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Shigeru Umebayashi

1951 - Today

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Shigeru Umebayashi (梅林茂, Umebayashi Shigeru; [ɯmebajaɕi ɕiɡeɾɯ]) (born February 19, 1951) is a Japanese composer. Once the leader and bass player of Japan's new wave rock band EX, Umebayashi began scoring films in 1985 when the band broke up. He has more than 30 Japanese and Chinese film scores to his credit 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shigeru Umebayashi is the 843rd most popular musician (down from 816th in 2019), the 948th most popular biography from Japan (down from 927th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Shigeru Umebayashi ranks 843 out of 3,175. Before him are Tommy Aldridge, Bix Beiderbecke, Clarence Clemons, Sally Oldfield, Herman Rarebell, and Mick Fleetwood. After him are Gabry Ponte, Chris Squire, Zequinha de Abreu, Joey Jordison, José José, and ATB.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Shigeru Umebayashi ranks 211. Before him are Abel Ferrara, Sulejman Tihić, Timo Salonen, Kazuo Saito, Migueli, and John Stagliano. After him are Maithripala Sirisena, Gustav Thöni, Gérard Jugnot, Joe Jordan, Dan McKee, and Jacques Villeret.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shigeru Umebayashi ranks 948 out of 6,245. Before him are Tomoji Tanabe (1895), Yoshiaki Kawajiri (1950), Mitsuo Watanabe (1953), Gyoji Matsumoto (1934), Kazuo Saito (1951), and Shunsuke Nakamura (1978). After him are Yoshitomo Nara (1959), Hitoshi Igarashi (1947), Hide (1964), Shunsuke Kikuchi (1931), Koichi Sugiyama (1931), and Nakayama Yoshiko (1836).

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Among MUSICIANS In Japan

Among musicians born in Japan, Shigeru Umebayashi ranks 6. Before him are Joe Hisaishi (1950), Kitarō (1953), Mitsuko Uchida (1948), Isao Tomita (1932), and Shinichi Suzuki (1898). After him are Hide (1964), Haruomi Hosono (1947), Susumu Hirasawa (1954), Yuki Kajiura (1965), Yoshiki (1965), and Mitski (1990).

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