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Remembered as Akira
Kurosawa's composer of choice on his earlier
films, Fumio Hayasaka was often heralded as Japan's
greatest film composer in his day. During his
14 years of composing, Hayasaka had managed to
create numerous themes that have endured the test
of time; however, beyond his own work, Hayasaka
also studied with Toru Takemitsu and taught Masaru
Sato, who would end up becoming Kurosawa's
composer of choice from 1956 to 1965. Also, Hayasaka
would end up recommending Akira
Ifukube to Toho studios in the mid 1940's.
Unfortunatly, Hayasaka died at the tragically
young age of 41 from tuberculosis; at the time
of his death, the score for Kurosawa's
I Live in Fear (1955) had yet to be
finished, and the score ended up being completed
by his pupil, Sato.
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White Heron (1941)
