Profiles of composers
Alex Wurman
Born in Chicago, IL 1966 into a family of musicians, Wurman has been playing the piano and composing music since the age of five, With a background in Classical and Jazz compo- sition, Wurman moved to Los Angels in 1991 to score films. After working with Hans Zimmer and Media Ventures on films such as “Younger and Younger”, “I’ll do Anything” and “The Lion King”, Wurman went on to score films to his own credit. Titles include “French Exit”, “The Grave”, “The Crew”, “Getting In”, and “Dorminion”.
Jean-Philippe Rykiel
Born blind in 1961,
Scott Wilkie
Scott Wilkie is a keyboardist and composer originally from Detroit, Michigan. His work as a studio musician and sound designer can be heard on many projects. He has performed live with various artists, including Ronnie Foster, EarlKlugh, Jeff Baxter, David Goldblatt, Ricky Lawson, Mike Miller and others. In addition, he has worked as a synth programmer, most recently for Disney’s Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast. For Roland, Scott appears frequently through- out the United States, Asia, Europe and South America as a clinician and product demonstrator. Now living in Los Angeles, he performs with his own group and is involved as a musician and producer on various projects.
Mavin Sanders
Marvin Sanders is a musician with credits including Toyota, Bocing, Disney, Intel, Miller Beer, and Max Factor. He has written music for the syndicated television show Highlander, and worked as a sound designer for Van Dyke Parks, E, Warner Brothers, and Michael Jackson. A former Keyboard Product Manager and international clinician for Roland, he has also compose demos for the
Masashi Hirashita, Kazuko Hirashita
Masashi and Kazuko both started studying classical piano when they were in their infancy. Both went on to study com- position. At the same time, they had started their own music careers as keyboardists and composers. Their work covers a wide spectrum of styles and activities, including pop, fusion and jazz music as well as many writing and producing jobs.
Pendulum (Yuuichi Ootsuka, Toshiki Nunokawa) Yuuichi Ootsuka: Born Dec. 17, 1958 in Tokyo. Began his professional music career while still a member of Keio University’s “Modern Jazz Society.” He won recognition through his skillful use of the synthesizer to produce a refreshingly colorful sound. While performing as supporting musician for a wide range of popular artists, he also formed
his own group, named
Toshiki Nunokawa: Born Jul. 29, 1958 in Tokyo. With the Beatles as his first inspiration, he picked up a guitar and started playing in a rock band while still in his early teens. By the time he got to high school, however, his attention had shifted to the music of Wes Montgomery, and he began playing jazz. During his college days (Tokyo Industrial) he played with the Mickey Curtis band. That gig triggered the beginning of his professional career. He has since been kept busy as an accompaniment artist with a wide range of talent, including Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Masanori Sasaji, Peter Erskine and Mark Johnson. His work from
Naoki Matsuura (GigBag)
While living in the USA for 10 years, he started playing as a professional bass player. Mainly he was playing local live and studio sessions around New England area. Naoki joined many sessions and gigs with Paquito De Rivera, Tommy Campbell, etc. He joined Tiger Okoshi's band: Tiger's Baku.
Since 1991 Naoki joined Roland as a musical director of MIDI Data. At present he has left the company, and is recharging his batteries for new projects.
Mitsuru Sakaue
From his college days, Mitsuru Sakaue has been active as a keyboard player and arranger in studio and commercial music production. At present he is involved in production of commercials for TV and radio as a composer, arranger, key- board player and computer music expert. His highly acclaimed musical abilities go beyond borders of musical genre. He is the chief director of the Idecs Inc. group of cre- ative musical artists.
Idecs Inc.
Through the SMF data creations they offer, this professional sound production unit continues to generate new excitement throughout the realm of music data. The overwhelming quality of their music has created for them an enormous fol- lowing among consumers of music data. Additionally, their other activities within the realm of music reach into almost every
Tatsuya Senoh
A Roland engineer who is a member of the
Kiyotaka Takiyama
Born in 1964 in Tokyo, Mr. Takiyama entered the Berkeley College of Music in 1986, majoring in theory, arrangement, and drum. While still in school he participated in both live and recording sessions with numerous musicians. Since his return to Japan he has continued to be involved in recording with many different artists, and has also done television commercial work. At present he continues to be active in both live performance and in recording.
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