Fumio Hayasaka

Fumio Hayasaka (1914–1955) was a Japanese classical and film composer. In 1933, he organized the New Music League with Akira Ifukube. Hayasaka received a number of prizes for his chamber works, such as Kodai no bukyoku (won the Weingartner Prize in 1938). Other early compositions included Nocturne (1936) for piano and the orchestral Ancient Dance (1938). In 1939, Hayasaka moved to Tokyo to begin career as film composer. He soon became one of the major figures in Japanese cinematographic music and scored many Akira Kurosawa films.