Akira Kosemura

ComposerArtist

Mar 13

Written By Arbel Bedak

Featured Credits

Rudy

True Mothers

Love Is _

Highlights Reel

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Credits

Fragments of the Last Will (2022)
“ラーゲリより愛を込めて”
TOHO | Feature Film
Dir. Takahisa Zeze
A Mother’s Touch (2022)
“桜色の風が咲く”
GAGA | Feature Film
Dir. Jumpei Matsumoto
One Day, You Will Reach The Sea (2022)
“やがて海へと届く”
Bitters End | Feature Film
Dir. Ryutaro Nakagawa
Mr. Helen Keller (2021)
Karavan Pictures | Feature Film
Dir. Junpei Matsumoto
Rudy (2021)
Beluga Two Films | Feature Film
Dir. Shona Auerbach
*Winner - Best Feature Film, Birmingham Film Festival
Summer Ghost (2021)
Flat Studio | Animated Short
Dir. Loundraw
True Mothers (Asa Ga Kuru) (2020)
“朝が来る”
Kino Films | Feature Film
Dir. Naomi Kawase
*Cannes 2020 Official Selection
Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare (2020)
“思い、思われ、ふり、ふられ”
Feature film
Dir. Takahiro Miki
Konatsu And Hiyori (2019)
(Konatsu Biyori “小夏日和”)
KTV | Short film
Dir. Kazuma Yano
Jonas Brothers’ Chasing Happiness (2019)
Amazon Studios | Feature Film
Dir. John Lloyd Taylor
Additional music
Mais vous êtes fous (2019)
“Losing It”
Wild Bunch | Feature Film
Dir. Audrey Diwan
Additional music
Kanazawa Shutter Girl (2018)
“金沢シャッターガール”
CineMedia | Feature Film
Additional music (main theme)
Bring On The Melody (Haruchika) (2017)
“ハルチカ”
Feature Film
Dir. Masahide Ichii
Haruchika (2017)
“ハルチカ”
KADOKAWA | Feature Film
Dir. Masahide Ichii
Buddhist 今を生きようとする人たち (2015)
Documentary Film
Dir. Sayaka Goto
Embers (Saigo No Inochi) (2014)
“最後の命”
Feature Film
Dir. Junpei Matsumoto
Love Is __ (2018)
TV Series | Oprah Winfrey Network
Executive Producer: Mara Brock Akil
Chugakusei Nikki
(Meet Me After School) (2018)
“中学聖日記”
TV Series | TBS
Producer: Junko Arain
JACKJEANNE (2021)
“ジャックジャンヌ”
Video Game | Nintendo Switch
Produced by Sui Ishida
MANON (2012)
Contemporary Theater
Choreographed by Kimiho Hulbert
2023
Seasons, solo album
88 Keys II, solo album
2021
88 Keys, solo album
2019
Diary 2016–2019, solo album
2017
In The Dark Woods, solo album
2016
One Day, solo album
2016
Momentary: Memories of the Beginning, solo album
2015
For, solo album
2014
Grassland+, solo album
2013
Niji no Kanata - Seven Colors Variations, solo album
2011
How My Heart Sings, solo album
2010
Grassland, solo album
2008
Polaroid Piano, solo album
2007
It’s On Everything, solo album

Bio

Born in Tokyo in 1985, Japanese composer Akira Kosemura (he/him) debuted his first solo album, “It’s On Everything”, on an Australian label in 2007 while he was still in school. That same year, he founded his own label, Schole Records, and garnered good reviews by releasing various albums of crossover genre music featuring the sounds of piano, strings, winds, synthesizers, and field recordings.

Akira has composed music for film, stage, game and commercials, including the Cannes 2020 feature film True Mothers (Asa Ga Kuru) directed by Naomi Kawase, the OWN series Love Is__ produced by Mara Brock Akil, Nintendo Switch game JACKJEANNE produced by Sui Ishida, TBS series Chugakusei Nikki, a contemporary ballet piece MANON choreographed by Kimiho Hulbert, and Japan Pavilion in Milano EXPO. Also the Amazon original movie Jonas Brothers Chasing Happiness and French movie Mais vous êtes fous used Akira’s catalogue. In recent years, he has worked collaboratively with international brands such as La Mer Blue Heart, Land Rover, L’Occitane, TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist., Nikon, Rado, IKEA and Kinfolk.

Akira also featured Devendra Banhart on a single titled “Someday”. His works have received high acclaim from media outlets around the world, including Pitchfork in the US.