Sadao Bekku

Sadao Bekku (別宮貞雄) was a Japanese classical composer. His works include five symphonies, film scores, a flute sonata, a piano concerto, choral work and art songs, and the opera, Prince Arima.

His work took strong influence from jazz. His best-known works include the film score Matango (1963).

Operas

 * A Story of Three Women (Le dit des trois femmes) (1964)
 * 有間皇子 (Prince Arima (Arima-no Miko)) (1963–67)
 * Aoi-no-ue

Orchestral works

 * Deux mouvements pour orchestre (1946)
 * Suite classique (1947)
 * Introduction et Allegro (1954)
 * Deux prières (1956)
 * Symphonietta for String Orchestra (1959)
 * Symphony No. 1 (1961)
 * Concerto pour violon et orchestre (1969)
 * Concerto pour alto et orchestre (1971)
 * Symphony No. 2 (1977)
 * Concerto pour piano et orchestre (1980)
 * Festival Overture (1981)
 * Symphony No. 3 "Spring" (1984)
 * Memories of Pictures: Suite for Wind Band (1987/2005)
 * March "Be Pure, Be Fresh" for wind orchestra (1988)
 * Symphony No. 4 "The Summer 1945" (1989)
 * Concerto pour violoncelle et orchestre "Autumn" (1997)
 * Symphony No. 5 "Man" (1999)

Chamber works

 * Trio d'anches for bassoon, oboe and clarinet (1953)
 * Sonate pour flûte et piano (1954)
 * Suite japonaise Nr. 1 for wind quintet (1955)
 * Quatuor à cordes Nr. 1 (1955–57)
 * 1er sonate pour violon et piano (1963–67)
 * Sonate pour violoncelle et piano (1974)
 * Aubade for flute, violin and piano (1976)
 * Suite "Chants de ville" for alto saxophone and piano (1981)
 * Petit pastoral for flute and piano (1983)
 * 《Hide and Seek》 and 《Tag》: Two Players for Two Marimbas (1988)
 * Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1995)
 * Kaleidoscope No. 2 for marimba (2002)
 * Autumn for violoncello and piano (2004)

Piano works

 * Sonatine (1965)
 * Suite "Kaleidescope" (1966)
 * Three Paraphrases Based on Folksongs of Southern Japan (1968)
 * Sonatine in Classical Style (1969)
 * Festa in the north: Japanese Suite No. 2 for piano by 4 hands (1989)

Vocal works

 * Light-coloured Pictures for voice and piano (1948)
 * 2 Rondels for voice and piano (1951)
 * Three Songs Based Man-yō-shū poems (1958)
 * Giant's Garden for narrator, mixed choir, orchestra and electronic sound (1962)
 * The Four Seasons of the Mountain for mixed choir (1967)

Film music
Bekku composed about 40 film scores from 1954 to 1978.


 * Ghost of Hanging in Utusunomiya aka The Ceiling at Utsunomiya (怪異宇都宮釣天井 Kaii Utsunomiya tsuritenjō) (1956)
 * 姫君剣法　謎の紫頭巾 (1957)
 * 日本南極地域観測隊の記録　南極大陸 (1957)
 * 南極大陸 (1957)
 * 天下の鬼夜叉姫 (1957)
 * (遙かなる男 Shizukanaru otoko) (1957) literally: The Quiet Man
 * (太平洋戦記 Taiheiyō senki) (1958)
 * 密告者は誰か (1958)
 * 黒部侠谷　第二部　地底の凱歌 (1959)
 * Matango (マタンゴ) (1963) aka Attack of the Mushroom People
 * 恐怖の時間 (1964)
 * White Rose of Hong Kong (香港の白い薔薇 Honkon no shiroibara)(1965)
 * Key of Keys (国際秘密警察　鍵の鍵 Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi) (1965) literally: International Secret Police: Key of Keys
 * (国際秘密警察　絶体絶命 Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Zettai zetsumi) (1967)
 * (ニイタカヤマノボレ　−日本帝国の崩壊− Niitakayama nobore) (1968)
 * (喜劇　駅前開運 Kigeki ekimae kaiun) (1968)