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Isao Tomita (冨田 勲, Tomita Isao, 22 April 1932 – 5 May 2016), [1] often known simply as Tomita, was a Japanese composer, regarded [2] as one of the pioneers of electronic music [3] [4] [5] and space music, [6] and as one of the most famous producers of analog synthesizer arrangements. [7]
May 12, 2016 · Released by RCA in 1974, the resulting recording, “ Snowflakes Are Dancing,” brought Mr. Tomita — who died on May 5, at 84, and was widely considered the father of Japanese electronic music ...
Mar 9, 2021 · Anyone who witnessed that time knows what a painstaking job it was to produce, record, and perform live all those sounds with the modular synthesizers. With his high level of quality, Isao Tomita really challenged the engineers and the people who produced this technology, pushing it to the limits and beyond.
May 17, 2016 · Digging through an abandoned collection of cassettes in a cool aunt’s bedroom, I stumbled upon the opaque blue cover of Japanese synth pioneer Isao Tomita’s Snowflakes Are Dancing.
May 8, 2016 · Synthesist Isao Tomita – best known for a series of albums featuring synthesizer arrangements of classical works – has died at the age of 84. Tomita (22 April 1932 – 5 May 2016) died of chronic cardiac failure, with family at his bedside.
Isao Tomita, the synthesizer pioneer who composed the score for Tezuka Osamu's anime 'Kimba the White Lion' and NHK drama 'Hana no Shogai,' died of heart failure...
Jul 29, 2016 · Japanese synth pioneer Isao Tomita has died, reports The Japan Times. Tomita, who was aged 84, is perhaps best known for his Snowflakes Are Dancing 1974 album which transposed Debussy’s classical compositions on to the synthesizer.
May 8, 2016 · Synthesizer and electronic music pioneer Isao Tomita has died at 84, The Japan Times reports. Tomita was responsible for helping to bring analog synthesis and electronic music to Japan in...
May 19, 2016 · Isao Tomita, who died on May 5 at the age of 84, was one such musician. Unrivaled as a composer, synthesizer player and acoustic engineer, he spent his life as a "seeker of sound," crossing ...
May 9, 2016 · Japanese electronic synth pioneer Isao Tomita has passed away aged 84. The Tokyo-born composer passed away in hospital on thursday afternoon from chronic heart failure. Tomita’s career began in the late 1960s, inspired by the likes of Robert Moog and Wendy Carlos.
