Original Music for the documentary directed by Daniel López (2022).
The documentary received an award in the “Visual Anthropology and Ethnographic film” category at the 2022 Tokyo Documentary Festival.
Tag: Okinawa
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Umui Lion Dance from Okinawa
Tradition Lion Dance show premiered at Nippon Connection (Frankfurt) in 2023.
I arranged additional music for the show.
Directed by Daniel López
Tour
- Frankfurt, Germany (Nippon Connection – 9 June 2023)
- Ginoza, Japan (Garaman Hall – 12 February 2024)
- Paris, France (Musée Guimet – 6 March 2025)
- Montpellier, France (Utopia Montpellier – 8 March 2025)
- Paris, France (Espace Culturel Bertin Poirée – 14 March 2025)
- Toulouse, France (Utopia Borderouge – 13 March 2025)
Official Website
- Umui Performance (JP)
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KATABUI -In the heart of Okinawa
Original Music for a documentary showed at Nippon Connection (Frankfurt) in 2016.
Inspired by a fantastic album by Yasukatsu Oshima and Geoffrey Keezer, I decided to focus on a few instruments, mostly piano and sanshin (a 3-stringed lute) to find the colour I wanted for the soundtrack.
Except on Tinsagu nu Hana, I play the sanshin myself.
Directed by Daniel Lopez.
Soundtrack
Katabui – Original Soundtrack
- 16 tracks
- Original Music, sanshin and piano by Denys Fontanarosa.
- Some melodies and motives were borrowed from wonderful traditional Ryukyuan songs (see each track’s description for details)
- Music composed and recorded in Naha (Okinawa, Japan) during summer 2015.