Naoki Satō

He studied at the Tokyo College of Music. He works above all with director Takashi Yamazaki, with whom he made Always: Sunset on Third Street, which won him the Japan Academy Prize for best music, The Eternal Zero and Godzilla Minus One. He also wrote the music for the live-action Rurouni Kenshin saga and many anime series.

Style

Large orchestra and choir, heroic themes and heavy percussion in the action scenes.

Awards

Japan Academy Prize for best music for Always: Sunset on Third Street. Nominated for The Eternal Zero and Godzilla Minus One.

Discography

• Always: Sunset on Third Street (2005) Spotify · Apple Music
• K-20: Legend of the Mask (2008) Spotify · Apple Music
• DOG×POLICE: The K-9 Force (2011) Spotify · Apple Music
• Brave Hearts: Umizaru (2012) Spotify
• Until the Break of Dawn (2012) Spotify · Apple Music
• Rudolf the Black Cat (2016) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Top Secret: Murder in Mind (2016) Spotify · Apple Music
• Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura (2017) Spotify · Apple Music
• Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020) Spotify
• Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning (2021) Spotify
• Rurouni Kenshin: The Final (2021) Spotify
• Godzilla Minus One (2023) Spotify · Apple Music
• The Yin Yang Master Zero (2024) Spotify · Apple Music
• Hero's Island (2025) Spotify · Apple Music

"Spotify" and "Apple Music" open the album directly on each platform; if only Spotify appears, we have not yet been able to check that album on Apple Music. "Search Spotify" opens an album search for that title. If a link does not lead to the right album, write to [email protected]. "Album" marks the year of that album edition when it differs from the film's.

Listen

• Godzilla Minus One · Godzilla Minus OneSpotifyApple MusicYouTube
• Rurouni Kenshin · Rurouni KenshinSpotifyApple MusicYouTube

Full biography on Wikipedia