Taro Iwashiro

Taro Iwashiro (岩代 太郎) is a Japanese composer.

Career
He has worked on music for many Japanese Television Series but is most well-known for his musical scores for film. He has composed for both Red Cliff films, Shinobi: Heart Under Blade, Azumi, The Prince of Tennis, Samurai X: The Motion Picture and Korean film Memories of Murder.

He was also lead composer for the Capcom video game Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny.

In recent years, Iwashiro has often led the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra for his soundtracks such as the 2005 taiga drama Yoshitsune and a 2008 film Red Cliff. In 2006, he became a director of the secretariat of the orchestra.