---
title: 'Shigeru Umebayashi'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'film score composer'
  - 'musician'
  - 'record producer'
  - 'composer'
born: '1951-02-19'
birthplace: 'Kitakyūshū'
films_in_library: 33
reviews_of_their_work: 1
fandom_rating: '9.00/10 across 1 reviews'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/shigeru-umebayashi'
updated: '2026-07-31'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Umebayashi'
wikidata: 'Q634280'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shigeru Umebayashi

film score composer, musician, record producer, composer.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 2021 · [The Yin Yang Master](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-yin-yang-master-2021) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2020 · [Leap](https://cinepixo.com/movies/leap-2020) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2016 · [The Wasted Times](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-wasted-times-2016) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2015 · [The Bride](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-bride-2015-2) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2014 · [Rise of the Legend](https://cinepixo.com/movies/rise-of-the-legend-2014) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2013 · [The Grandmaster](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-grandmaster-2013) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2013 · [Like the Wind](https://cinepixo.com/movies/like-the-wind-2013) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2012 · [Nightfall](https://cinepixo.com/movies/nightfall-2012) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2011 · [Days of Grace](https://cinepixo.com/movies/days-of-grace-2011) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2010 · [True Legend](https://cinepixo.com/movies/true-legend-2010) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2009 · [Murderer](https://cinepixo.com/movies/murderer-2009) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2008 · [Incendiary](https://cinepixo.com/movies/incendiary-2008) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2008 · [Absurdistan](https://cinepixo.com/movies/absurdistan-2008) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2008 · [Tears for Sale](https://cinepixo.com/movies/tears-for-sale-2008) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2006 · [Fearless](https://cinepixo.com/movies/fearless-2006) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2006 · [Curse of the Golden Flower](https://cinepixo.com/movies/curse-of-the-golden-flower-2006) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2006 · [Daisy](https://cinepixo.com/movies/daisy-2006) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2005 · [The Dark Sea](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dark-sea-2005) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2004 · [House of Flying Daggers](https://cinepixo.com/movies/house-of-flying-daggers-2004) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2004 · [2046](https://cinepixo.com/movies/2046-2004) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2003 · [The Floating Landscape](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-floating-landscape-2003) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2003 · [Onmyoji 2](https://cinepixo.com/movies/onmyoji-2-2003) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2002 · [Zhou Yu's Train](https://cinepixo.com/movies/zhou-yus-train-2002) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2001 · [Onmyōji](https://cinepixo.com/movies/onmyoji-2001) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 2000 · [In the Mood for Love](https://cinepixo.com/movies/in-the-mood-for-love-2000) — Original Music Composer · **9.0/10** from 1 review
- 2000 · [2000 AD](https://cinepixo.com/movies/2000-ad-2000) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1998 · [Sleepless Town](https://cinepixo.com/movies/sleepless-town-1998) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1997 · [Option Zero](https://cinepixo.com/movies/option-zero-1997) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1995 · [The Christ of Nanjing](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-christ-of-nanjing-1995) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1993 · [Nemuranai Machi: Shinjuku Same](https://cinepixo.com/movies/nemuranai-machi-shinjuku-same-1993) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1991 · [Yumeji](https://cinepixo.com/movies/yumeji-1991) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1990 · [Tekken](https://cinepixo.com/movies/tekken-1990) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here
- 1985 · [Sorekara](https://cinepixo.com/movies/sorekara-1985) — Original Music Composer · unreviewed here

Across everything reviewed here their work averages **9.00/10** — the plain mean of every published rating, nothing imported.

## Criticism on CinePixo

- **9.0/10** — [Desire in the Space Between Two Doorways](https://cinepixo.com/reviews/desire-in-the-space-between-two-doorways) on *In the Mood for Love* by Dorothy Kwan, 2026-08-14

Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/shigeru-umebayashi
Biographical facts from Wikipedia/Wikidata where linked above. Ratings and reviews are the work of this site's members.