Sei Ikeno

Sei Ikeno
池野成
Born(1931-02-24)24 February 1931
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Died13 August 2004(2004-08-13) (aged 73)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationComposer

Sei Ikeno (池野 成, Ikeno Sei, 24 February 1931 – 13 August 2004) was a Japanese composer who wrote the film scores for directors such as Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Yūzō Kawashima, Yasuzō Masumura and new wave filmmaker Yoshishige Yoshida.[1][2]

Ikeno was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido. In 1950, he entered the Tokyo Music School (now Tokyo University of the Arts) and studied under Tomojirō Ikenouchi and Akira Ifukube.[3] In addition to writing film and other music work, he lectured on composition and orchestration at the Tokyo College of Music and the Tokyo University of the Arts.[3] He died in Tokyo in 2004.[3]

  1. ^ "池野成". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  2. ^ "池野成". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "池野成について". Tokyo College of Music Library (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 June 2023.