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 def ...

Career

Iwashiro has composed the music for many Japanese television series and films. He has composed for both '' Red Cliff'' films, '' Shinobi: Heart Under Blade'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture'', and the Korean film '' Memories of Murder''. He was also lead composer for the

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video game '' Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny''. Iwashiro has often led the

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for his soundtracks, including the 2005

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''Yoshitsune'' and 2008 film ''Red Cliff''. He also composed the opening song for a video game, '' Breath of Fire IV'' (2000).

Filmography

* '' Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture'' (1997) * '' The Dog of Flanders'' (1997) * ''

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'' (2000) * '' Memories of Murder'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2005) * ''

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'' (2006) * '' Red Cliff'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2010) * '' Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos'' (2011) * '' Rengō Kantai Shirei Chōkan: Yamamoto Isoroku'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2012) * '' Ask This of Rikyu'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2014) * '' The Crossing'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2015) * '' Kado: The Right Answer'' (2017) * ''

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'' * ''

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'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2018) * '' Aircraft Carrier Ibuki'' (2019) * '' The Journalist'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2020) * ''Mother'' (2020) * ''A Family Separation from the Underworld'' (2021) * ''It's a Flickering Life'' (2021) * '' Unlock Your Heart'' (2021) * ''Prior Convictions'' (2022) * ''The Moon'' (2023) * '' Kubi'' (2023) * ''Yasuko, Songs of Days Past'' (2025)

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* * * 1965 births Anime composers Composers from Tokyo Japanese film score composers Japanese male film score composers Japanese video game composers Living people Tokyo University of the Arts alumni {{anime-bio-stub