Taro Iwashiro (岩代 太郎 Iwashiro Tarō) has composed the music for many Japanese television series and films. He has composed for both Red Cliff films, Shinobi: Heart Under Blade, Azumi, The Prince of Tennis, Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture, and the Korean film Memories of Murder. He was also lead composer for the Capcom video game Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny. Iwashiro has often led the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra for his soundtracks, including the 2005 taiga drama Yoshitsune and 2008 film Red Cliff.
Known For
Memories of Murder
(2003)
Original Music Composer, Conductor, and Orchestrator
Red Cliff
(2008)
Original Music Composer
Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: The Sacred Star of Milos
(2011)
Original Music Composer
Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
(2005)
Original Music Composer
11'09''01 September 11
(2002)
Original Music Composer
Unforgiven
(2013)
Original Music Composer
Manhunt
(2017)
Original Music Composer
MOTHER
(2020)
Music
Fukushima 50
(2020)
Original Music Composer
Azumi
(2003)
Music
Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots
(1997)
Music
Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet