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AK

Composers whose names start with AK.

21st Century

Akari Kaida

is a Japanese video game music composer. She composed various soundtracks for Capcom games, including multiple in the Mega Man series. She has occasionally been credited as Akari Groves, taking the

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Post-War

Åke Parmerud

Åke Parmerud (born 24 July 1953) is a Swedish composer, musician, and multimedia artist noted for his acoustic and electronic works, which have been performed mostly in Europe, Mexico, and Canada. He

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20th Century

Åke Uddén

Åke Olof Sebastian Uddén (18 August 1903 – 28 April 1987) was a Swedish violist, composer, conductor and music educator. Uddén was born in Lossa (now Låssa), Upplands-Bro Municipality, Stockholm

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Post-War

Aki Takase

(born January 26, 1948) is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer. Biography Takase was born in Osaka and started to play piano at age 3. Raised in Tokyo, she studied classical piano at Toho Gakuen

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Post-War

Akin Euba

Olatunji Akin Euba (28 April 1935 – 14 April 2020) was a Nigerian composer, musicologist, and pianist. Career Born on 28 April 1935 in Lagos, Nigeria, Akin Euba studied composition with Arnold Cooke

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Post-War

Akio Yashiro

was a Japanese composer. Biography He was born in Tokyo. Yashiro entered the Tokyo Music School (presently the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music) in 1945, where he studied composition

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21st Century

Akio Yasuraoka

(born January 13, 1958) is a Japanese composer. Biography Yasuraoka was born in Tokyo and studied with composers Teruyuki Noda (野田暉行) and Akira Miyoshi graduating Tokyo University of the Arts in 1984

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20th Century

Akira Ifukube

was a Japanese composer. He is best known for composing several entries in the Godzilla franchise as well as developing the titular monster's roar. Biography Early years in Hokkaido Akira Ifukube was

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Post-War

Akira Inoue (musician)

(born 8 September 1953), is a Japanese keyboard player, composer, arranger and producer. He was the recipient of the 23rd Japan Record Awards arranger award. History Inoue was born in Tokyo. His

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Post-War

Akira Miyoshi

Akira Miyoshi (三善 晃; January 10, 1933 – 4 October 2013 ) was a Japanese composer. Biography Miyoshi was born in Suginami, Tokyo. He was a child prodigy on the piano, studying with Kozaburo Hirai and

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Post-War

Akira Nishimura

was a Japanese composer from Osaka. Biography Nishimura studied composition and musical theory on a graduate course at Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He also studied Asian

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21st Century

Akira Yamaoka

is a Japanese composer and sound designer. He has scored almost every installment of Konami's horror video game series Silent Hill since 1999, also producing some of the entries and composing for

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Post-War

Ákos Rózmann

Ákos Rózmann (; 16 July 1939 – 12 August 2005) was a Hungarian-Swedish composer and organist. Biography Rózmann was born in Budapest, Hungary, on 16 July 1939. He studied composition with Rezső Sugár

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20th Century

Aksel Agerby

Aksel Agerby (29 May 1889 – 20 March 1942) was a Danish composer, organist, and music administrator. He also operated his own music publishing company, which published both his work and those of

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