Wataru Hokoyama
Wataru Hokoyama | |
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orchestrator | |
Years active | 2000–present |
Wataru Hokoyama (鋒山 亘, Hokoyama Wataru, born August 24, 1974) is a
Interlochen, Michigan. He later attended the Cleveland Institute of Music and the USC Thornton School of Music. His works include the original scores for Bean Cake, Ocha Cups for Christmas, One, Afrika, and Soul Sacrifice
.
In 2008, Hokoyama composed, orchestrated, and conducted all the music for the video game Afrika. The soundtrack was released in Japan. The music was awarded Best Original Video Game Score by The Hollywood Music Awards 2008.[1] Movie Music UK has the only review of the soundtrack and gave it 4.5/5.0, saying "Hokoyama has left a strong impression with the wonderful music he has composed. This is a soundtrack you cannot pass up."[2]
In 2009, Hokoyama provided a few orchestral cues for cutscenes in
Works
Television
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002) - orchestration of the song "Mrs." in "Selfless"
- Miracle Planet (2005) - orchestration of an unknown episode
Films and TV
- Dungeons & Dragons (2000) - orchestration (with Paul S. Henning)
- Bean Cake (2001) - composition
- The Best Picture Show (2001) - composition
- One (2001) - composition
- Me and My Old Man (2001) - conducting
- Ocha Cups for Christmas (2002) - composition
- The Kabuki Joint (2003) - composition
- The Document of ‘God’s Left Hand, Devil’s Right Hand’ (2006) - composition
- Kami no hidarite akuma no migite (2006) - composition
- Chiyo (2006) - composition
- The Making of Dark Fantasy (2007) - composition
- 2095 (2007) - composition and orchestration (with Christopher Farrell)
- HOP (2011) - orchestration
- Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack (2012) - composition and orchestration (with Go Shiina)
- Puppy! (2017) - music arranger
- Brad's Status (2017) - additional music (with Mark Mothersbaugh)
- The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) - orchestral arrangements and additional music (with Mark Mothersbaugh)
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017) - additional music (with Mark Mothersbaugh)
- Pandas (2018) - additional music (with John Enroth, Albert Fox, Ethan Obbema, Mark Mothersbaugh and Ray Plaza)
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) - additional music (with Ray Plaza, Peter Seibert, and Mark Mothersbaugh)
- Holmes & Watson (2018) - additional music (with Mark Mothersbaugh, Ray Plaza, Tim Jones, Peter Seibert and Sunna Wehrmeijer)
- The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) - additional music (with Tim Jones, Peter Seibert, Ray Plaza, Mark Mothersbaugh and Alan Tyler)
- The Willoughbys (2020) - additional music and arrangements (with Mark Mothersbaugh, John Enroth, Albert Fox, Tim Jones and Pete Seibert)
- The Croods: A New Age (2020) - additional music (with Mark Mothersbaugh, Peter Seibert, Ethan Obbema and Brian Byrne)
- The Mitchells vs The Machines(2021) - score wrangler
- Monster Pets: A Hotel Transylvania (2021) - additional music (with Mark Mothersbaugh]])
- Rugrats (2021 TV series) (2021) - additional music (with Robert Mothersbaugh)
Video games
- Afrika (2008) - composition, orchestration, and conducting
- Resident Evil 5 (2009) - composition, orchestration, and conducting
- Ace Combat: Joint Assault (2010) - orchestration and conducting
- Kinect Disneyland Adventures (2011) - composition and conducting (with Mark Griskey, Laura Karpman, Paul Lipson, Peter McConnell, and Lennie Moore)
- Ace Combat 3D: Cross Rumble(2012) - composition and orchestration (with many others)
- The Grinns Tale (2012) - composition
- Soul Sacrifice (2013) - composition, orchestration, and conducting (with Yasunori Mitsuda)
- Knack (2013) - composition and orchestration (with Matthew Margeson)
- Soul Sacrifice Delta (2014) - composition and orchestration (with Yasunori Mitsuda)
- Halo 2: Anniversary (2014) - orchestration (with Lennie Moore, Tom Salta, Brian Trifon, and Brian Lee White)
- Halo Wars 2 (2017) - conducting
- Volta-X (2020) - composer
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (2021) - composer (with Mark Mothersbaugh)
- Monster Hunter Rise (2021) - conductor (Los Angeles Recording Session)
Other
- Music for NPR's All Things Considered.[5]
- String arrangements on the Thirty Seconds to Mars album A Beautiful Lie.
- In 2007, he was commissioned by the US Air Force.[6]
- Conducted Mesa, AZon April 7, 2011.
- Composed the piece Animas Luminis, written as a memorial and requiem to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami victims.
References
- ^ Hollywood Music Awards Winners List
- ^ "Movie Music UK review".
- ^ "Three Days of Resident Evil 5 ~ Day 2: Interview with Composer Wataru Hokoyama".
- ^ "Knack (PlayStation 4, 2013) credits". MobyGames.
- ^ "WWW.WESTERLING.COM The Internet Home of Jonathan WesterlingNPR Cello Project | WWW.WESTERLING.COM The Internet Home of Jonathan Westerling". westerling.com.
- ^ "musicpage". www.hokoyama.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.