Talk:Isao Tomita

message: Isao Tomita did not compose Snowflakes are dancing.  He arranged other composers works. — 10:23, 15 June 2004 193.195.124.180
:Correct (Claude Debussy did), regarding that and a dozen or so other albums of arranged classical music by various composers. Though he has composed some fine soundtrack music with and without synthesizer as well as original symphonic music. — 18:28, 13 December 2005 69.123.141.229
::Back in the early days (e.g. 1948 on) the pioneers used the term 'realization' for electronic works. (Because they didn't exist until they were 'realized' by performance.) In 'Snowflakes' time it would have been said that Tomita 'realized' Debussy's music, Carlos 'realized' the Branderburg Concertos, etc. Twang (talk) 00:08, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Snowflakes Are Dancing 

message: :A merger from The Sea called Solaris to Isao Tomita has been proposed.
*The Sea called Solaris doesn't seem like it deserves a seperate page.  I propose to move the non-redundant content and redirect.  --Selket Talk 20:06, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from [[The Sea called Solaris]] 

message: Bermuda Triangle issued on the usual black vinyl, but also clear blue vinyl and also on coral vinyl.  Is that encyclopedic? --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling (talk) 02:17, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: What about the secret message he encoded into Bermuda Triangle? --LegitimateAndEvenCompelling (talk) 19:29, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

text: I think so. (I have the coral vinyl issue.) --Aflafla1 (talk) 23:38, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bermuda Triangle vinyl album color 

message: In the 3rd paragraph in the Biography section this sentence - He eventually realized that synthesizers could be used to create entirely new artificial sounds in addition to mimicking real instruments. - the use of the word "artificial" seems inappropriate. Bob Moog once made the point that a synthesizer does not make synthetic (or artifcial) sounds, they are real sounds with nothing synthetic (or artificial) about them. A minor quibble on my part, but worth considering perhaps.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by THX1136 (talk • contribs) 16:03, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wording change possibly needed 

message: The thought occurred that perhaps the quad releases of Tomita's albums like Snowflakes, Planets, Firebird, Kosmos, etc. might be appropriate for this article's "discography". I owned several of these on quad 8-track tapes and listening to his work in surround was quite wonderful compared to the stereo releases. I believe some of these have been released in 5.1, but am not certain on that point.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by THX1136 (talk • contribs) 16:18, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional releases worth mentioning? 

message: Here are two sources with images of him, in 2012 I think, apparently winning some kind of award: , . Any idea what that award was? Martinevans123 (talk) 21:43, 1 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Award in 2012? 

message: As confirmed on facebook by his pr team, his protege: hideki matsutake, and columbia records, isao tomita passed away (may 5th 2016)
someone with better wiki skills than me please append this to the article as i am inconsolable. 
http://columbia.jp/tomita/ - columbia records press release (english translation is also available on that page)
https://www.facebook.com/officialcolumbiaIsaoTomita/photos/a.120440668112612.24573.120076391482373/597582797065061/?type=3 (Facebook press release, english translation)
"Isao Tomita, composer and synthesizer artist, died May 5, 2016 of chronic cardiac failure at 2:51 p.m. at Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital."
There are some people saying that this is fake but i doubt columbia would have made a eulogy page if it were fake, also considering they among most people would definitely know.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:6000:3D97:1A00:8537:F591:F83:8B5D (talk) 05:09, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  RIP MASTER 

message: Very odd there's actual dispute about his death.  As the above person suggested, there's official looking assertions he has passed on.  But where's the global news coverage?  Odd that such an important talent in the field of electronic music is not being recognized by major news feeds.  I hope this is straightened out and appropriate obits are created by the news agencies here in America, if he is dead.  I don't know his original stuff, but I know his version of Planets and Pictures and an Exhibition.  Well worth listening to, for people who like pioneering electronic music  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:281:C102:3F40:4047:BB41:DC5:D4C8 (talk) 07:37, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The New York Times obituary is posted at . Strawberry4Ever (talk) 03:26, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hoaxes about hoaxes 

message: Did he need to realize that? I mean I guess he didn't had access to what was being produced everywhere else at the time but it's honestly quite surprising. In 1968 Andrew Rudin wasn't exactly using the moog to imitate real world sounds at all (https://youtube.com/7RdA0_y8djY) and the UK tv was already dancing to moog "artificial" sounds in 1971 (https://youtube.com/WklguzXdIC0) Mirad1000 (talk) 20:09, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  "He eventually realized that synthesizers could be used to create entirely new sounds in addition to mimicking other instruments"