Shigeru Umebayashi

Shigeru Umebayashi (梅林茂, Umebayashi Shigeru; [ɯmebajaɕi ɕiɡeɾɯ]) (born February 19, 1951) is a Japanese composer.^[1]

Shigeru Umebayashi
Background information
Birth name	Shigeru Umebayashi
Born	(1951-02-19) February 19, 1951 (age 74) Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
Genres	Rock, film scores
Occupation(s)	Composer, musician
Years active	1984–present
Website	shigeru-umebayashi.com

Once the leader and bass player of Japan's new wave rock band EX, Umebayashi began scoring films in 1985 when the band broke up.^[2] He has more than 30 Japanese and Chinese film scores to his credit^[3] and is perhaps best known in the West for "Yumeji's Theme" (originally from Seijun Suzuki's Yumeji), included in director Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love (2000). Umebayashi scored most of Wong Kar-wai's follow-up film, 2046 (2004), and House of Flying Daggers.

Discography

1980s

• Itsuka Darekaga Korosareru (1984)
• Tomoyo Shizukani Nemure (1985)
• Sorekara (1985)
• Sorobanzuku (1986)
• Shinshi Domei (1986)
• Kyohu no Yacchan (1987)
• Getting Blue in Color (1988)

1990s

• Hong Kong Paradise (1990)
• Tekken (1990)
• Yumeji (1991)
• Ote (1991)
• Goaisatsu (1991)
• Arihureta Ai ni Kansuru Chosa (1992)
• Byoin he Iko 2 Yamai ha Kikara (1992)
• Nemuranai Machi Shinjuku Zame (1993)
• Izakaya Yurei (1994)
• Zero Woman (1995)
• Kumokiri Nizaemon (1995)
• Boxer Joe (1995)
• Kitanai Yatsu (1995)
• Hashirana Akan Yoake Made (1995)
• The Christ of Nanjing (1995)
• Shin Gokudo Kisha (1996)
• Izakaya Yurei 2 (1996)
• Ichigo Domei (1997)
• Isana no Umi (1997)
• Watashitachi ga Sukidatta Koto (1997)
• G4 Option Zero (1997)
• Fuyajo (1998)
• Belle Epoch (1998)

2000s

• 2000 A.D. (2000)
• Shojo (2000)
• In the Mood for Love (2000)
• Midnight Fly (2001)
• Hikari no Ame (2001)
• Onmyoji (2001)
• Zhou Yu's Train (2002)
• Onmyoji II (2003)
• Floating Land Scape (2003)
• House of Flying Daggers (2004)
• 2046 (2004)
• Hibi (2004)
• Fearless (2006)
• Daisy (2006)
• Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
• Hannibal Rising (2007)
• Absurdistan (2008)
• Incendiary (2008)
• Tears for Sale (2008)
• The Real Shaolin (2008)
• Murderer (2009)
• A Single Man (2009)

2010s

• True Legend (2010)
• Days of Grace (2011)
• Trishna (2011)
• The Grandmaster (2013)
• Rise of the Legend (2014)
• The Bride (2015)
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)
• The Wasted Times (2016)

2020s

• Ghost of Tsushima (2020)
• Shigeru (2025)
• In the Belly of a Tiger (2024)^[4]

Accolades

• 2023 – Lifetime Achievement Award at the 18th Rome Film Festival.^[5]

See also

• List of film score composers