Music

A striking collaboration between ambient music, J-rock, and art documentary cinema.
Includes eight tracks, featuring the ending theme “the other end of the globe” by GLAY.

Official Selections:
• Bucharest Film Awards 2022 — Soundtrack Category
• International Sound & Film Music Festival 2021

Director Atsushi Tanabe entrusted the score to renowned composer Takashi Kokubo and co-composer Andrea Esperti, allowing their creative freedom to craft a masterful and original soundtrack.

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MAGONE

1.Prologue FLOW

2.WALK

3.TASTE

4.PRAY

5.SPIRAL

6.FOG

7.Epilogue SENUHIMA

8.the other end of the globe

2023/05

Takashi Kokubo & Andrea Esperti,GLAY

Esuplan

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A collaboration between Yumiko Morioka and Takashi Kokubo. A new masterpiece of Japanese environmental music, rooted in nature and imbued with deep emotion and transcendence.

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USEN BGV Service

Environmental video content provided for the USEN BGV service

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2023/02

Music For A Cosmic Garden

Takashi Kokubo & Andrea Esperti’s collaboration album Music For A Cosmic Garden is a healing work that fuses field-recorded nature soundscapes with meditative ambient music.

2021/07

Sound Scapes/Oto No Aru Fuukei-

Takashi Kokubo combines natural field recordings from 50 countries with cutting-edge visual technology. 5.1ch surround Blu-ray.

2021/

GAIA -BREATHING MIX- (3D-Somesthesia Sound)2021

Final installment of the Brain-Fitness series. GAIA infrasonic mix. Birds and water with synths drifting through space. Cyberphonic recording, headphones recommended.

2021/

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Brain-Fitness, 2nd Volume. Fractal soundfields that regulate the nervous system. Cyberphonic recording. Headphones recommended.

2021/

GIGA　(3D-Somesthesia Sound)Remastered 2021

Brain-Fitness Trilogy Vol.1. DNA-helix themed 3D sound to activate the brain. Headphones recommended. Includes “EVOLUTION IN URBANLIFE.”

2019

KANKYO ONGAKU

Light In The Attic’s Japan Special Edition Becomes Grammy Nominee: Takashi Kokubo and the Definitive Survey of Japanese Ambient

2017

Beautiful Night of the moon

“Beautiful Night of the Moon” is a poetic soundscape themed on moonlight and silence — a sonic journey that wraps the night and brings gentle healing to the heart.

2008

Interior Lifestyle Exhibition 2008

International Trade Fair “Interior Lifestyle Exhibition 2008” (June 11–13): Time Signal and Music Production

2008

Tsukada Clinic

Environmental Music Production for Tokyo’s “Tsukada Clinic”

2008

“C’BON” Salon

Environmental Sound Design and Music Production for the “C’BON” Salon

2008

Production of the accompanying CD for Mikazuki Tamaki’s CD Listening Diet (PHP Institute), a book introducing a new sonic dieting method that harmonizes mind and body, boosts metabolism, and supports natural weight loss simply by listening to specially designed audio.

2008

A CD Book That Deepens the Bond Between Mother and Baby Just by Listening

Mikazuki Tama’s A CD Book That Deepens the Bond Between Mother and Baby Just by Listening (Sunmark Publishing) is a healing guide that uses sound and “Ki” to harmonize the minds and bodies of mother and child, nurturing connection and安心––with an accompanying CD produced by Takashi Kokubo.

2008

Green & Flower: Bringing Good Fortune into Your Room

“Green & Flower: Bringing Good Fortune into Your Room” (Sogo Horei Publishing) introduces a self-care method that uses plants and natural sound to harmonize one’s inner state and living space, thereby enhancing personal fortune. Takashi Kokubo produced the audio for the accompanying CD.

2007

The Pulse of the Earth

“The Pulse of the Earth” (Narration by Yumi Matsutoya) — Planetarium Music Production

2007

Kurume Planetarium Program

Kurume Planetarium Program “Natural Image” — Music Production

2007

“C’BON” Beauty Salon

Sound Environment Design and Music Production for “C’BON” Beauty Salon

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2024/08

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2024/06

Yorubon

Performed at the live event “Yorubon” at Gallery “Gasbon Metabolism”

2024/06

Van Gogh and Arles

Performing Van Gogh in Arles, Southern France! Takashi Kokubo Concert “Van Gogh and Arles”

2024/02

Micro Ambient Music

In connection with the exhibition “Ryuichi Sakamoto Tribute — Music / Art / Media,” a live festival centered on Micro Ambient Music will be presented.

2024/01

JOMON DIVA Live

Ultra-Ancient Future Music “JOMON DIVA — Rite of Creation”

2023/01

DTM STATION

Attending a Mysterious 3D Sound Live Performance by Takashi Kokubo at the “Sakura-za” Live House in Kōfu

2022/05

TBS “Marutto! Saturday”

Interviewed by TBS “Marutto! Saturday” regarding the sound of Japan’s Earthquake Early Warning system (online coverage).

2021/06

The Great New Ambient Wave-BBC Sound

Sunday Feature-Tranquility Inc -The Great New Ambient Wave-BBC Sound

2020/11

How old,ambient Japanese music become a smash hit on YouTube

How old,ambient Japanese music become a smash hit on YouTube.Exploring the comment-section emotion of music as a mysterious algorithm.

2020/08

“Hatsumimi Alarm” Release Confirmed! (MBS Mainichi Broadcasting)

Takashi Kokubo takes on the challenge: “Can a sound designer create a wake-up alarm that guarantees you’ll wake up?”

2009

Communication That Resonates with the Five Senses

Environmental Conference 2009 Autumn Issue, “Communication That Resonates with the Five Senses,” in round-table discussion format (Supplement to Senden Kaigi, September 2009).

2004

Warm Living! Secrets! The Magic of Home

Appearance on TBS’s “Warm Living! Secrets! The Magic of Home” as a “sound miraculist.”

1999

Takashi Kokubo: Early Spring Sound Sketches of Azumino

NHK BS Special “Takashi Kokubo: Early Spring Sound Sketches of Azumino” (NHK BS2) – Composed music using environmental sounds collected in Azumino in early spring.

1997

Ohayō Nippon – Metropolitan News

Appeared on “Ohayō Nippon – Metropolitan News” (NHK).

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