Here are five things we learned at the GRAMMY Museum event "The Drop: Yoshiki." He Has A Long History With & Bold Future In Classical Music Yoshiki has lived a truly fascinating whirlwind of a life for the past few decades, and he was happy to open up about much of it in this week’s conversation. He has penned music for TV and film, written a concerto for the Japanese emperor, and even launched his own celebrated line of kimonos, Yoshikimono. He’s since gone on to found another musical supergroup, The Last Rockstars, and he’s become a big name in the classical world, producing several studio albums and collaborating with everyone from George Martin to Bono to Sarah Brightman. As the leader and co-founder of X Japan, he helped inspire the rock scene's striking visual kei movement, something that wasn’t always easy - in the early '80s, it was hard for him to even get a cab in Tokyo with his big, blonde, spiked hair. 1).įor more information on the GRAMMY Museum, visit Click on the "GRAMMY Museum events" tag below for links to other GRAMMY News stories in this series.Ī select group of fans and die-hards got up close and personal with Yoshiki when he popped into the GRAMMY Museum for an intimate chat and performance.Ī multi-hyphenate in the truest sense of the world, Yoshiki has spent the past few decades balancing his work as a musician, songwriter, composer, producer, fashion designer and winemaker, producing a diverse and robust body of work. 25), and An Evening With Judy Collins (Nov. 17), Reel To Reel: The Original 7ven (Oct. Upcoming GRAMMY Museum events include An Evening With Thomas Dolby (Oct. More recently, Bates has scored films such as 2011's Sucker Punch, Conan The Barbarian and The Darkest Hour, as well as the television show "Californication." Aside from film, Bates has also composed video game scores for "Watchmen: The End Is Nigh," "Army Of Two: The 40th Day," "Transformers: War For Cybertron," and "Sucker Punch: Annihilation," among others. Bates also collaborated with GRAMMY-nominated artist/film director Rob Zombie to score The Devil's Rejects (2005), Halloween (2007) and Halloween II (2009). He subsequently composed the scores for films including Get Carter (2000), City Of Ghosts (2002) and Dawn Of The Dead (2004), among others. The group released a self-titled debut album in 1996 and were featured on the hit soundtrack to 1996's The Crow: City Of Angels and 1997's The Last Time I Committed Suicide, the latter of which was scored by Bates. While in Los Angeles, he formed alternative rock band Pet along with Papineau. Raised in Chicago, Bates relocated to Los Angeles in 1993 to pursue a career in film composing. You need to understand what that is and it took me years to get to that point." "There's a purpose to the music that isn't expressed on-screen. "I was fortunate enough to meet people who liked me enough to teach me," said Bates. Following the interview, Bates took questions from the audience, held a live composing demonstration and performed a brief set, including "White Tide" with singer/songwriter Lisa Papineau. In an intimate interview setting, Bates discussed becoming a film composer, his early influences and composing the score for Conan The Barbarian. Film composer Tyler Bates was the featured guest for a recent installment of the GRAMMY Museum's Reel To Reel: An Evening With series.
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