Urato Watanabe

Japanese composer (1909–1994)

Urato Watanabe
渡辺浦人
Watanabe c. 1942
Born	March 2, 1909 Aomori, Japan
Died	October 18, 1994 (aged 85)
Occupation(s)	Composer, educator
Years active	1940–1978
Children	1

Urato Watanabe (渡辺浦人, Watanabe Urato, March 2, 1909 – October 18, 1994) was a Japanese classical and film music composer.

Early life

Urato Watanabe was born on March 2, 1909, in Aomori, Japan, his family moved to Tokyo when he was two years old.^[1] He studied music at the Tokyo University of the Arts and graduating in 1929. In 1955, Watanabe traveled to Europe for the first time to participate in the International Folk Music Conference in Oslo, Norway.

Works

Film scores

Shirayuki-sensei to kodomo-tachi (1950)^[2]
Song of Love (1951)^[2]
Elegy (1951)^[2]
Bird Hyakusho (1951) - Vocials^[2]
The Second Son (1955)^[2]
Migratory Birds of the Flowers (1956)^[2]^[3]
A Man in the Storm (1957)^[2]
Suzunosuke Akado (1957)^[2]
Nikutai no hankō (1957)^[2]
Suzunosuke Akado: The Moonlight Monster (1957)^[2]
Suzunosuke Akado: Defeat the Demon-Faced Gang (1957)^[2]
Suzunosuke Akado: The Vacuum Slash of Asuka (1957)^[2]
Suzunosuke Akado: The Demon of Shingetsu Tower (1957)^[2]
Onibi Kago (1957)^[2]
Demonfire Palanquin (1957)^[2]^[4]
Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon (1957)^[2]
Suzunosuke Akado: The Birdman with Three Eyes (1958)^[2]
Suzunosuke Akado: The Thunder Man of Kurokumo Valley (1958)^[2]
Suzunosuke Akado: Defeat the Skull Gang (1958)^[2]
Maboroshi Tantei: Chiteijin Shūrai (1960)^[2]^[5]
Doggie March (1963)^[2]
Human Bones (1978)^[2]

Television

Osomatsu-kun^[6] (1966) - Soundtrack writer
Judgment (1962)

References

^ 富樫康『日本の作曲家』p.347
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v "渡辺浦人". www.jmdb.ne.jp. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
^ Migratory Birds of the Flowers (1956), retrieved 2021-05-26
^ Demonfire Palanquin (1957), retrieved 2021-05-26
^ Maboroshi Tantei: Chiteijin Shūrai (1960), retrieved 2021-05-26
^ "Aging". Aging. 12 (12). 2020-06-30. doi:10.18632/aging.v12i12. ISSN 1945-4589.