Kenji Ichiyanagi is an accomplished composer, sound designer, and orchestrator for film, television, advertising, and other visual media. He is a six-time Emmy® nominee, recognized for his exceptional work in the industry. Kenji has earned degrees in both Film Scoring and Music Synthesis with full scholarships and awards and possesses over 20 years of progressive experience in his field. Kenji has an impressive portfolio of work, including over 3,000 episodes of various Emmy®-winning drama series and documentaries on major networks such as ABC, CBS, BBC, NBC, Discovery, National Geographic, and Disney. In addition to his composing and sound design work, he serves as a pro audio technical specialist for media productions, software/hardware developers, studios, and musicians. Kenji's contributions to the industry are not limited to his work as a composer and sound designer. He has also co-developed sample libraries exclusively for Apple's Logic Pro and GarageBand, known as Jam Pack, as well as IRCAM's real-time immersive mixing engine, SPAT, which is currently available from Flux Software Engineering (_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_). Kenji Ichiyanagi's impressive qualifications and experience have established him as a highly respected and sought-after professional in the music and sound design industry.

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Kenji Ichiyanagi is an accomplished composer, sound designer, and orchestrator for film, television, advertising, and other visual media. He is a six-time Emmy® nominee, recognized for his exceptional work in the industry. Kenji has earned degrees in both Film Scoring and Music Synthesis with full scholarships and awards and possesses over 20 years of progressive experience in his field. Kenji has an impressive portfolio of work, including over 3,000 episodes of various Emmy®-winning drama series and documentaries on major networks such as ABC, CBS, BBC, NBC, Discovery, National Geographic, and Disney. In addition to his composing and sound design work, he serves as a pro audio technical specialist for media productions, software/hardware developers, studios, and musicians. Kenji's contributions to the industry are not limited to his work as a composer and sound designer. He has also co-developed sample libraries exclusively for Apple's Logic Pro and GarageBand, known as Jam Pack, as well as IRCAM's real-time immersive mixing engine, SPAT, which is currently available from Flux Software Engineering (_Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_). Kenji Ichiyanagi's impressive qualifications and experience have established him as a highly respected and sought-after professional in the music and sound design industry.

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Kenji Ichiyanagi is an accomplished composer, sound designer, and orchestrator for film, television, advertising, and other visual media. He is a six-time Emmy® nominee, recognized for his exceptional work in the industry. Kenji has earned degrees in both Film Scoring and Music Synthesis with full scholarships and awards and possesses over 20 years of progressive experience in his field.

Kenji has an impressive portfolio of work, including over 3,000 episodes of various Emmy®-winning drama series and documentaries on major networks such as ABC, CBS, BBC, NBC, Discovery, National Geographic, and Disney. In addition to his composing and sound design work, he serves as a pro audio technical specialist for media productions, software/hardware developers, studios, and musicians.

Kenji’s contributions to the industry are not limited to his work as a composer and sound designer. He has also co-developed sample libraries exclusively for Apple’s Logic Pro and GarageBand, known as Jam Pack, as well as IRCAM’s real-time immersive mixing engine, SPAT, which is currently available from Flux Software Engineering (Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup).

Kenji Ichiyanagi’s impressive qualifications and experience have established him as a highly respected and sought-after professional in the music and sound design industry.

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Skills

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Composition
Ji
Jingle
Sh
Short Film
So
Soundtrack

Experience Level

Composition
Expert
Jingle
Expert
Short Film
Expert
Soundtrack
Expert

Language

English
Advanced
Japanese
Fluent

Education

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Qualifications

FilmQuest: Best Score - Feature Film
November 9, 2022
Kenji Ichiyanagi's score for the feature horror film "Bashira" by Oscar-winning Nickson Fong won BEST SCORE at FilmQuest 2022. There were 1,567 submissions.
Terror Molins (Festival de Cine de Terror de Molins De Rei): Best Original Soundtrack (Feature Film category)
November 30, 2021
The music for the feature film "Bashira" (2021) directed by Oscar-winning Nickson Fong has won "Best Original Soundtrack" in Feature Films (Videodrome) category in 2021. http://www.molinsfilmfestival.com/edition-2021/awards-and-honors/?lang=en
6 Nominations - Emmy Awards for "Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series"
April 26, 2015
2006 (CBS), 2007 (ABC), 2008 (ABC), 2010 (ABC), 2012 (ABC) & 2014 (ABC/The OnLine Network)

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment
    uniE613 Drama Series (Disney ABC Television Group)
    Composed/produced original score and sound design for over 500 episodes of various multi-Emmy® Award winning drama series including "All My Children" and "One Life To Live" in association with 9-time Emmy®-winning music supervisor Paul Glass, and built Disney/ABC's custom in-house music libraries. The scores for the drama series have been nominated for the Emmy® Award in "Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series" category in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013. Also served as orchestrator/arranger for Disney/Pixar's compilation albums of songs and scores from their animated films such as "Up", "Frozen", "The Little Mermaid", "Alice in Wonderland" and "Cinderella".
    uniE613 Drama Series (CBS Corporation)
    Composed/produced original score and sound design for hundreds of episodes of multi-Emmy® Award winning drama series, and built their custom in-house music/sound libraries. The score for the drama series has been nominated for the Emmy® Award in "Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series" category.
    uniE613 Documentaries (Warner Bros. Discovery)
    Has been providing original scores for various documentaries and reality series on Discovery Channel and Animal Planet. Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. was formed after the spin-off of WarnerMedia, and its merger with Discovery, Inc. on April 8, 2022.