[Thor Joachim Haga]

55-year-old Japanese composer Naoki Satō had his proper international breakthrough with GODZILLA MINUS ONE last year – a fine score within a Goldenthal-ian spirit, but not the “Second Coming” that people made it out to be.

Personally, I discovered him in 2012 with his excellent score for UNMEI NO HITO, especially with that wild, beefed-up classical pastiche main theme. Three other recommendations since then are MORIBITO: GUARDIAN OF THE SPIRIT (2016), KYOJO (2020) and MASQUERADE NIGHT (2021).

Not been that thrilled with his last few scores, but I’m constantly exploring his work — even all these years later. So any recommendations would be welcome.

[Malte Müller]

Never heard of him before GODZILLA. The scores was okay in the movie but it didn’t grab me at all.

[Forfatter]

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