Akira Kosemura

Diary 2016ー2019

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「Diary 2016-2019」は、小瀬村晶が2016年から2019年に掛けて制作した膨大な楽曲群のなかから、本人セレクトによる楽曲を集めたアーカイブ的作品集の第一弾となります。
すでにCD化、レコード化されている作品は除かれているため、すべての収録楽曲が待望の初CD化となります。
「Diary」と名付けられ、制作時の時系列に沿って収録された本作には、カンテレ制作「小夏日和」の為に書き下ろされた楽曲や、フランス映画「Mais vous êtes fous (英: Losing It)」のラストシーンの為に提供した楽曲、TBS系テレビドラマ「中学聖日記」のスコア制作時に合間を縫って作曲された小品集「In Moonlight」、ハリウッド制作による海外ドラマ「Love Is __」のテーマ曲として使用された「You」、Devendra Banhart を迎えて制作された楽曲「Someday」リワーク・バージョン、そして未発表の新曲2曲「Red Diary」「Late Night Tales」などを含む、全17曲を収録。
ピアノが好きな方への入門的な作品としてはもちろん、コアなサントラファンへもお薦めの、瑞々しい感性に彩られたピアノで綴る日記的音楽作品集。

music composed, arranged & performed by Akira Kosemura
produced by Akira Kosemura

violins, viola: Atsuki Yoshida (tr01-03, tr05, tr07)
cello: Yumi Shimazu (tr01-03, tr05)
clarinets: Keiko Shinozuka (tr01, tr03, tr05, tr07)
programming: Dom Mino' (tr11)
vocal: Devendra Banhart (tr12)
piano, synthesizer & programming: Akira Kosemura

recording engineer: Akira Kosemura, Shunroku Hitani & Keigo Sonoda
mixing engineer: Shunroku Hitani at 54it Tokyo (tr01-10, tr16-17), Akira Kosemura at Schole Tokyo (tr11-12, tr14-15), Keigo Sonoda at Pastoral Sound Tokyo (tr13)
mastering engineer: George Mastrokostas
art direction & design: Shin Kikuchi
production management: Schole Inc.

Akira Kosemura (he/him) is a composer and pianist hailing from Tokyo, Japan. He is a prolific artist, constantly releasing solo albums and composing music for films, TV drama, games, stage, and commercial music.
Akira founded his own label Schole Records early on after his solo album It's on Everything released in 2007 while he was still in school. In 2017 and 2018 Akira's music was ranked in Spotify's "Most Played Japanese Artists/Songs Top 10", and his works have been highly acclaimed on media around the world, including US music media Pitchfork, Australian newspaper THE AGE, French public broadcast FIP, and Canadian public broadcast Ici Musique.
Akira's major score works include Fragments of The Last Will by Takahisa Zeze, the Cannes 2020 featured film True Mothers (Asa Ga Kuru) directed by Naomi Kawase, Hollywood produced drama series Love Is__, the Nintendo Switch game Jack Jeanne produced by Sui Ishida, the TBS drama series Chugakusei Nikki, the contemporary ballet piece MANON, and the Japan Pavilion in Milano EXPO. His music pieces were also featured in the Amazon original movie Jonas Brothers' CHASING HAPPINESS, the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion awarded director Audrey Diwan's debut film Mais vous etes fous (Losing It), and the Toho movie Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare.
In recent years, he has worked on projects in different media such as SK-II STUDIO's documentary The Center Lane (featuring Rikako Ikee), directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, the runway music for a collection from apparel brand TAKAHIROMIYASHITA The Soloist., as well as music for LA MER BLUE HEART, LAND ROVER, and L'OCCITANE. Akira has also co-produced a song with American musician Devendra Banhart.
In addition to his versatility and diverse portfolio, Akira has been working on a world scale. In 2022 he signed a contract with prestigious Decca Records, and the EP Pause (almost equal to) Play was released worldwide. Akira's music was also sampled in John Legend's song "The Other Ones feat. Rhapsody" included in his new album Legend Act I & II. And Akira's first major album SEASONS was released on Decca Records (UMG) on June 30, 2023.

“It feels impossible to get tired of, circumscribed and boundless at once.”
by Pitchfork

“Fantastic stuff.”
by Gilles Peterson

“Peaceful, evocative music”
by Fact Magazine