Kaoru Wada

(born May 5, 1962) is the composer of music for the InuYasha franchise, composing the 3 official soundtracks, the scores to all 4 movies, and InuYasha The Final Act soundtrack.

He is best known for his work on the anime series Samurai 7 and InuYasha.

In the InuYasha soundtracks, Wada uses a blend of both western symphonic instruments, traditional Japanese instruments, including Taikodrum, Shamisen, Biwa, Koto, Nohkan, Shinobue, and especially Shakuhachi, which appears in almost half the tracks of InuYasha, and some other cultural instruments, such as Erhu, Sheng (Chinese), Irish Bouzouki (Greek), and OUD (Balkan Peninsula(?)). His influences include Bernard Herrman, Toru Takemitsu, and Charles Ives. He studied at Tokyo College of Music.

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