) * ''Shangri-La'' (Eastworld, 1982) * ''September'' as Toshiyuki Honda & The New Burning Wave (Eastworld, 1983) * ''Dream'' with

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(Eastworld, 1983) * ''Modern'' (1984) * ''The Super Quartet'' as Toshiyuki Honda featuring The Super Quartet (1986) * ''Radio Club'' (1987) * ''Something Coming On'' as Toshiyuki Honda Radio Club

Soundtrack albums

*'' A Taxing Woman'' (1987) *''

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'' (1988) *'' Gunhed'' (1989) *'' A-Ge-Man: Tales of a Golden Geisha'' (1990) *''

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'' (1992) *'' Supermarket Woman'' (1996) *''

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'' *'' Nasu: Summer in Andalusia'' (2003) *'' Rebellion: The Killing Isle'' (2008)

References

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