Yuki Murata is a Tokyo-based pianist/composer. Since her childhood, she had been learning various styles of piano and then studied composing music in, not only Japan, but also France and Canada. As a classical music pianist, she was awarded top prizes in various piano competitions such as the PTNA Piano Competition and International Piano Duo Competition.
She debuted as a member of the cinematic music group Anoice, by releasing their first album, 'Remmings' through Important Records, Boston in 2006. In 2008, Anoice established their label, Ricco Label. Since then, she has released many music works on not only Anoice but also her own solo project, Yuki Murata and other projects such as RiLF (an alternative rock band formed by the members of Anoice and Matryoshka’s Calu), films (a dark classical music unit, featuring members of Anoice and two international female vocalists who sing in their own originally created languages), mizu amane (Films' side project featuring Japanese archaic languages which are no longer spoken), cru (a neo-classical music unit formed by Yuki Murata and Takahiro Kido who is the member of Anoice), and The Frozen Vaults (an ambient music unit formed by Yuki Murata, Dave Dhonau, Tomasz Mrenca, Harry Towell and Bartosz Dziadosz) on some music label such as Ricco Label, Important Records, noble label, 1631 Recordings, Flower Blossom In The Space, VoxxoV.
In addition, Yuki Murata has taken charge of composing and performing music for many commercial adverts such as Armani, Louis Vuitton, YAMAHA, TOYOTA, ASICS, ANA, TOSHIBA, UNIQLO, Heintz, and etc. Also, she created the soundtracks of some movies such as 'Tusikiji Wonderland' directed by Naotaro Endo and 'Olivier Zahm: Digital Provacateur' derected by Can Evgin and some TV programs such as NHK and WOWOW. Some film works awarded at Venice Film Festival, Prix Italia, National Arts Festival in japan, and Cool Japan Maching Award, Japan Movie Critics Award, and Japan World's Tourism Film Festival, and Yuki Murata and Takahiro Kido received the Best Original Score Prize at Sapporo International Short Film Festival.
村田有希。0才で初めてピアノに触れ2才で作曲を始めた音楽家。日本国内だけでなくフランスやカナダでピアノと作曲を学び、ピティナグランミューズや国際ピアノデュオコンクールなどの多くのクラシックピアノコンクールにて優勝、受賞する。
2006年、インストゥルメンタルミュージックバンドAnoiceのメンバーとしてボストンImportant Recordsよりデビュー。加えて、ソロ名義Yuki Murataに加え、RiLF(Anoiceとmatryoshkaのヴォーカリストcaluによるバンド), films(Anoiceと2人の女性ヴォーカリストによるダーククラシカルプロジェクト), mizu amane(filmsによるサイドプロジェクト), cru(AnoiceのメンバーであるTakahiro Kidoとのネオクラシカルユニット), The Frozen Vaults(Yuki Murata, Dave Dhonau, Tomasz Mrenca, Harry Towell, Bartosz Dziadoszによるアンビエントミュージックユニット)などのプロジェクトも開始し、多くの作品をRicco Label, Important Records, noble label, 1631 Recordings, Flower Blossom In The Space, VoxxoVなどの世界中のレーベルからリリース。いくつかの作品はUniversal Musicを通じて世界に発信されており、坂本龍一、小林武史、植松伸夫を始めとした作曲家からも高い評価を受ける。また、ソロプロジェクトだけでなく、Anoiceやfilmsのメンバーとしてもヨーロッパやアジアでコンサートツアーを行なっている。
また、松竹映画 遠藤尚太郎監督「Tsukiji Wonderland」、Robin Bain監督「Girl Lost」、Patryk Seni Senwicki/Dominic Spitaler監督「Penrose」、Dorothée Lorang/David Beautru監督「Hikikomori: A deafening silence」、Can Evgin監督「Olivier Zahm : Digital Provacateur」、スタジオマンゴスチン泉原昭人監督「Li.Li.Ta.Al」などの映画のサウンドトラックや、WOWOW 御法川修監督「ダブル・ファンタジー」やNHKスペシャル「君が僕の息子について教えてくれたこと」などのテレビ番組の音楽、モスクワインタナショナルヴィレンナーレにて発表されたウクライナのデザインユニットSYNとのインスタレーション「Enlightenment」、ミラノコレクションにて発表されたファッションブランド、アルマーニの短編フィルムなどのイベントの音楽など、様々なシーンの音楽制作を手がけており、ヴェネチア国際映画祭短編映画、イタリア賞、文化庁芸術祭、クールジャパンマッチングフォーラム、日本映画批評家大賞、Japan World's Tourism Film Festivalなど、国内外のイベントで受賞。Anoiceが擁する2人の作曲家であるTakahiro KidoとYuki Murata自身も札幌国際映画祭にて最優秀作曲家賞を受賞している。
加えて、Armani, Louis Vuitton, Google, YAMAHA, TOYOTA, ASICS, TOTO, TORAY, ANA, TOSHIBA, UNIQLOなど、国内外の様々な企業のCM音楽制作を担当している。
Yuki Murata |
official website | http://fleursy.com/yukimurata | |
https://www.facebook.com/anoice.yukimurata | ||
https://twitter.com/anoice_japan | ||
https://www.instagram.com/anoice_japan | ||
Spotify | https://open.spotify.com/artist/0gLzKDyIHWHtmyduV4AkkK |
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Client Works |
Our past works are as the discography page, but we usually compose music for various types of video works such as commercial adverts, films, TV dramas, events, and research materials of educational institutions. We particularly excel in documentaries and human dramas which value atmosphere and worldview. We compose and release at least 50 pieces every year.
Regarding the characteristics of our music, we are flexible to compose music that ranges from dark classical music formed by piano and strings to gentle instrumental music with guitar and organ, creating a warmer sound by using acoustic instruments. Beyond this, we also compose electronic music by synthesiser and sampler and popular music featuring vocals, where needed.
Firstly, please have a look at the following past client works. Here you can preview some sample tracks, edited to about 15 seconds-1 minute, on our SoundCloud link. You can also see some videos featuring our music on YouTube/Vimeo links to demonstrate our skills in creating the audio to your visual works.
Commercials | Armani, Louis Vuitton, Rag & Bone, Google, NTT, JT, Panasonic, TRIUMPH, Sapporo Breweries, DAIKIN, TOYOTA, NEC, ANA | |
Sunstar, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Ueda Harlow, Ford Motor, Yokohama F-Marinos, MILBON, Leaseonline | ||
AcadeMedia, Hulic, LIXIL, Casio, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, FUSO, Heintz, UNIQLO, Blue Bottle Coffee, Lotte, Frecious, CITIZEN | ||
TOSHIBA, Biofermin, The Japan Dietetic Association, NETZ, TORAY, TOTO, 105 BANK, airweave, ACE, MOS BURGER, SKⅡ |
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FUNAI, YAMAHA, Suntory, Kao, FUJITSU, BANDAI NAMCO, Chugai Pharmaceutical, ASICS, Otsuka Pharmaceutica, AJINOMOTO |
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Kanebo, JAXA, Johnnie Walker, Yotsuba Milk Products, POLA, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Japan, Ballantine's |
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan, Hirosaki City, Mazda Motor Corporation, etc. |
Movie, TV Drama, etc. | Tsukiji Wonderland, directed by Naotaro Endo/Shochiku | |
Black Rain Hibakusha – Out of the Shadow, directed by Thomas Damm | ||
Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story, directed by Robin Bain | ||
Girls in Film, directed by Robin Bain | ||
Honokaa-Boy, directed by Atsushi Sanada/Toho Eiga | ||
Ghost Dolls, directed by Tomoki Nishikata/Toho | ||
Reduction In Force, directed by Joey Fingers | ||
Olivier Zahm: Digital Provacateur, directed by Can Evgin | ||
Penrose, directed by Patryk Seni Senwicki and Dominic Spitaler | ||
HOTEL -NEXT DOOR-, directed by Osamu Minorikawa, produced by WOWOW | ||
Double Fantasy, directed by Osamu Minorikawa, produced by WOWOW | ||
Li.Li.Ta.Al, directed by Akihito Izuhara, Studio Mangosteen | ||
The World Is Still Beautiful, produced by Hakusensha | ||
Redwood National and State Parks, directed by Steven Poe | ||
Weekend, directed by Robin Mason | ||
Hikikomori: A deafening silence, directed by Dorothée Lorang and David Beautru | ||
Krageneidechse, directed by Sayaka Maruyama/NEON O'CLOCK WORKS | ||
The things you let me know about my son, produced by Japan Broadcasting Corporation | ||
The things you with an autism let me know, produced by Japan Broadcasting Corporation | ||
Detective Conan, produced by Nippon Television Network Corporation | ||
The Good News, directed by Minji Kim | ||
Bek Millhouse, directed by John Garcia | ||
Growing a Community, produced by the Anthropological Studies Center at Sonoma State University in California | ||
Strychnine Hill, directed by Cyril Payen and Dug Moore | ||
Black Sun, directed by Jesper Friis | ||
My Husband Is Sleeping in the Freezer, directed by Osamu Minorikawa, produced by TV TOKYO | ||
Don't Stop my Beautification, directed by Izuru Kumasaka, Ikuko Sawada, Kozue Sasaki, and Yuya Nakaizumi, produced by TV TOKYO | ||
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Event | Armani / Milan fashion week | |
SYN Group / Moscow International Biennale for Young Art | ||
Czech Republic Janáček theater / Ballet Tanzbrücke 2011 | ||
MILBON「next beauty」 | ||
SKⅡ / CHANGE DESTINY | ||
Thomas Damm / Black Rain Hibakusha - Out of the Shadow | ||
Isetan department store / NIPPON VISION | ||
Classical music event / La Folle Journée au JAPON | ||
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Below, you can see a selection of our commercial advert videos and trailer videos of films and TV dramas in which we took charge in the soundtracks and some of our music videos, which we created as artists. All tunes are composed by Takahiro Kido and Yuki Murata who are the members of Anoice.
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Commercials |
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Armani | Rag & Bone | DAIKIN |
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Yokohama F・Marinos | Ballantine’s | Mazda | Yotsuba Milk Products |
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TOTO | TOTO | TOTO | Johnnie Walker |
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airweave | Hirosaki City | CITIZEN | CITIZEN |
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The Japan Dietetic Association | Kinoshita Group | Yamano Music | Takarajima Kindergarten |
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Bek Millhouse | Noemi Klei | 105 BANK | Rakuten Travel |
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NETZ | SAKURAO | Leaseonline | Hirosaki City |
Movie, TV Drama, etc. |
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Olivier Zahm: Digital Provacateur | Reduction In Force | Black Rain Hibakusha | Hikikomori: A deafening silence |
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BLACK SUN | Girl Lost | Redwood National and State Parks | We Are Malaysia: Mixed Marriage |
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Sonoma State University in California | Li.Li.Ta.Al. | I Eat the Tears | Fitting In |
Music Video |
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Anoice: memories of you | ripple | autumn waltz | kill lies all |
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Takahiro Kido: Oranges & Lemons | Takahiro Kido: Sakura | Yuki Murata: red owl | Yuki Murata: bird sings a lullaby |
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RiLF: Soraninaru | bubbles | clone | lost field |
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch. |
yuki@fleursy.com |