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name: "Takatsugu Muramatsu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/takatsugu-muramatsu"
fi1m_id: "takatsugu-muramatsu"
imdb_id: "nm0613528"
tmdb_id: 552333
wikidata_id: "Q11523296"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "2 July 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-28T16:20:21.918139+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Takatsugu Muramatsu

## Identity

Takatsugu Muramatsu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/takatsugu-muramatsu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** takatsugu-muramatsu
- **IMDb ID:** nm0613528
- **TMDB ID:** 552333
- **Wikidata ID:** Q11523296
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takatsugu_Muramatsu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11523296, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613528/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/552333

Composer. Born 2 July 1978 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 2 July 1978, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takatsugu_Muramatsu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11523296, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0613528/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/552333

## Biography

Takatsugu Muramatsu is a Japanese composer, arranger, music producer and pianist. Born on 2 July 1978 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, he graduated from the Composition Department of Kunitachi College of Music in 2001. He released his debut piano solo album *Mado* in 1996 while still at high school and composed his first film score, *Inugami*, in 2001.

Muramatsu is best known for his scores for Studio Ghibli and other anime features, including *When Marnie Was There* (2014), *Mary and the Witch's Flower* (2017), *Lu Over the Wall* (2017), *Modest Heroes* (2018), *Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko* (2021) and *ChaO* (2025). He has also composed for live-action films such as *The 8-Year Engagement* (2017) and *In Love and Deep Water* (2023), as well as television dramas and stage works.

He has won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Music on three occasions. Muramatsu has collaborated with artists including Mariya Takeuchi and the choir Libera, and maintains an active career writing across film, television, commercials and other media.

*Sources: filmmusicreporter.com, vgmdb.net, en.wikipedia.org, muramatsu-t.net, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *ChaO* (2025), Fi1m 68, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/chao.md)

## Complete filmography (55)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Your Summer, My Storm* (2026), series, Original Music Composer
- *One in a Million: Tax Squad* (2026), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Tales of Kurashiki* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *ChaO* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/chao.md)
- *Since I Took You Away* (2025), series, Original Music Composer
- *Sun Expo* (2024), Music
- *In Love and Deep Water* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *PHOENIX: Reminiscence of Flower* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Phoenix: Eden17* (2023), series, Original Music Composer
- *Kono Subarashiki Sekai* (2023), series, Music
- *悪女について* (2023), series, Original Music Composer
- *Bankake ~ Metropolitan Police Department Automobile Police Unit* (2023), Music
- *About the Evil Woman* (2023), Music
- *Tonbi* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *In the Wake* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Tomorrow's Leaves* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Tower of Justice* (2021), series, Music
- *Path of the Dragons* (2020), series, Music
- *And Life Goes On* (2019), Music
- *未解決の女 警視庁文書捜査官～緋色のシグナル～* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Organ* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Modest Heroes* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Last Chance* (2018), series, Original Music Composer, Theme Song Performance
- *Women Document Detectives* (2018), series, Original Music Composer
- *The 8-Year Engagement* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Mary and The Witch's Flower* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Lu Over the Wall* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Cold Case: Door of Truth* (2016), series, Original Music Composer
- *Good Morning Show* (2016), Music
- *Somebody's Xylophone* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *64: Part 2* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *64: Part 1* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *At Home* (2015), Music
- *A Fading Summer* (2015), series, Original Music Composer
- *Stock Price Crash* (2014), series, Original Music Composer
- *When Marnie Was There* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Salt of the Earth* (2014), series, Original Music Composer
- *I Just Wanna Hug You* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Reunion* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Castle of Crossed Destinies* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Akai ito no Onna* (2012), series, Original Music Composer
- *Life Back Then* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Madame Butterfly* (2011), series, Original Music Composer
- *A Little Princess* (2009), series, Music
- *Nobody To Watch Over Me* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Dandan* (2008), series, Original Music Composer
- *Climber's High* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *扉は閉ざされたまま* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Yunagi City, Sakura Country* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Ice Wall* (2006), series, Original Music Composer
- *Bluestockings* (2005), Music
- *Tenka* (2004), series, Music
- *The Choice of Hercules* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Inugami* (2001), Original Music Composer, Music

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