Native name 古関裕而 Name Yuji Koseki | Birth name Yuji Koseki Years active 1930–1989 Role Film Score Composer | |
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Born August 11, 1909 ( 1909-08-11 ) Died August 18, 1989, Tokyo, Japan Spouse Kinko Uchiyama (m. 1930–1980) Genres Ryukoka, Gunka, March, Fight song, Film score Music director Mothra, A Wanderer\'s Notebook, Operation Kamikaze Similar People Masao Koga, Yuji Mitsuya, Ishiro Honda |
Yuji Koseki - The Birth of Mothra
Yūji Koseki (古関 裕而, Koseki Yūji, August 11, 1909 – August 18, 1989) was a Japanese ryūkōka, gunka, march, fight song and film score composer. His real name was also Yūji Koseki, but its kanji was 古關 勇治.
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Koseki entered Nippon Columbia in 1930. He composed Hanshin Tigers' song "Rokko Oroshi" in 1936. His famous military song titled "Roei no Uta" (露営の歌, lit. "The Song of The Camp") was released in 1937. Famous songs composed by him included "The Bells of Nagasaki" and "Mothra's song". Ichiro Fujiyama sang "The Bells of Nagasaki" in 1949. "Mothra's song", sung by The Peanuts, was used in the 1961 movie Mothra.
Yuji koseki mothra s song
Filmography
Music for films:
Songs
Mothra's Song
Mothra - Mothra's Song
- Bokutachi no Someday - Yûji Mitsuya
References
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