Shigeru Umebayashi

Film titles: Incendiary and Absurdistan

Shigeru Umebayashi (AKA "UME") has been recognized internationally for his famous music to In The Mood For Love (Wong Kar Wai), which was originally composed as "Yumeji's Theme." He worked on another Wong film, 2046. In 2006, he joined as music producer and composer for Zhang Yimou's films House of Flying Daggers and Curse of The Golden Flower. In Daggers, Umebayashi also composed the song "Lovers," sung by Kathleen Battle. Umebayashi worked on Jet Li's Fearless (Ronny Yu-USA), The Dark Sea (Roberta Torre - Italy) and Charleston za Ognjenku (Uros Stojanovic - Serbia). He composed film music for Hannibal Rising (Peter Webber- UK), and at the end of 2006, he finished a score for Incendiary (Sharon Maguire ― UK). In 2007, he joined as music producer and composer for Absurdistan (Veit Helmer - Germany) and the Greek film A Simple Love Story (Dimitri Vorris). Umebayashi's music has also appeared in European commercials for companies like Nestle, Guinness and LaCoste.

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Incendiary
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Absurdistan
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