Isao Tomita on Apocalypse Now, Moog and Vocaloid Hatsune Miku | Red Bull Music Academy
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The late composer Isao Tomita discussed discovering Moog synths, his influence on the sound of Apocalypse Now, Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, and more in his 2014 RBMA Tokyo Lecture.
TOPICS:
4:47 - Discovering Moog synthesizers
15:44 - Snowflakes Are Dancing and Debussy’s influence
16:01 - Bach
33:27 - Hatsune Miku
46:51 - Francis Ford Coppola and Apocalypse Now
52:34 - The Planets
MUSIC:
13:41 - Isao Tomita - Music from “Snowflakes are Dancing” • Isao Tomita - Snowflak...
27:52 - Isao Tomita - Unknown, for collaboration with Yoichiro Kawaguchi
33:59 - Hatsune Miku - ”Night on the Galactic Railroad” • 【Hatsune Miku】DAIKIN ×...
48:23 - Isao Tomita - “Mars, The Bringer of War” • Tomita Planets - Mars,...
1:13:22 - Isao Tomita - “Arabesque No. 1” • Isao Tomita - Arabesqu...
1:29:24 - Isao Tomita - “Snowflakes are Dancing“ • Video
In electronic music, it’s hard to exaggerate the importance of Isao Tomita’s work. Born in Japan in the 1930s, Tomita imagined other worlds - seemingly outside his own, human reach - and so used his music to explore the unknown. In the ’60s, he pioneered the use of the Moog synthesizer to not just create note-for-note facsimiles of “real” music, but to re-figure electronic compositions as soundscapes; creating daring new sounds that would become highly influential for science fiction cinema soundtracks, modern synth pop, and much more.
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Tomita was a genius. Still listen to his music today. He was one of my greatest inspirations in electronic music! RIP Isao Tomita!
The Man. The Master. The Legend.
Tomita is my idol and the reason I got into synthesis. From 6 years old when I first laid eyes on the KOSMOS record artwork and his music, I was hooked.
His contributions to synth, classical and electronic music are unrivalled; he was truly light years ahead of his time, especially considering what he was able to achieve with the limited music and recording technology of the 70s and early 80s. It is beyond inspirational.
This interview was both informational and nostalgic. Truly a great man so full of knowledge, and he didn't even formally study music theory yet was able to create such stunning sonic works of art. Truly a gift from the Creator.
Put on some headphones, lie down in a dark room and close the door. Close your eyes and relax. Listen to KOSMOS, the PLANETS or BERMUDA TRIANGLE albums and you will certainly be transported on a sonic journey to galaxies far, far away... guaranteed.
+synth4ever I agree with you. His mastery on creating Works of art, being ahead of his time, etc. But I think there was another great musician similar to Tomita (the synth and 70s); Jean Michel Jarre.By the way I recommend exactly the sane to enjoy and "travel on time and space" with creations from both masters.¡Saludos desde México!
+Mateo Muniz Ah yes, of course JMJ is also a master in the area of sound and synthesis, albeit in a slightly different direction. Nonetheless he also deserves much praise. Perhaps they could both collaborate on an album someday, before its too late (Tomita-san is in his 80s now)... wouldn't that be something. :)
That said, Tomita still remains my #1 influence when it comes to the classical ambient synth/space music style. I am glad this interview was taped, and hope he remains in good health for years to come.
synth4ever, the same story, bro ;) +1 For Tomita!
I have all but a few of Master Tomita’s albums. Visionary.
and “Snowflakes Are Dancing”😑
This man was ahead of everyone by decades in electronic music. His music is timeless and even though most of his catalog is decades old, NONE of it sounds dated. Fantastic artist.
Truth
Did anyone make more advanced use of the Roland MC-8 Microcomposer than Isao Tomita and Hideki Matsutake?
Tomita will live on forever. We haven't even caught up with what he was doing at the beginning of his classic works. Love this man. Can you imagine hearing these sounds in your head and being able to create them for the world? Tomita, Eno, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Klaus Schulze, Kraftwerk, Ashra Tempel, Laurie Anderson, Alvin Curran were some of the innovators who astonished and influenced so many others like myself.
It is SUCH A BLESSING that this interview was done before he passed away. This man was a giant. I have learned so much from him. Thank you Isao Tomita!!!!!
This man was a genius. Who follows in his wake? So unique and so amazing. We miss you Tomita!
海外の皆さんのコメントが凄いですね。
冨田勲先生、天界でも素晴らしい音楽を追求しておられることでしょう。
I went to see Tomita in concert in London. He did some of his electronic classics, then he conducted a conventional orchestra playing one of his symphonic pieces. Greatest electronic interpreter of classical masterpieces. Very charming and modest.
物静かで、全く、他者に攻撃的、挑発的なところはないが、内なる炎の温度が高い。
武士的だが頑迷ではなく、縦横無尽、自由自在、まさに、The Man.
I found Tomita through Ridley Scott's commentary track on Alien. He talks about playing Tomita's version of the Planets on set, so I was intrigued and set out to get a copy of Tomita's the Planets and it blew me away. Isao Tomita's work is phenomenal.
1976 as a teen I saw a record in the grocery store with a weird spaceship on it, so I bought it. It was Tomita's (Holst) "Planets". I was hooked, not just on Tomita, but the entire electronic genre. And he introduced me to classical at the same time. Thank you for the enlightenment.
Exactly the same happened to me the way when I was 18 I discovered this genius musical man : Just seen first the jacket of his album in a little music store which attract my attention 🙂
I love his music and listen nearly daily. It soothes, excites, yet above all it heals. He was such a wonderful man with a wonderful talent. I'm so grateful Isao shared it with the world.
EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS MAN WAS GREAT. His musical imagination, his dogged persistence in coaxing new sounds from electrons, his eternal patience in working with magnetic tape, his canny cleverness in minimizing the gaussian noise that was the bane of multitrack analog recording, his BLOODY GENIUS as he created new layered sounds that actually masked that hiss, actually incorporated it into his music (!!!!), his meticulous realization of the composers' specific notes with no "shortcut" arrangements, even though it stretched his task of symphonic rendition to many months.... his brilliant use of the stereo field that he constructed piece by piece to create things which were a joy to behold in headphones in the days when headphones were large and comprised of hi fidelity speakers (which the kids of today with their stuttering Bluetooth piezo earbud CRAP can never experience), his delicate use of phasing and ring modulators, his layering of electronic strings in a way that was aurally exciting, his occasional way-too-cute voices that remind us that he was a funny trickster and had a musical sense of humor, his grave and noble politeness as he responded to the (tragically naive) wishes of Holst's daughter by voluntarily withdrawing Planets (thankfully reintroduced), his whimsical re-imagination of Prokofiev and others, his ... I could go on.
Tomita has been part of my life since I was 9 years old when I was given the 'Firebird' for Christmas by my Aunt, around 1976. I have had every once since, pocket money permitting. I still have them and I just bought an original 1978 Japanese pressing of "Bermuda Triangle"! I also have many of his records on CD-4 Quadradisc and SACD. A truly great man, this was an inspiring lecture and great to review the music of my life - at 48 now. He also shows the younger generation what can be achieved with grit, determination and hard work. As such his music has soul.
Tomita thank you for your great work.
At the time i met him together with Takahashi (CEO of Roland) i bought the first system 100 and the Roland Modular 1000 System... Isao told me he was using the "New' Space Echo from Roland and was happy like a child. (I ordered one together with my system 1000) Takahashi shipped the Space Echo... to Mr. Schipol in Holland (Name of Amsterdam Airport) but i received it anyway. The Snowflakes falling from Debussy's work were real in Tomita's Recordings. If only Debussy could have heard these.... Magic! What a listening experience..... Sitting with my Headphones untill late night early morning. Thanks !
R.I.P. Great Master!
2014年にこのような場があったのかと今さら知る自分が恥ずかしいほど。12歳でTOMITAサウンドに引き込まれ音楽の世界に飛び込んだ私には、彼は絶対的な神様としか思えない存在。人前に出るのをあまり望まない方だと伺っていたが、これほど楽しいお話が出来ることを知り驚いています。余談ではあるがRed Bullにあまり良い印象を持っていなかった私にとって、こうした歴史的な場を設けた着眼点を含めて考え方が変わったと感じる。
Thx for this amazing upload & for the great subtitle :)
R.I.P. Big thanks for all you've done dear Tomita. Greetings from Poland!
Yo escuché a Isao Tomita cuando tenía 14 años, ahora tengo 65 y su creación me causa la misma sensación de asombro, alegría y delicia para mis sentidos. Gracias Maestro Isao.
wow, thanks for this lecture, I love his first albums, I'm really glad to watch this even when there were few lost in translation ideas, thanks again :D
this is gold .many thank you 🥰was born with tomita in my ears ,total and absolute genius ,total inspiration ,he is missed big time
Fantastic interview! And what an incredible body of work Mr. Tomita has given us!
このインタビューは歴史的な価値がある。素晴らしいとしか言いようがない！！！
Thank you for uploading this interview....
Even though I don't understand the language of the speakers, it's good to know that this master is passing his knowledge on to the younger generation....
I have tried to get my hands on every thing he has made, and was fortunate enough to see his performance at the "south ferry" here in New York.......
Love his catalog of music.........
Hearing him walk through how he made the whistles and chimes was so cool.
とても興味深いお話。動画のUPありがとう。
"The Planets" is probably his best
I got chills on my arms when Arabesque started playing. If I were there, at age fourteen (I'm nearly 18) I'd have asked Isao if he ever had the chance to meet with another Japanese keyboard wizard, Kitaro!
I love Mr. Tomita for his influence in my life and opening my mind to an alternate reality in music. Thank you Mr.Tomita.
This expanded the genius of the impressionists a thousand fold! Domo arigato goziamas Tomitasan.
My earliest favorite (audiofile memory that i was to become) early sound memory was in the mid 70's when I would arrange these 3.5 floor speaker like the world's largest headphones and listen to Tomita's 'FireBird'. still just slays me. An awesome recording on perfect vinyl. Thank you Tomita
exellent! great to get more of an idea, how tomita created the music. " the ballet of the chicks in their shells" should of been no 1 in the charts for sure!!!
I’m amazed at the general lack of technical questions, and questions of musical performance. How were the sounds made; how were the tracks laid; etc.
Loved Tomita since hearing Pictures at an Exhibition and Firebird in the 70s. Such a great man, Such a great loss. R.I.P
100 thumbs up for Isao !!! Back in 1978 I was a huge fan of John McLaughlin's Shakti. One day my mum's good friend was visiting while I was in my bedroom, getting high & blasting "Joy" (Shakti). When I emerged she asked me what I was listening to. After waxing poetically on the virtues of John she replied "I've got something that you might like." She went across the street to her house, returned with Tomita's "Snowflakes Are Dancing" & the "Firebird Suite' and blew my undeveloped 18 yr old mind. I put Shakti on tape for her & went out to buy every single thing I could find Tomita. She was pretty cool about music, considering she was in her 60s at the time! In fact, I've had to replace my copy of "The Planets" 3x. Now it's on hard drive so my grandkids can enjoy it.
I would have been moshing the pit where moshing wasn't known about for an interview like this. This man is a very heavy influence on any modern music and deserves kudos for his groundbreaking work.
13:25 Isao seems keen to explain the voices and the 'presenter' wants to get on with playing the piece. A bit rude... let the master speak.
That was my initial reaction too, aIthough I think the presenter did it to keep the interview somewhat structured.. They eventually get to the points that Isao wanted to explain anyway
the great isao tomita. known even in isolated cuba.....
He seemed so kind...he was very interesting to listen to especially his rivalry with Wendy Carlos ....why he tried to do something different to her. He is a synth legend for sure!
今はcomで再現出来るのですが、当時のmoogでオーバーダブして製作するのは気力と緻密さが常人ではあり得ないレベルです。
数十年経過していても素晴らしい作品を制作していただいて、今後このような人物は出現しないでしょう。
しかも生前に、当時としては最新のパフォーマンスを公開していらっしゃるのですから神です。
Tomita's work was amazing... his work was so ahead of it's time... I own just about everything this man released...
Genki desuka Sir !!! so good to see you again, Tomita sensei !!!
Isao was 82 right here. Lived a good long life.
Judging by this intriguing lecture, Isao Tomita is probably one of the most sympathetic persons I've ever seen... I can only imagine how cool it must be to talk to him in person (well, provided one speaks Japanese, of course...)!
My mother bought me THE PLANETS for Christmas when I was 15 years old because I saw it in a record store. “I must have it,” I said. It changed the way I listened to music.
First learned of Tomita-san's music long ago from the original Cosmos series with Carl Sagan (his Sea Named Solaris etc.). I actually had a vinyl record of music used in that series. Have loved all of Tomita's music since then.
見れてよかったこれ行こうとしてたやつだ！
大好きです
Respect, this is so inspiring C:
I'm lucky that my brother worked in a Records Shop and new I was interested in keyboard players like Wendy Carlos, Keith Emerson and Jimmy Smith. I had never heard sounds like those that Tomita produced. They were literally out of this world. Nobody does synthesised classics these days which is a shame.
¡¡¡¡¡¡MASTER OF MASTER!!!!!!
THE GREAT ISAO TOMITA, MY FAVORITE MUSICIAN. THANKS YOU TOMITA, I KNEW DEBUSSY, HOLTZ, MUSSORSKY, ETC. THANK MISTER MASTER TOMITA ISAO FOR MAKING SO BEAUTIFUL TRANSFORMATIONS OF CLASSIC MUSIC AND GIVING THAT SPACIAL CHARACTERISTIC THAT I LOVE. PLEASE, SOMEONE TRANSLATE THIS INTERVIEW FOR UNDERSTANDING WHAT TOMITA SAN IS SAYING. FROM CHILE.
+mago araya marcelo
love it!!
His son is a professor of computer science and molecular biology at Keio University.
Wonderful musician. Snowflakes to me is so much more heartfelt than ANYTHING Carlos ever released and I truly admire Wendy/Walter Carlos but the music was much more sterile. Tomita was a pioneer in Mood orchestrations and had no issue incorporating other keyboards to get his work just right. Thank you for the subtitles for those of us who dont speak Japanese!
I'd love to interview him myself. I have so many questions, none of which were covered in this talk at all! I hope he writes an autobiography.
RIP Tomita-sensei...
One of my favorite composer. I love "The Bermuda Triangle"
Grande , Tomita🚀📢🙆🙇👽
this guy is a genius. I want him speak non stop! I don't care where the interviewer is going, let him speak freely!
Thanks
Weird people asking for music instead of questions. Love his work since 1982
Isao Tomita (22 April 1932 - 5 May 2016)
Pure genius !
R.I.P.Isao Tomita - Genius des Synthesizers!!!
if they have surround sound there why do some people keep their headphones on while the music is playing? i would love to hear this with a surround system. very inspiring interview. thank you!
Se de Isao Tomita y sus espectaculares creaciones musicales desde hace 35 años.... me costo mucho al principio de como lograba hacer sonar esos coros con un sintetizador electrónico....aun hoy dia me fascina escuchar cada pieza...snowflakes are Dancing fue el primer disco que escuche ... simplemente Maravilloso...!!!!
Julio Angelino Se llaman voces corales electrónicas.En the Bermudas triángle aparecen.
en una parte del disco
Sabías que fue admirador de Wallter Carlos famoso arreglador y autor del soundtrack de " La naranja mecánica " y tron ( la original ) cuyos arreglos son igualmente basados en las grandes obras universales.
Tomita compró un sintetizador similar al que usa Wallter Carlos y con el inicio su propio estilo.
algunas trabajos menos antiguos del artista,tienen elementos de la música China , quizás porque en su infancia.Tomita vivio con su padre en ése país.
En los Planetas del Holls ,el artista se sube a una nave imaginaria y comienza un onírico viaje por el sistema solar.
Provisto de un talento creativo inagotable, se mantuvo musicalmente activo,llegando incluso a participar en la música de la famosa bailarina y cantante virtual Hatsune Miku, muy popular en su país.
Lamentablemente,tambien me enteré de que ya ha partido de este mundo. Uno de los mayores talentos de la música electrónica se ha embarcado en un viaje a la eternidad.
Al menos,en su país,fue igual su aporte artístico reconocido ,y eso es más que mejor. Ya que hoy se premia a la basura y al mal gusto
al que vende y grita más.
Toda una eminencia este señor.Tomita al cual he escuchado desde que tengo memoria.
Sayonara Isao Tomita.
...mas que un comentario, es un Aporte...Gracias amigo!!!
Julio Angelino Ok si es a mi Ok ...
Isao fue el padre de la musica electrónica. Su genialidad estaba adelantada decadas 😎
Who was that man at the end? Ask him a sensible question and play the CD at home! I wonder how much some of the audience knew of Tomita's work.
A true genius !
He was right to embrace the Impressionist and Romantic classical repertoire for the synthesizer.
While I loved Carlos’ work, the Bach Brandenburg Concertos and Fugues simply have “Too many notes” as a Mozart critic one said in Amadeus. The ability of the synthesizer to radically change it’s harmonic spectrum during a note’s duration makes it ideal for music with big variations in harmonic and dynamic spectrum.
His comments about Picasso say it all. The mathematical precision of Carlos’ Bach recordings needed a more passionate counterpart. Tomita-san delivered. He was one of my heroes.
48:23 It sounds different. Did he redo his version of Mars? I'd love to know where I can obtain a full copy of this version!
ドビュッシーを取り上げたのはW.カルロスのスウィッチト・オン・バッハへの対抗だったというのは初めて聴きました。日本文化の影響を受けていたということがドビュッシーを取り上げたり、アカデミックな教育を受けていないムソルグスキーを選択したところなど、冨田先生らしいですね。
GOD!!!
Around 1:10:49 is that a young palms trax behind the girl asking the question?
Tomita excelente
im a huge fan and hav about 20 lps and cds and cassettes and posters
He's a great ancestor of JPN electric music. Probably I'm also one of his descendants.
RIP Isao-son
彼は伝説
Since the long plays. Pictures at... Etc
TOMITA YOUR MUSIC IS ALSO VERY INTERESTING FOR PAINTER IN FRONT OF A WHITE CANVAS AND THERE FOLLOWING THE MUSIC MELTING WITH IT WE FLY IN COLORS LINES SHAPES SPACE FULL EMPTY SPACES POINT STOP AGRESSIVE FLUID ACTION REACTION , SILENT , POINT , STARTING AGAIN ETC ETC MERCI THANKS TOMITA
I wonder how to contact the makers of this interview. Being program maker of Dutch radio I would like to use fragments in a podcast about Tomita. Therefore I need permission.
Hi Robert, please contact info@redbullmusicacademy.com with your request. Thanks!
Gracias a isao tomita. Y tangerine dream. Sin uso de drogas. Mi imaginación voló a la fantasía.
偉大なるマエストロ
I met him twice, in 1998 and 2000. The first meeting (with my friend John Breslin) was conducted through an interpreter, his P.A., in London when he made a concert performance of his CD 'The Tale Of Genji' at the Royal Festival Hall. You can read the interview transcription in the 'Interviews' section of our website isaotomita #dot# org
R.I.P........
RIP
3d, ATMOS?
How scary this man, which of course love his music, died on my Birthday
He died on the day after my birthday
Why do we have to get "Old"??
Interesting that there is no mention (unless I missed it) about Tomita's extensive use of the Mellotron on his "Moog" albums ! I'm sure those albums would have sounded pretty mediocre without the lavish choir sounds etc that where produced by the Mellotron. A bit misleading really !
There are so many bad synthesizer artists, who have big channels reviewing gear, and when you hear their music, it's like the academic music Tomita said he didn't like.
jesus christ the guy at the end "i didn't recognize what i asked for"
1:25.00--Dipsticks calling out requests from the audience. Do your listening at home. Let us learn what Tomita-sensei has to say about his art and life. Who are these wannabes in the audience anyway?
Please make the ULTIMATE Concert come true before it is too late... Jean Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Wendy Carlos, Isoa Tomita and Brian Eno ... The Instigators and Entrepreneurs of Electronic Musique
@Zedster911 want to help?
I was loving this interview until the american asked her dumb question. If she knew anything about Tomita's work she would know that he put copious descriptions on his album sleeves detailing exactly what he used, even naming which Moog modules his modular had. The only effect the Moog had was a built-in spring reverb.
dla poszukiwaczy ambitnych eksperymentów proponuję moje L'opery - quasi opery czysto elektroniczne, grane raz i bez korekt
lost for words..........