Masakatsu Takagi

Masakatsu Takagi (高木 正勝, Takagi Masakatsu, born 1979) is a musician and filmmaker from Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan.[1] He attended Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, graduating with English.

Masakatsu Takagi at a Nuit Blanche for Toyota in Paris, France.

He wrote the score for Mamoru Hosoda's films Wolf Children (2012), The Boy and the Beast (2015) and Mirai (2018).[2] He also wrote the music for the Studio Ghibli documentary The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013).

His work has been noticed by Apple Inc., and a 3-minute promotional video for the company was made about how Takagi creates his videos on a Macintosh system, and Apple Pro software, including Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro. He also uses Adobe After Effects and Adobe Photoshop in his videos.[3] He collaborated with David Sylvian on the track "Exit / Delete" from Coieda (2004).

Takagi has lived in Hyogo, Japan since 2013.[4]

Discography
  • pia (2001)
  • opus pia (2002)
  • eating (2002)
  • JOURNAL FOR PEOPLE (2002)
  • eating 2 (2003)
  • rehome (2003)
  • sail (2003)
  • world is so beautiful (2003)
  • COIEDA (2004)
  • JOURNAL FOR PEOPLE (2006)
  • world is so beautiful (2006)
  • AIR'S NOTE (2006)
  • BLOOMY GIRLS (2006)
  • Private/Public (2007)
  • Tai Rei Tei Rio (2009)
  • Ymene (2010)
  • Niyodo (2011)
  • Tama Tama (2011)
  • Mikrokozmosz (2012)
  • Wolf Children (2012)[5]
  • Kagayaki (2014)
  • The Boy and the Beast (2015)[5]
  • Mirai (2018)[2]
  • Marginalia (2018)
  • Marginalia II (2019)
  • Marginalia III (2021)
  • Marginalia IV (2021)
  • Okaeri Mone (2021)[5]

References
  1. 柴, 那典 (October 28, 2014). "山奥で暮らす高木正勝が届ける、人生を変える「感じ方」の授業". Cinra.net (in Japanese). Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  2. "映画「未来のミライ」劇中曲を高木正勝が生演奏、上白石萌歌＆細田守のリクエストで". Natalie (in Japanese). July 16, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  3. "Pro: Takagi Masakatsu". Apple Inc. Archived from the original on January 20, 2007. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  4. 中津, 海麻子 (April 14, 2017). "「おおかみこども」の音楽が生まれるまで模索１０年 高木正勝（前編）". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  5. "おかえりモネ：音楽は「おおかみこども」高木正勝が担当 清原果耶主演の次期朝ドラ". Mantan-web. March 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.


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