Sei Ikeno
Sei Ikeno was a Japanese composer who wrote the film scores for directors such as Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Yūzō Kawashima, Yasuzō Masumura and new wave filmmaker Yoshishige Yoshida.
Ikeno was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido. In 1950, he entered the Tokyo Music School and studied under Tomojirō Ikenouchi and Akira Ifukube. In addition to writing film and other music work, he lectured on composition and orchestration at the Tokyo College of Music and the Tokyo University of the Arts. He died in Tokyo in 2004.
Orchestral/chamber
- Introduction et Allegro Symphonique - for orchestra
- Ballet-Suite: Ballet en un Acte - for orchestra
- Danses Concertantes - for orchestra
- Totem Intituma - for trb & perc ensemble
- Evocation - for solo mari, 6trb, 6perc
- Timpanata - for solo timp, 1 fl, 3 hr, 3 trb, 1 tuba, 6 perc
- Rapsodia Concertante for violin and orchestra
- Fragement Antique - for 12 trb, 6 perc
- Octet - for 6 euph, 2 tuba
- Prelude - for brass band
- Omaggio a Maestro A. IFUKUBE - for chamber orchestra
- Tamburata for 8 percussionists
- Tamburata for 20 percussionists
- Divertimento - for 8 perc
Film music (selected)
- 1956: Night River
- 1961: Women Are Born Twice
- 1962: The Temple of the Wild Geese
- 1962: Black Test Car
- 1962: A Woman's Life
- 1962: The Graceful Brute
- 1963: Bamboo Doll of Echizen
- 1964: Zatoichi's Flashing Sword
- 1965: An Innocent Witch
- 1966: Woman of the Lake
- 1966: Red Angel
- 1967: The Affair
- 1967: Zatoichi the Outlaw
- 1968: ''Affair in the Snow''