Eiko Ishiwata

Eiko Ishiwata
Eiko Ishiwata
石渡絵衣子
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Born	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Citizenship	Canada
Alma mater	The Art Institute of Vancouver; Bishop Strachan School;
Occupation	Composer; Game Designer; Multi-instrumentalist;
Years active	2002–present
Website	eikoishiwata.com

Eiko Ishiwata (石渡絵衣子) is a multi-instrumentalist, game designer, composer and life long JRPG fan from St. John's, Newfoundland. ^[1] ^[2] She attend and taught at the the Art Institute of Vancouver receiving the Professional Recording Arts diploma in 2006, studied classical animation at Sheridan College and was a graduate of The Bishop Strachan School. Eiko started professionally composing music for video games and film in 2002 and has released several acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music composed by Nobuo Uematsu. ^[3] ^[4]

Eiko co-composed the English language theme for Pretty Cure^[5] and has collaborated on several films with Director Terry Miles^[6].

Her song Akari from The Girl and the Robot was preformed in the Montreal Video Game Symphony by Dina Gilbert and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in 2017 and the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec in 2018.^[7]^[8]

Eiko directed Hiroki Kikuta on the Earthlock soundrack and is currently the music supervisor at Snowcastle Games. ^[9]

In 2019, Eiko formed her own transmedia company named Studio Ishiwata focused on Japanese Shōwa period inspired retro projects.^[10]

Filmography[edit]

Composer

Pretty Cure (2005)^[11]
A Night for Dying Tigers (2010) ^[12]
Recoil (2011) ^[13]
Cinemanovels (2013) ^[14]

Gameography[edit]

All works listed below were solely composed by Kikuta unless otherwise noted.

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2011	Hogworld: Gnart's Adventure	Composer	^[15]
2012	Crazy Crab	Composer	^[16]
2012	Chibi Fortune	Composer	^[17]
2013	Pocket Oceans	Composer	^[18]
2016	The Girl and the Robot	Composer	^[19]
2016	Earthlock: Festival of Magic	Composer	^[20]

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[1] ttps://www.straight.com/ten-young-talents-light-up-the-silver-screen

[2] ttps://www.siliconera.com/composer-eiko-nichols-talks-about-her-final-fantasy-vi-acoustic-rendition/

[3] ttps://japanesecanadianartists.com/artist/eiko-ishiwata/

[4] ttps://www.siliconera.com/composer-eiko-nichols-talks-about-her-final-fantasy-vi-acoustic-rendition/

[5] ttp://www.crystalacids.com/database/title/1364/pretty-cure/

[6] ttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/cinemanovels-film-review-718212

[7] ttps://flyingcarpetsgames.com/2017/12/20/the-girl-and-the-robot-featured-in-the-montreal-video-game-symphony/

[8] ttps://mvgs.ca/qc-osq-nov-22-23-2018/

[9] ttps://www.snowcastlegames.com/earthlock

[10] ttps://japanesecanadianartists.com/artist/eiko-ishiwata/

[11] ttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/

[12] ttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/

[13] ttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/

[14] ttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/

[15] ttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/

[16] ttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/

[17] ttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/

[18] ttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/

[19] ttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/

[20] ttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm3999962/

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