Yusuke Hatano

is a Japanese composer, arranger and pianist known for his work on the soundtracks for films such as The Great Detective, Wu Kong, Mad World and Soul Mate, and games such as Chronos Gate. He won the Best Original Film Score recognition for Soul Mate at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards.

Early life and education Hatano was born in New Jersey, returned to Japan, and studied high school in Singapore and Malaysia. During his university life at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, he won the Percy Brier Memorial Prize with his composition Oriental Isolation. Interested in a range of musical genres – from classical and jazz to contemporary and electronic music – Hatano spent the formative years of his career as a jazz pianist in Brisbane, before relocating to Hong Kong in 2011. Full Strike was the winner of Best Asian Film at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) 2015, and the official selection of Osaka Asian Film Festival 2015 and New York Asian Film Festival 2015. In 2017, Hatano was nominated for the Best Original Music for film "Soul Mate" at the 11th Asian Film Awards, and for the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards, he has been nominated for Best Original Film Song for film "Happiness", Best Original Music for film "Mad World" and Best Original Music for film "Soul Mate". In this year, Hatano won BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC at the Hong Kong Film Award, Los Angeles Golden Screen Award, and China Hamilton Behind the Scenes Award.

Hatano has written scores for films including "Mad World" directed by Chun Wong starring Eric Tsang and Shawn Yue, Soulmate produced by Peter Chan and Jo Jo Hui, directed by Derek Tsang starring Zhou Dongyu and Sichun Ma, Line Walker directed by Jazz Boon starring Nick Cheung, Louis Koo, Francis Ng, and Charmaine Sheh, Happiness directed by Andy Lo Yiu Fai starring Kara Hui and Carlos Chan which won the Asian CineVision 2016 Asian Media Humanitarian Award in New York as well as Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor at the 7th Macau International Movie Festival, GOOD TAKE! : Cement, GOOD TAKE! : The Banquet, GOOD TAKE! : GOOD TAKE, Full Strike, and Hardcore Comedy: Shocking Wet Dreams. He is also the composer for the Madhead app game Chronosgate. He has also composed music for pop artists including for Softhard concert promotion, Ken Hung, arranged music for Vivian Chan and AGA.

Performances In 2012, Hatano was the featured pianist for charity jazz concert Love Affairs with Jolie. In 2015, he performed Leslie Cheung’s song 你在何地 at the Hong Kong Coliseum with director Derek Kwok at famous lyricist Calvin Poon's "P For Poon Party" Concert. In 2016, he performed with William So and 為你鍾情 composer Wong Ching Yu for Community Chest on TVB. In October 2016, charity jazz concert "Moments with Anne", with Yusuke Hatano as the director and pianist, had donated over $200,000 to the Community Chest of Hong Kong. As the music director and featured pianist, Yusuke performed for the countdown performance of 2019 to 2020 at MGM Cotai Macau.

Filmography English title Original title Year Role(s) Monster Run怪物先生 2020 Composer Legally Declared Dead死因無可疑 2020 Composer Knockout我們永不言棄 2020 Composer The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang"雙生焰" (神探蒲松齡) 2019 Composer The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang"一起笑出来" (神探蒲松齡) 2019 Composer Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy使徒行者2 ：諜影行動 2019 Composer The Great Detective大偵探霍桑 2019 Composer Wu Kong"紫" (悟空傳) 2017 Composer Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight今晚打喪屍 2017 Composer Mad World一念無明 2017 Composer Soul Mate 七月與安生 2016 Composer Happiness 幸運是我 2016 Composer Line Walker 使徒行者 2016 Composer Full Strike 全力扣殺 2015 Composer GOOD TAKE!: Cement GOOD TAKE!: 水泥 2014 Composer GOOD TAKE!:The Banquet GOOD TAKE!: 囍宴 2014 Composer GOOD TAKE!: GOOD TAKE GOOD TAKE!: GOOD TAKE 2014 Composer Hardcore Comedy: Shocking Wet Dreams 重口味：驚嘩春夢 2013 Composer

Games Game title First Released Original System(s) Yusuke's Role(s) Chronos Gate 時空之門 2016 App Store / Play Store Composer

Works for pop albums (In Order of Starting Year of Affiliation) Artist Album Year Yusuke's Role(s) AGA 2017 Arranger for 3AM Ken Hung 那天 2015 Composer and Arranger for 黑心King Vivian Chan 小人物 2015 Arranger for 完場曲 AGA AGA 2013 Arranger for 一釐米 AGA 2021 Arranger for CityPop AGA 2023 Arranger for MIZU

Awards and nominations YearAwards CeremonyAwardNominationResults201736th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Original Film Song "Better Tomorrow" (Composer, Lyrics, Singer) Happiness Best Original Film Score Mad World Soul Mate (With Peter Kam) 11th Asian Film Awards Best Original Music Soul Mate (With Peter Kam)