The Mainichi Film Award for Best Music is a film award given at the Mainichi Film Awards.
Award winners Year Film Composer 1946 Minshū no Teki Fumio Hayasaka 1947 Joyū Fumio Hayasaka 1948 Yoidore TenshiNiji o Idaku ShojoFuji Sanchō Fumio Hayasaka 1949 Stray Dog Fumio Hayasaka 1950 Kikyō Hiroshi YoshizawaToshiro Mayuzumi 1951 Fūsetsu 20-nen Shinichi Takata 1952 The Life of OharuMotherLightningHimitsu Ichirō Saitō 1953 Entotsu no Mieru Basho Yasushi Akutagawa 1954 The Garden of WomenKono Hiroi Sora no Dokoka ni Chūji Kinoshita 1955 Koko ni Izumi Ari To the planner and the production staff concerned 1956 The Burmese HarpOnibiMahiru no ankoku Akira Ifukube 1957 Sun in the Last Days of the ShogunateKichigai Buraku Toshiro Mayuzumi 1958 The Ballad of Narayama Rokuzaemon KineyaMatsunosuke Nozawa 1959 Lucky Dragon No. 5Niguruma no UtaNingen no Kabe Hikaru Hayashi 1960 The Bad Sleep WellChikuhō no Kodomo TachiDokuritsu Gurentai Nishi e Masaru Sato 1961 MozuBad Boys Toru Takemitsu 1962 HarakiriPitfall Toru Takemitsu 1963 Bad GirlThe Insect Woman Toshiro Mayuzumi 1964 AssassinationThe Woman in the Dunes Toru Takemitsu 1965 Tokyo Olympiad Toshiro Mayuzumi 1966 The Face of AnotherAkogare Toru Takemitsu 1967 Chōhen Manga Shōnen Jack to Mahō Tsukai Seiichrō Uno 1968 The Human BulletGion MatsuriKubi Masaru Sato 1969 The Love Suicides at Amijima Toru Takemitsu 1970 Apart from Life Teizo Matsumura 1971 Inn of EvilSilenceThe Ceremony Toru Takemitsu 1972 The Long Darkness Teizo Matsumura 1973 Seigenki Tōi Hi no Haha wa Utsukushiku Toru Takemitsu 1974 Castle of Sand Yasushi AkutagawaMitsuaki Kanno 1975 The Fossil Toru Takemitsu 1976 The Inugami Family Yuji Ohno 1977 The Yellow Handkerchief Masaru Sato 1978 Empire of Passion Toru Takemitsu 1979 Ah! Nomugi Toge Masaru Sato 1980 Kagemusha Shin’ichirō Ikebe 1981 Station Ryudo Uzaki 1982 The Go Masters Hikaru Hayashi江定仙 1983 Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence Ryuichi Sakamoto 1984 MacArthur's Children Shin’ichirō Ikebe 1985 SorekaraTomo Yo, Shizuka ni Nemure Shigeru Umebayashi 1986 House of Wedlock Saeko Suzuki 1987 A Taxing Woman Toshiyuki Honda 1988 Rock yo shizukani nagareyo Hiroaki Yoshino 1989 Untamagiru Kōji Ueno 1990 DreamsChildhood Days Shin’ichirō Ikebe 1991 A Scene at the Sea Joe Hisaishi 1992 Porco RossoSeishun Dendeke Dekedeke Joe Hisaishi 1993 Bloom in the Moonlight Masaru Sato 1994 Ghost PubTokarefu Shigeru Umebayashi 1995 Maborosi Chen Ming-chang 1996 Numuru Otoko Toshio Hosokawa 1997 Lost Paradise Michiru Ōshima 1998 Dr. Akagi Yōsuke Yamashita 1999 M/Other Haruyuki Suzuki 2000 Nabbie's Love Kenichirō Isoda 2001 Spirited Away Joe HisaishiYoumi Kimura 2002 Amidadō Dayori Takashi Kako 2003 Hotel Hibiscus Kenichirō Isoda 2004 Tōkō no Ki Terumasa Hino 2005 Break Through! Kazuhiko Katō 2006 The Professor's Beloved Equation Takashi Kako 2007 A Gentle Breeze in the Village Rei Harakami 2008 Children of the Dark Taro Iwashiro 2009 Watashi wa Neko Stalker Shigeomi Hasumi 2010 Sketches of Kaitan City Jim O'Rourke 2011 Postcard Hikaru Hayashi 2012 Bokutachi Kyūkō A Ressha de Ikou Michiru Ōshima 2013 The Devil's Path Gorō Yasukawa 2014 Lady Maiko Yoshikazu Suo 2015 Nagasaki: Memories of My Son Ryuichi Sakamoto 2016 In This Corner of the World Kotringo 2017 Bangkok Nites Soi48Young-G 2018 And Your Bird Can Sing Hi'Spec 2019 Weathering with You Radwimps 2020 Midnight Swan Keiichirō Shibuya 2021 Under the Open Sky Masaki Hayashi 2022 This Is Amiko Ichiko Aoba 2023 Yoko Jim O'Rourke 2024 Evil Does Not Exist Eiko Ishibashi 2025 Kokuho Marihiko Hara
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