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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Shigeru Umebayashi |
| Born | February 19, 1951 Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan |
| Genres | Rock, film scores |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, musician |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Website | shigeru-umebayashi |
Shigeru Umebayashi (梅林茂, Umebayashi Shigeru, [ɯmebajaɕiɕiɡeɾɯ] ) (born February 19, 1951) is a Japanese composer. [1]
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Once the leader and bass player of Japan's new wave rock band EX, composer Shigeru Umebayashi began scoring films in 1985 when the band broke up. [2] He has more than 30 Japanese and Chinese film scores to his credit [3] and is perhaps best known in the West for "Yumeji's Theme" (originally from Seijun Suzuki's Yumeji ), included in director Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love (2000). Umebayashi scored most of Wong Kar-wai's follow-up film, 2046 (2004), and House of Flying Daggers .
