KATABUI -In the heart of Okinawa

Poster of the film Katabui

Original Music for a documentary showed at Nippon Connection (Frankfurt) in 2016.

Inspired by a fantastic album by Yasukatsu Oshima and Geoffrey Keezer, I decided to focus on a few instruments, mostly piano and sanshin (a 3-stringed lute) to find the colour I wanted for the soundtrack.

Except on Tinsagu nu Hana, I play the sanshin myself.

Directed by Daniel Lopez.

Soundtrack

Katabui - Original Soundtrack

Katabui – Original Soundtrack

  • 16 tracks
  • Original Music, sanshin and piano by Denys Fontanarosa.
  • Some melodies and motives were borrowed from wonderful traditional Ryukyuan songs (see each track’s description for details)
  • Music composed and recorded in Naha (Okinawa, Japan) during summer 2015.