Ikurō Fujiwara

Ikurō Fujiwara (藤原いくろう, Fujiwara Ikurou, born 28 July 1958 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama, Japan), is a Japanese pianist, composer, conductor and musical producer signed under Being Inc. He is Pops Executive Producer in the Pacific Philharmonia Tokyo orchestra.[1]

Ikurō Fujiwara
藤原 いくろう
Born28 July 1958
Yokohama, Japan
Genres
  • J-pop, New Age, Healing Music
Occupation(s)pianist, keyboardist, composer, producer, conductor, orchestral arranger
Years active
  • 1991–present
Labels
Websiteikuro1960.com/index.html Official Website

Biography

Ikurō started learning piano and composing from an early age. He studied composition under Yoshio Hasegawa, Akira Kitamura, Hajime Kaburagi, Kiyohiko Kishima, and Tsuyoshi Yanagisawa; piano under Shihoko Uno, Kazuko Yasukawa, Michiko Jackson; conducting under Shigenobu Yamaoka and Konstantin D. Crimets.[2] In 1976, Ikurō graduated from "Nihon University College of Art". In 1980s, his name appeared in the credit list of the various albums of the artist as arranger and keyboardist. At the beginning of 90's, he would focus his career more into composing and arranging music for the video gameseries Wizardry.[3] In 1996, he was member of the Japanese band W's as keyboardist, composer and arranger.

From 1998, he has been active as an orchestral conductor and arranger for symphonic live series started firstly for Akina Nakamori, in the recent years by public well known for Mai Kuraki, Aska and Luna Sea. Since the 2000s, he started to release his original albums under subtitles "Densetsu" and "Eternal Animation Healing" music; composed soundtracks for number of domestic television series and theatrical movies in Shanghai, Singapore and Japan. His original works have been well received by critics.[4]

In 2002, Ikuro's instrumental piece "Deep Sea" was used as background music for the South Korean television series Winter Sonata. He performed it 5 years later, in 2007 at Seoul Women's Plaza.[5][6]

The music in the 2008's movie Painted Skin has received 2 Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Original Film Score and Best Original Film Song (as for the first time in the history of Japanese music), and 1 nomination on Changchun Film Festival for the Best Music.[7][8]

In 2020, he launched one-day live show "KURO Fujiwara New Year's Piano Live 2020 “Yuki no Hana" held in Tokyo with the vocal guests Yumi Shizukusa from the same agency. Before Shizukusa's retirement, it was marked to be her final live performance to be seen.[9] In 2021, Ikuro released his first vocal recording song under EP title "Yokohama Star Dust" in digital format.

Discography

As of 2023, he has released 17 studio albums, 3 digital albums, 4 compilation album and 1 DVD.[10][11][12]

Studio albums
Release date Title CD code
1st 2002 Mizu no Densetsu (水の伝説) TECD-25473[13]
2nd 2002 Kaze no Densetsu (風の伝説) TECD-25474[14]
3rd 2002 Hana no Densetsu (花の伝説) TECD-25475[15]
4th 2002 Tsuki no Densetsu (月の伝説)[16] TECD-25472
5th 2002 Ai no Densetsu (愛の伝説) TECD-254746[17]
6th 2002 Eternal Love Animation Healing Music MJCG-80107[18]
7th 2002 Eternal Impression Animation Healing Music MJCG-80108[19]
8th 2002 Eternal Courage Animation Healing Music MJCG-80109[20]
9th 2003 Kino (КИНО) BNTM-3[21]
10th 2004 Machi (町) YRCN-11035[22]
11th 2008 Collage YRCN-11053[23]
12th 2009 Sutekina Kyuujitsu (素敵な休日) TFC1991~1993
13th 2013 Quatre saisons series Scénario de la saison: Automne JBCZ-9001[24]
14th 2014 Quatre saisons series Scénario de la saison: Hiver JBCZ-9002[25]
15th 2014 Quatre saisons series Scénario de la saison: Printemps JBCZ-9009[26]
16th 2014 Quatre saisons series Scénario de la saison: Été JBCZ-9010[27]
17th 2014 Symphonic Luna Sea: Reboot JBCZ-9029

Compilation albums
Release date Title Code
1st 2005 10nin Pianist (１０人のピアニスト) OWCP-2001
2nd 2005 Tenderness～best works～ YRCN-11048[28]
3rd 2005 10nin Pianist Ivory (１０人のピアニスト) B000BR2NNY
4th 2005 Feel piano B000ACZX6O
5th 2005 Yorokobi no uta: Toubeidon to noumin-tachi (よろこびのうた～藤兵衛ドンと農民たち) B000ACZX6O

Digital EP
Release date Title
1st 2021 IKURO Fujiwara SELECTION: Mon Cheri
2nd 2021 Yokohama Star Dust
3rd 2023 Happy Birthday: Taisetsuna Kimi he

Movie soundtracks compositions

Television series compositions

Game soundtracks composition
  • Wizardry: The First Episode - Suffering of the Queen (Game Boy,1991)
  • Wizardry: The Second Episode - Curse of the Ancient Emperor (Game Boy,1992)
  • Wizardry: The Third Episode - Scripture of the Dark (Game Boy,1993)
  • Tenchi Muyo!: Toko Muyo (Sega Saturn,1997)
  • Wizardry Dimguil Original Sound Track (1998)
  • Dog of Bay (Playstation2,2000)

DVD
  • Fujisan Shinshō VOL. 1: Fujiwara Ikurō healing version (富士山心象 VOL.1 藤原いくろう ヒーリング・バージョン) (2002)
  • Yoshiki Symphonic Concert 2002with Tokyo City Phillharmonic Orchestra (2002)
  • Mai Kuraki Symphonic Live -Opus 1- (2013)
  • Mai Kuraki Symphonic Live -Opus 2- (2014)
  • Mai Kuraki Symphonic Live -Opus 3- (2015)
  • Ai to Yuuki no 25 Shuunen Linen Fire Emblem San (愛と勇気の25周年記念 ファイアーエムブレム祭) (2016)
  • Piano Anthology: Melody of Luna Sea (2016)
  • Live Movie from Billboard Classics 20th Anniversary Mai Kuraki Premium Symphonic Concert 2019 (2021) - released as part of the album Unconditional Love as Limited B version with DVD disc.
  • Mai Kuraki Premium Symphonic Concert 2022 (2023)

Note: Aside of Fujisan Shinshō, Ikuro is filmed and credited in the footages as a conductor and orchestral arranger.

List of contribution to artist

List of produced artist

Listed for symphonic concerts

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