Akira Kosemura

True Mothers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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河瀨直美監督作品、映画「朝が来る」の為に小瀬村晶が書き下ろしたオリジナル・サウンドトラックアルバム。
本作は、直木賞作家・辻村深月による同名小説が原作、永作博美、井浦新、蒔田彩珠、浅田美代子らが出演し、第73回カンヌ国際映画祭公式作品【CANNES 2020】に選出されたヒューマンミステリー。
世界で高い評価を受け、カンヌ国際映画祭では欠かせない存在となった河瀨直美監督の待望の最新作は、直木賞・本屋大賞受賞のベストセラー作家・辻村深月によるヒューマンミステリーの映画化。実の子を持てなかった夫婦と、実の子を育てることができなかった14歳の少女を繋ぐ「特別養子縁組」によって、新たに芽生える家族の美しい絆と胸を揺さぶる葛藤を描いています。
血の繋がりか、魂の繋がりか──現代の日本社会が抱える問題を深く掘り下げ、家族とは何かに迫り、それでも最後に希望の光を届ける感動のヒューマンドラマ。
およそ一年に及ぶ制作期間を経て、映画とのコラボレーションのなかで生み出された印象的な楽曲の数々を収録した本作は、映画の完成後、サウンドトラックアルバムとしての視点から改めて映画の世界観と向き合うことで再構築され、新たに書き下ろされたタイトル曲を収録することで完成しました。

Music Composed, Arranged and Performed by Akira Kosemura
(Except "To The Forest", written by Clievy and Keen from C&K, arranged and performed by Akira Kosemura)

Soundtrack Album Produced by Akira Kosemura

Recording Engineers: Akira Kosemura, Shunroku Hitani
Score/Album Mixed by Shunroku Hitani
Album Mastered by Zino Mikorey

Studios:
Schole Tokyo
54it Tokyo
Sony Music Studios Tokyo
Sound Inn Studios Tokyo
Zino Mikorey Mastering Berlin

Assistant Engineers: Wataru Shigyo, Shizuo Harada

Musicians:
Piano, Keyboards, Electronics & Programming: Akira Kosemura
Violin: Yui
Viola: Mariko Shimaoka
Cello: Manami Inoue
Clarinet: Saeko Kurokawa
Guitar: Muneki Takasaka

Photo by Miku Nakajima
© 2020 “Asa ga kuru” Film Partners (KINOSHITA GROUP, KUMIE)

Soundtrack Album Package and Design: Shin Kikuchi

Piano Technician: Yasuaki Kubota

Production Management: SCHOLE INC.

Special Thanks to: Naomi Kawase, Yumiko Takebe, All the staff for a film "True Mothers (朝が来る)" distributed by Kino Films, My Family, Wife and Son.

© 2020 Kino Music
℗ 2020 Schole Records / Kino Films

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