Eiko Ishiwata
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 File:Eiko Ishiwata MIGS-MEGA 2019.png Eiko in 2019 | |
| Native name | 石渡 絵衣子 |
| Born | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
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| 📆 Years active | 2002–present |
Eiko Ishiwata (石渡 絵衣子) is a multi-instrumentalist, game designer, composer and life long JRPG fan from St. John's, Newfoundland..[1] [2] She attend and taught at the Art Institute of Vancouver receiving the Professional Recording Arts diploma in 2006, studied classical animation at Sheridan College and was a graduate of The Bishop Strachan School. Eiko started professionally composing music for video games and film in 2002 and has released several acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music composed by Nobuo Uematsu. [3] [2]
Eiko co-composed the English language theme for Pretty Cure[4] and has collaborated on several films with Director Terry Miles[5]
Her song Akari from The Girl and the Robot was preformed in the Montreal Video Game Symphony by Dina Gilbert and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in 2017 and the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec in 2018.[6][7]
Eiko directed contributing composer Hiroki Kikuta for "Halls of Karba" on the Earthlock soundtrack and is currently the music supervisor at Snowcastle Games[8]
In 2019, Eiko formed her own transmedia company named Studio Ishiwata focused on Japanese Shōwa period inspired retro projects.[3]
Filmography[edit]
Composer
- Pretty Cure (2005)[9]
- A Night for Dying Tigers (2010) [9]
- Recoil (2011) [9]
- Cinemanovels (2013) [9]
Gameography[edit]
All works listed below were solely composed by Kikuta unless otherwise noted.
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Hogworld: Gnart's Adventure | Composer | [9] |
| 2012 | Crazy Crab | Composer | [9] |
| 2012 | Chibi Fortune | Composer | [9] |
| 2013 | Pocket Oceans | Composer | [9] |
| 2016 | The Girl and the Robot | Composer | [9] |
| 2016 | Earthlock: Festival of Magic | Composer | [9] |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Ten young talents light up the silver screen". The Georgia Straight. September 21, 2006.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Composer Eiko Nichols Talks About Her Final Fantasy VI Acoustic Rendition". April 3, 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Eiko Ishiwata". April 7, 2020.
- ↑ "Pretty Cure (TV) | CrystalAcids.com". www.crystalacids.com.
- ↑ "'Cinemanovels': Film Review | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com.
- ↑ "The Girl and the Robot featured in the Montreal Video Game Symphony". December 20, 2017.
- ↑ "Quebec: Nov. 22-23, 2018 – SJVM".
- ↑ "EARTHLOCK". Snowcastle Games.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 "Eiko Ishiwata - IMDb".
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