Mariko Horikawa
Sound
Biography
Composer, Orchestrator, and Pianist, Mariko Horikawa was born in Tokyo, Japan. Influenced by her parents, Mariko started playing the piano at the age of two. Mariko's career as a pianist, she won a first prize in the State Competition in the U.S. at the age of nine. After she came back from the U.S., she auditioned for Japan Piano Teachers Association(JPTA) and became a member. She entered Keio University and started playing in the band as a keyboard player and played R&B, Soul Music, J-pop, Acid Jazz, and Fusion Music. This experience influenced her future piano life. After graduating from Keio University, she worked for Yamaha Corporation. She never forgets her desire toward music and enrolled in Berklee College of Music. She graduated from Berklee with a Bachelor of Music (majoring in Film Scoring). While attending Berklee, she had selected to several awards such as Berklee Contemporary Piano Performance Award and so on. Mariko had joined several recording sessions and clinics for Berklee's promotions. Mariko also joined Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra as a Pianist and performed with conductor, Francisco Noya, Richard Sebring(French Horn Player), and George S. Clinton(Composer). Mariko also performed at Boston Symphony Hall as a pianist and a celeste for Final Fantasy Tour in Boston, lead by arranger, Arnie Roth. Encouraged by her teacher, she started writing music at this time. Mariko's compositions and arrangements had been selected and awarded couple times. After graduating from Berklee, Mariko moved to Los Angeles and started her career as Composer, Arranger, Orchestrator, and Pianist. Mariko joined several Blockbuster Movies and TV shows in Hollywood, such as La La Land, Star Wars the Last Jedi, Namiya, and so on. Mariko was also nominated and received several awards, such as International Film Festival in Milan and Sound Creators of the Year in Japan and so on, and performed in several theaters in Boston, such as, The Platform Playwrites' Festival in Boston, MA. Mariko is now working as freelance composer, arranger,orchestrator, and pianist, both in Japan and in the United States.
Known For
Charlie is one of a kind. As a half-human, half-chimpanzee Humanzee, his intellect and physical prowess is off the charts. Which is why The Animal Liberation Alliance, a terrorist group, wants him. And they will take extreme measures to get him. However, Charlie is determined to fight back for the sake of his loved ones.
The Darwin Incident
Oyumino Sayoko is an OL. When at home, she loves taking a bath. She always thinks about things related to baths, like bath bombs, snacks after a bath, and bathroom cleaning techniques.
Furo Girl
When a meddling “Boss Grandma” moves into a share house with quirky young strangers, their chaotic new life spirals into suspicion after a mysterious incident.
Asakusa Last boss Oba-chan
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テイオーの長い休日
When a job as a sharehouse errand runner throws him into the world of lively seniors, a young man discovers that life’s sweetest lessons come in unexpected forms.
Shukatsu Sharehouse
A comedy drama set at a cineplex in a rural city and it features the people working there. Mizusawa Kenta is the general manager of the cineplex while Nakazuka Kaori is a manager who is transferred to the cineplex from the parent company.
Let’s Go to the Cinema Complex!
Sumikkogurashi debuted in 2012 as slightly negative characters who like to stay in the corner of a room. The characters include "Shirokuma", a polar bear who is sensitive to cold, "Penguin?" (with a question mark in its name), a penguin who is unsure if it is actually a penguin, "Tonkatsu", a piece of pork cutlet that was left uneaten, "Neko", a shy cat, and "Tokage", who hides his nature as one of the last dinosaurs. The franchise has inspired toys, books, stationery material, video games—and now a feature film.
Sumikko Gurashi: The Pop-up Book and the Secret Child
The monologues of a sister who was abandoned by her mother and a mother who abandoned her daughter overlap with the unrelated scenes and conversations of young women in their daily lives. Various women appear in the film, including a woman with a birthmark, sisters in mourning clothes, women taking nude photos in their rooms, and a mother and daughter.