, also known as , is a Japanese

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. He worked in the Nihon Falcom Corporation 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. Tenmon began collaborating with Makoto Shinkai, while working in Minori for the short film ''

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''. Tenmon created the soundtracks for Shinkai's subsequent films, including ''

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 are separated when the girl is sent into space to ...

'', '' The Place Promised in Our Early Days'', '' 5 Centimeters Per Second'', and '' Children Who Chase Lost Voices''. As of 2019, Tenmon worked at

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, but no further information is available about what he has done with them since. The news indicate that he will not work with Shinkai for '' Suzume''. He subsequently left CoMix Wave Films along with his producer in 2023.

Project Promise

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

Works

Tenmon has composed the soundtrack for: *''

'' (1999) *''

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

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'' (2004) *'' The Place Promised in Our Early Days'' (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) *'' Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below'' (2011) *''Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai'' (2014) – with many others *'' Link Click'' Season 1 (2021), and Season 2 (2023) 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 film score composers Living people {{Japan-composer-stub