TAKU IWASAKI

Born in 1968 / From Tokyo

Representative works: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Battle Trend / Bungo Stray Dogs

He received composition lessons from an early age and won awards at the Kanagawa Prefecture Choral Music Composition Competition, the Japan Contemporary Music Association Composition Competition, etc. After graduating from the Department of Composition at Tokyo University of the Arts, he began working as a composer and arranger, and currently engages in a wide range of activities, from producing vocal albums to producing sound for theatrical soundtracks.

[Interview] A hot topic on SNS!? The soundtrack edition of “The Irregular at Magic High School Visitor Edition” composed by Taku Iwasaki is now on sale! (In Japanese)

555 days where I did my best to get to know director Hideaki Anno | Interview with Taku Iwasaki (Complete version) (In Japanese)

[Kyoban Festival 2023 Special Feature Vol. 4] “A place where music and the audience can become one” Dr. Taku Iwasaki, a theater composer, talks about the difficulties and rewards of live planning (In Japanese)

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