岩代太郎 (Taro Iwashiro)

Taro Iwashiro is a Japanese composer. He has composed many music for Japanese TV and films.

He composed for both Red Cliff films, The Prince of Tennis, Rurouni Kenshin: The Motion Picture and Memories of Murder. He was also lead composer for the video game Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny by Capcom. He often uses the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra for his compositions such as his music for Red Cliff.

He has won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Original Film Score in 2009 for his soundtrack in Red Cliff.