Keiichi Oku (奥 慶一, Oku Keiichi, born October 14, 1955, in
Shiga Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese
keyboardist,
composer and
arranger. He was the keyboardist in the Japanese band Spectrum from 1979 to 1981. In 2009, he won the JASRAC International Award for the background music used in the Ashita no Nadja anime television series from
Toei Animation.[1]
Biography
Oku was born in
Shiga, Japan. He graduated from the music composition program at the
Tokyo University of the Arts. He was enrolled in the university's master's program but dropped out. As a grad student he performed in a
backup band for
Hiromi Go. On August 25, 1979, he debuted as a member of the rock band
Spectrum. After Spectrum broke up in 1981, he participated in a number of recording sessions as a studio musician. Soon after, he began working as a composer and arranger for numerous artists and on March 21, 1981, he released his solo debut album Misty Morning.
As of April 2005, he serves as a guest professor at the
Senzoku Gakuen College of Music for the music and sound design course.
In May 2009, he was awarded the 2008
JASRAC International Award for his music for
Ashita no Nadja.
The albums for all the works above are not currently listed here.
Contemporary works
Illumination pour orchestre (1978, created as part of his graduation from
Tokyo Geidai, only available at the university)
Sileno - Sonata per violino e pianoforte (2011, premiered on March 8, 2012, at the 8th JFC Independent)
Sette canzoni per bambini (2012, premiered on March 28, 2012, at the JFC solo piano concert "To the Children")
Bridge Across Two Heavens (2015, original opera that premiered on October 11, 2015, to commemorate the opening of the Narita Cultural Art Center)
Original albums
Misty Morning (1981, Victor)
The Good Bad Girl (1981, Victor)
The Good Bad Girl Again (1983, Victor)
Ginshō: Sunset Tint (残照 Sunset Tint) (1986,
Pony Canyon, Sound Museum Series 1)
References
^"2009年JASRAC賞 「そばにいるね」が金賞を受賞" [2009 JASRAC Awards "I'm Right Here With You" wins the Gold Award] (in Japanese).
JASRAC. Archived from
the original on June 13, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.