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Proof of Us (Soundtrack to the FLAT STUDIO Short Film)

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Famous composer / pianist Akira Kosemura will release the original soundtrack of the film “Rudy” on September 15 on Schole Records. The movie has been directed by Shona Auerbach (also BAFTA-nominated director of Dear Frankie).
With "Rudy"'s soundtrack, Akira Kosemura shows the extent of his talent as a composer, the recording includes 31 tracks from short beautiful minimal solo piano pieces to tracks with ambient textures and more orchestrated pieces. As always, the piano plays a central role and the listener is transported by the emotion of the compositions of the internationally acclaimed pianist Akira Kosemura. The love and sorrow of a family, a family that struggles but progresses little by little, is an excellent work that echoes Kosemura's piano music, which continues to gently support the family while containing a touch of sadness.

About the movie:
Set in the heart of rural England, Rudy finds her relationship with her father being tested. Stuck as a proxy parent to her younger siblings and dealing with a recent loss, she feels increasingly pushed out when her home gets opened up to a paying guest. Through a newfound friendship with a boy from Coventry, she discovers fun, freedom and autonomy, but is it at the sacrifice of unspoken family wounds?
RUDY is a poignant insight into love, loss and moving on.
Shona Auerbach is a British film director and cinematographer. Her outstanding debut film Dear Frankie was shown at numerous film festivals (including Cannes Films Festival) and the director was nominated at BAFTA. Rudy is her first film in almost 20 years.

Rudy

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Mum (2023)

Embers, from the original motion picture soundtrack directed by Junpei Matsumoto in Japan 2014.
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Embers (2014)

Ascent

Ascent (Late Night Rework)

Waltz In A Dream

Mirroring Feldspar

Selene

Twilight Wave

Tint Of Ionosphere

Crescents

The Shadow Falling

Crater

Thela

Golden Bells

Daylight

In The Dark Woods, from the same title's album in 2017.
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In The Dark Woods

In The Dark Woods (2017)

Inside River #1

Farewell

Manon Theme, from the contemporary dance theatre choreographed by Kimiho Hulbert in Japan 2012.
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bandcamp: https://akirakosemura.bandcamp.com/
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Manon Theme (2012)

My Private Space

Petrarca

"Knew Who I Was Going To Hurt" from the album "Love Is __ (Music From The Original TV Series)".
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bandcamp: https://akirakosemura.bandcamp.com/
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Love Is __ (Music From The Original TV Series)

Knew Who I Was Going To Hurt

Knew Who I Was Going To Hurt (2020)

Alas, Orpheus

Alas, Orpheus (Akira Kosemura Rework)

Wavering Heart

Yure

The Eighth Day

Karen

Hidden Waltz

Light Dance, from the solo album "how my heart sings" in 2011.
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official site: https://akirakosemura.com/
bandcamp: https://akirakosemura.bandcamp.com/
spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4n1lW38WKgyPEIZowQ3AND?si=gwGM3HyeRACgj5z4pSVlug
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Light Dance (with violin) (2011)

Aura

cat number: SCH-068, SCH-068LP
artist: Akira Kosemura
title: True Mothers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
release date: October 23 2020
label: Schole Records
format: Vinyl, CD, Digital
region: World
JAN code: 4571256410685 (CD) / 4571256415079 (Vinyl)

Schole will be releasing the original soundtrack album composed by Akira Kosemura for the film “True Mothers (Asa Ga Kuru)” directed by Naomi Kawase.
This film is based on a novel by award-winning writer Mizuki Tsujimura, starring Hiromi Nagasaku, Arata Iura, Aju Makita, and Miyoko Asada. This human mystery film was added to the list of 73rd annual Cannes Film Festival “CANNES 2020” Official Selections.
A world acclaimed film director Naomi Kawase, whom received several Cannes Film Festival awards, has completed a new film based on a human mystery novel by an award winning best seller Japanese writer Mizuki Tsujimura. A story is about relationship between a couple who couldn’t have their own child, and a fourteen years old girl who couldn’t raise her own child, connected with the special adoption relationship, creating a new family relationship with a beautiful bonds and evocative conflicts.
Blood relations or soul relations. This emotional human drama looks deeply in this issue that can be seen in a modern Japan society, and questions us what is a family. But still, it brings a light of hope in the end.
The album includes numerous impressive musical scores created from a year long film collaboration. After the completion of the film, this soundtrack was restructured by facing the worldview of this film again from the total sound production perspective, then this album was completed by adding a newly composed title track.

/// Single Release Schedules ///

9.11 True Mothers
9.18 Satoko And Kiyokazu 1 / Asato's Memory
9.25 To The Forest - Solo Piano Version
10.2 Our Home / See The Light Of Day
10.9 Island Song / Go On Board
10.16 True Mothers - Main Title Theme

/// Album Track List ///

01 True Mothers - Main Title Theme
02 The Doubt
03 After Diagnosis
04 Satoko And Kiyokazu I
05 Hikari I
06 To The Forest
07 First Time
08 Hikari II
09 Go On Board
10 Our Home
11 First Cry
12 Satoko And Kiyokazu II
13 True Mothers - Theme Variation
14 Hikari III
15 Island Song
16 Asato’s Memory
17 See The Light Of Day
18 Please Don’t Ever Forget About Me
19 True Mothers

/// Vinyl Track List ///

Side-A
01 True Mothers - Main Title Theme
02 The Doubt
03 After Diagnosis
04 Satoko And Kiyokazu I
05 Hikari I
06 To The Forest
07 First Time
08 Hikari II
09 Go On Board
10 Our Home

Side-B
11 First Cry
12 Satoko And Kiyokazu II
13 True Mothers - Theme Variation
14 Hikari III
15 Island Song
16 Asato’s Memory
17 See The Light Of Day
18 Please Don’t Ever Forget About Me
19 True Mothers

True Mothers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

True Mothers

True Mothers (2020)

By Night

https://akirakosemura.com/
Akira Kosemura (he/him) is a composer and pianist hailing from Tokyo, Japan. He is a prolific artist, constantly releasing solo albums and composing music for films, TV drama, games, stage, and commercial music.

Akira founded his own label Schole Records early on after his solo album It’s on Everything released in 2007 while he was still in school. In 2017 and 2018 Akira’s music was ranked in Spotify’s “Most Played Japanese Artists/Songs Top 10”, and his works have been highly acclaimed on media around the world, including US music media Pitchfork, Australian newspaper THE AGE, French public broadcast FIP, and Canadian public broadcast Ici Musique.

Akira’s major score works include Fragments of The Last Will by Takahisa Zeze, the Cannes 2020 featured film True Mothers (Asa Ga Kuru) directed by Naomi Kawase, Hollywood produced drama series Love Is__, the Nintendo Switch game Jack Jeanne produced by Sui Ishida, the TBS drama series Chugakusei Nikki, the contemporary ballet piece MANON, and the Japan Pavilion in Milano EXPO. His music pieces were also featured in the Amazon original movie Jonas Brothers’ CHASING HAPPINESS, the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion awarded director Audrey Diwan’s debut film Mais vous etes fous (Losing It), and the Toho movie Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare.

In recent years, he has worked on projects in different media such as SK-II STUDIO’s documentary The Center Lane (featuring Rikako Ikee), directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, the runway music for a collection from apparel brand TAKAHIROMIYASHITA The Soloist., as well as music for LA MER BLUE HEART, LAND ROVER, and L’OCCITANE. Akira has also co-produced a song with American musician Devendra Banhart.

In addition to his versatility and diverse portfolio, Akira has been working on a world scale. In 2022 he signed a contract with prestigious Decca Records, and the EP Pause (almost equal to) Play was released worldwide. Akira’s music was also sampled in John Legend’s song “The Other Ones feat. Rhapsody” included in his new album Legend Act I & II. And Akira’s first major album SEASONS was released on Decca Records (UMG) on June 30, 2023.

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