Yusuke Hatano

Yusuke Hatano (波多野裕介, born 1986) is a Japanese composer, arranger, and pianist best known for his work on the soundtracks for films and games. He was born in New Jersey, return to Japan, and studied high school in Singapore and Malaysia. During his university life at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, Yusuke has won the Percy Brier Memorial Prize with his composition Oriental Isolation.^[1] Interested in a range of musical genres – from classical and jazz to contemporary and electronic music – Yusuke spent the formative years of his career as a jazz pianist in Brisbane, before relocating to Hong Kong in 2011.

In recent years, his film compositions have attracted international attention, with his work for the film Full Strike ^[2] debuting with a world premiere at the 2015 Osaka Asian Film Festival.^[3] "Composer Yusuke Hatano’s groovy soundtrack enhances the film with an extra layer of coolness,^[4]" quoted by King-Wei Chu on the Fantasia 2015 International Film Festival. Full Strike is the winner of Best Asian Film at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) 2015, and the official selection of Osaka Asian Film Festival 2015 and New York Asian Film Festival 2015.

He has written scores for famous films, including Soulmate produced by Peter Chan and Jo Jo Hui, directed by Derek Tsang starring Zhou Dongyu and Sichun Ma, Line Walker directed by Jazz Boon starring Nick Cheung, Louis Koo, Francis Ng, and Charmaine Sheh, Happiness directed by Andy Lo Yiu Fai starring Kara Hui and Carlos Chan which won the Asian CineVision 2016 Asian Media Humanitarian Award^[5] in New York as well as Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor at the 7th Macau International Movie Festival, GOOD TAKE! : Cement, GOOD TAKE! : The Banquet, GOOD TAKE! : GOOD TAKE,^[6] Full Strike, and Hardcore Comedy: Shocking Wet Dreams.^[7] He is also the composer for the Madhead app game Chronosgate, which has reached over one million downloads and has topped iTunes App Store in one day after its official launch in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, and Macau. Yusuke has also composed music for pop artists including for Softhard concert promotion, Ken Hung, arranged music for Vivian Chan and AGA.

Performances

In 2012, he was the featured pianist for charity jazz concert Love Affairs with Jolie.^[8] In 2015, Yusuke performed Leslie Cheung’s song 你在何地 at the Hong Kong Coliseum with director Derek Kwok at famous lyricist Calvin Poon's "P For Poon Party" Concert. In 2016, Yusuke performed with William So and 為你鍾情 composer Wong Ching Yu for Community Chest on TVB.

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Movie works

Games

Works for pop albums

(In Order of Starting Year of Affiliation)

References

External links

• Yusuke Hatano at the Internet Movie Database