Isao Tomita, often known simply as Tomita, is a Japanese music composer, regarded as one of the pioneers of electronic music and space music, and as one of the most famous producers of analog synthesizer arrangements.
Isao Tomita, often known simply as Tomita, is a Japanese music composer, regarded as one of the pioneers of electronic music and space music, and as one of the most famous producers of analog synthesizer arrangements. In addition to creating note-by-note realizations, Tomita made extensive use of the sound design capabilities of his instrument, using synthesizers to create new artificial sounds to accompany and enhance his electronic realizations of acoustic instruments. He also made effective use of analog music sequencers and featured futuristic science fiction themes, while laying the foundations for synth-pop music and trance-like rhythms. He also received four Grammy Award nominations for his album Snowflakes are Dancing in 1974.
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1974 Snowflakes Are Dancing
1975 Pictures at an Exhibition (version of Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky)
1975 Firebird (version of The Firebird by Stravinsky)
1976 The Planets (version of The Planets by Gustav Holst)
1977 Sound Creature
1978 Kosmos (originally released under the title Space Fantasy)
1978 Bermuda Triangle (inspired by the Bermuda Triangle) (5 channel stereo recording)
1979 Greatest Hits (compilation album)
1979 Daphnis et Chloé (Bolero)
1981 Greatest Hits Volume 2 (compilation album)
1982 Grand Canyon
1984 Dawn Chorus (Canon of the Three Stars)
1984 Best of Tomita (compilation)
1984 Space Walk - Impressions Of An Astronaut (compilation album)
1985 Mind of the Universe - Live at Linz
1988 Back to the Earth - Live in New York
1989 Misty Kid of Wind
1992 Storm from the East
1993 School
1994 The First Emperor (as musical supervisor)
1994 Shin Nihon Kikou
1994 Nasca Fantasy (supporting Kodō)
1996 Bach Fantasy