| Grandson of composer
Ryoichi Hattori and son of composer Katsuhisa
Hattori, Takayuki Hattori started out his career
as a music arranger for Masashi Sada. In 1994, Hattori was given
his big break when he was allowed to compose Godzilla
vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994), after Akira
Ifukube turned down the opportunity. The composer continued to find frequent work at Toho through the late 1990's, including the first entry in the Millennium series of the Godzilla franchise. As a whole, Hattori's
body of work tends to be diverse for its genres, ranging from
comedies like Welcome
Back, Mr. McDonald (1997) to the documentary Japan's Wildlife: The Untold Story (2012). |
