2” soundtrack in 2003.įans mourned the prolific composer on Twitter. Kikuchi originally composed the song “Urami Bushi” for the 1972 film “Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion,” although it later gained popularity for its inclusion on the “Kill Bill: Vol. In 2015, he received the Japan Record Award for Distinguished Service. In 1983, Kikuchi was nominated for Japan Academy Prizes for “Best Musical Score” for his work on “Yûkai hôdô” (“To Trap a Kidnapper”) and “Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen” (“The Gate of Youth Part 2”). A scene from “Dragon Ball Z.” ©Cartoon Network/Courtesy Evere His compositions appeared in the extremely popular shows “Doraemon,” “Dragon Ball” and its many spinoffs and the “Red Dead Wagon” TV movies, according to his IMDB profile. Over the course of his career, Kikuchi worked on dozens of TV shows and movies. Sales data for R&B/hip-hop retail charts. Shunsuke Kikuchi, a Japanese composer famed for his work in the anime world, has died at age 89.īest-known for scoring the “Dragon Ball” series, Kikuchi died on April 24 from the lung infection commonly known as aspiration pneumonia, according to the gaming site HITC.Ĭlose family members gathered to remember Kikuchi at a funeral in his homeland, local media outlet Oricon News reported.īorn in 1931 in Hirosaki, Kikuchi attended the Nihon University College of Art. SALES DATA COMPILED BY Sales data compiled from a comprehesive pool of U.S.

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