Masakatsu Takagi

Masakatsu Takagi at a Nuit Blanche for Toyota in Paris, France

Masakatsu Takagi (高木 正勝, Takagi Masakatsu, born 1979) is a musician and filmmaker from Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan.[1] He attended Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, graduating with English.

He wrote the score for Mamoru Hosoda's films Wolf Children (2012), The Boy and the Beast (2015) and Mirai (2018).[2] He also wrote the music for the Studio Ghibli documentary The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013).

His work has been noticed by Apple Inc., and a 3-minute promotional video for the company was made about how Takagi creates his videos on a Macintosh system, and Apple Pro software, including Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro. He also uses Adobe After Effects and Adobe Photoshop in his videos.[3] He collaborated with David Sylvian on the track "Exit / Delete" from Coieda (2004).

Takagi has lived in Hyogo, Japan since 2013.[4]

## Discography[edit]

* pia (2001)
* opus pia (2002)
* eating (2002)
* JOURNAL FOR PEOPLE (2002)
* eating 2 (2003)
* rehome (2003)
* sail (2003)
* world is so beautiful (2003)
* COIEDA (2004)
* JOURNAL FOR PEOPLE (2006)
* world is so beautiful (2006)
* AIR'S NOTE (2006)
* BLOOMY GIRLS (2006)
* Private/Public (2007)
* Tai Rei Tei Rio (2009)
* Ymene (2010)
* Niyodo (2011)
* Tama Tama (2011)
* Mikrokozmosz (2012)
* Wolf Children (2012)[5]
* Kagayaki (2014)
* The Boy and the Beast (2015)[5]
* Mirai (2018)[2]
* Marginalia (2018)
* Marginalia II (2019)
* Marginalia III (2021)
* Marginalia IV (2021)
* Okaeri Mone (2021)[5]
* Marginalia V (2023)

## References[edit]

1. ^ 柴, 那典 (October 28, 2014). "山奥で暮らす高木正勝が届ける、人生を変える「感じ方」の授業". Cinra.net (in Japanese). Retrieved August 20, 2018.
2. ^ a b "映画「未来のミライ」劇中曲を高木正勝が生演奏、上白石萌歌＆細田守のリクエストで". Natalie (in Japanese). July 16, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
3. ^ "Pro: Takagi Masakatsu". Apple Inc. Archived from the original on January 20, 2007. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
4. ^ 中津, 海麻子 (April 14, 2017). "「おおかみこども」の音楽が生まれるまで模索１０年 高木正勝（前編）". Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved August 20, 2018.
5. ^ a b c "おかえりモネ：音楽は「おおかみこども」高木正勝が担当 清原果耶主演の次期朝ドラ". Mantan-web. March 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.

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