Stomu Yamashta
- Composer
- Music Department
- Sound Department
One of the most original and gifted composers and percussionists of
modern Japan, Yamash'ta started his musical career at the age of
sixteen, scouted by conductor Seiji Ozawa for his Japan National Symphonic
Orchestra. Besides authoring several soundtracks for Japanese and
foreign movies, he played on a wide range of styles from contemporary
to jazz, progressive pop and new age, enjoying success in Europe and
the U.S. during the early 1970s. After a mystical crisis which he spent
by retreating to a Buddhist temple in his native Kyoto, he released two
new recordings in 1990.
