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Hattori Katsuhisa (服部克久; Katsuhisa Hattori, born November 1, 1936) is a Japanese classical composer who also composes for anime. In the West he is best known for his soundtrack compositions for Argento Soma and Morioka Hiroyuki's Seikai anime series.

Biography

Hattori Katsuhisa was born in Tokyo, Japan. He is an extremely respected composer in Japan; his style is classical, although he is experienced and respected in many other genres, such as New Age, Jazz, etc. In 2000 his life and musical works were honored in an hour-long Japanese television special ( ). He has conducted many famous orchestras, but most of his own compositions are performed by the acclaimed "Tokyo Pops Orchestra".

Besides being a composer, he has been a producer and music supervisor for many years, and now has his own publishing company, "Hattori Music Publishing". He is also pianist, judge and a chairman for the Tokyo music festivals.

In 1989, Katsuhisa and his son Hattori Takayuki, who is also a composer, produced the first orchestrated Final Fantasy music CD for critically acclaimed video game music composer Nobuo Uematsu. The CD was performed by the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and entitled “Symphonic Suite Final Fantasy”. In 1991, again at Nobuo Uematsu's request, he produced three Final Fantasy tracks for the first "Orchestral Game Concert" CD (tracks 13, 14 and 15).

Legal Difficulties

In September 2002 the Tokyo High Court ordered Hattori Katsuhisa to pay 9.4 million yen () in damages, ruling that there was a strong similarity between his song, "Kinenju" ("Memorial Tree"), and Asei Kobayashi's song "Dokomademo Iko" ("Let's Go To Eternity Together").

Asei Kobayashi's music publisher, the Kanai Ongaku Shuppan company, who gave JASRAC (Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers) permission to manage the song "Dokomademo Iko" in 1967, claimed that JASRAC had illegally allowed the use of the sound-alike song. In December 2003, the Tokyo District Court ordered JASRAC to pay 1.8 million yen in damages, for allowing the publishing, broadcast and sale in CD form of Hattori Katsuhisa's song. This decision was overturned by the Tokyo High Court in 2005.

Recent Works

In 2005, Hattori Katsuhisa released a three-track CD called "Seikai no Senki III ED", for the anime Seikai no Senki III (OVA), and a non-anime related CD, "Author's Best Vol.2".

Discography Works

Nature (1994)
Almanach (1995)
Congratulation (1996)
Lutus Dream (1997)
Mon reve (1998)
Champs de la Musique (1998)
JUICY and CRISPY (1998)
Bon Voyage (1998)
A LA CARTE (1998)
QUATLE SAISON (1998)
La Monde (1998)
Arc en Ciel (1998)
La Strada (1998)
Sports (1998)
The Earth (1998)
Friends (1999)
Dissolve (2000)
á la table (2001)
Invitation (2002)
Comme d' habitude (2003)
Author's Best Vol.1 (2004)
Author's Best Vol.2 (2005)

Anime Soundtracks

Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1980)
Swiss Family Robinson (1981)
Wanwan Sanjushi (1981)
Fist of the North Star Movie (1986)
Ie Naki Ko Remi (1996)
In The Beginning - The Bible Stories (1997)
Infinite Ryvius (1999)
Seikai no Monshō "Crest of the Stars" (1999)

Seikai no Danshou "Lost Chapter of the Stars - Birth" (2000)
Seikai no Senki I "Banner of the Stars" (2000)

Argento Soma (2000)

Seikai no Senki II "Banner of the Stars II" (2001)
Seikai no Senki III "''Banner of the Stars III" (2005)

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