, born , is a Japanese

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from

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born October 4, 1971. He worked in the

Nihon Falcom Corporation is a Japanese video game developer, best known for their '' Ys'', ''The Legend of Heroes'', and ''Trails'' series. The company was founded in March 1981, making them one of the oldest active video game companies. They are credited with pioneeri ...

as one of the members of Falcom Sound Team J.D.K.. During his time with Falcom, he has composed much music for Falcom games, most notably Brandish. Having known

Makoto Shinkai , known as , is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, author, and manga artist. Shinkai began his career as a video game animator with Nihon Falcom in 1996, and gained recognition as a filmmaker with the release of the original video animation (OVA) ' ...

as a coworker in Minori he has composed music for Shinkai's works since ''

She and Her Cat , subtitled ''Their standing points'', is a 1999 Japanese original video animation created and directed by Makoto Shinkai. Shinkai's first animation work, it is a five-minute story about the relationship between a male cat and his female own ...

''. He is perhaps best known for creating the soundtracks for Shinkai's subsequent works, ''

Voices of a Distant Star is a Japanese science fiction original video animation (OVA) short film created and animated by Makoto Shinkai. It follows the lives of two close childhood friends, a boy and a girl, who get separated once the girl is sent into space to f ...

'', ''

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'', '' 5 Centimeters Per Second'' and his final Shinkai collaboration being ''

Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below , also known as ''Journey to Agartha'', is a 2011 Japanese anime film created and directed by Makoto Shinkai, following his previous work ''5 Centimeters per Second''. This film is described as a "lively" animated film with adventure, action, an ...

''. As of 2019, he has joined

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, but no further information is available about what he has done with them since; latest news indicate that he will not be reuniting with Shinkai for '' Suzume no Tojimari''.

Project Promise

In 2009, an album, titled "Promise" ("新海誠作品イメージアルバム「Promise」"), performed by the

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, based in

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, was released, celebrating ten years of collaboration between Tenmon and Makoto Shinkai. It consists of orchestral arrangements of a variety of pieces composed by Tenmon appearing in a range of Makoto Shinkai's works.

Works

Tenmon has composed the soundtrack for: *''

'' (1999) *''

'' (2001) *''Mizu no Kakera'' (2001) *''Tenshi no Kakera'' (2003) *''

Haru no Ashioto is a Japanese adult visual novel by Minori released on July 23, 2004. A PlayStation 2 port, , was released on April 6, 2006, and a fandisc, , was released on March 31, 2006. The deluxe ''Step of Spring Paku Paku Pack'' comes with puppets of the ...

'' (2004) *''

'' (2004) *'' Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.'' (2006) – with Eiichirō Yanagi *'' 5 Centimeters Per Second'' (2007) *'' Ef: A Tale of Memories.'' (2007) – with Eiichirō Yanagi *'' Ef: A Tale of Melodies.'' (2008) – with Eiichirō Yanagi *'' Eden* They Were Only Two, On The Planet'' (2009) *''

'' (2011) *''Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai'' (2014) – with many others His other works include an original album ''Chronicle'' released in 2012.

External links

Tenmon's official website
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References

1971 births Anime composers Japanese composers Japanese film score composers Japanese male composers Japanese male film score composers Living people {{Japan-composer-stub