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Kow Otani

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Also known as Kō Ōtani

Japanese composer (born 1957)

Film & TV

Tokyo, Japan

Kow Otani (大谷 幸, Otani Kow) is A Japanese music composer. He is best known for creating the soundtracks for the Heisei Gamera trilogy, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, and Shadow of the Colossus.

Known for

  • Project GMK: The Day Shusuke Kaneko Fought Godzilla — Himself2002

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Japan
Active from
1957-05-01
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Discography

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Listeners
103,989
Total plays
2,742,718

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Kow Otani (大谷幸, Ōtani Kō, born May 1, 1957) is a prolific Japanese composer, arranger and pianist from Tokyo. He's known for the music behind several anime (like Gundam Wing, Haibane Renmei, Eyeshield21 and Shakugan no Shana), several japanese movies (for example 咬みつきたい, Gamera and Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah) and some video games (like Shadow of the Colossus, Sky Odyssey and Philosoma). Soon after graduating from university he became one of the founding members of IMAGINE (currently kn

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Japan
Place of birth
Tokyo
Occupation
composer
Educated at
Nihon University
Languages spoken
Japanese
Instrument
piano
Image
Ko Otani.jpg
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date of birth
1957-05-01
name in kana
おおたに こう
name in native language
大谷幸
start of work period
1987-00-00
Commons category
Kow Otani
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