Aska Matsumiya

Birth : , Osaka, Japan

History

Aska Matsumiya is an LA-based Japanese composer and producer who has excelled in Film, Television, Advertising, and music production. Aska provided the score for the Amazon feature film, "I'm Your Woman" for director Julia Hart. In addition, she partnered with A24 and acclaimed director Kogonada on his film "After Yang", collaborating with composer Ryuichi Sakamoto starring Colin Farrell. In Television, Aska worked on the HBO limited series "Betty" with longtime collaborator Cyrstal Moselle, a series based on the original Sundance breakout film "Skate Kitchen" starring Jaden Smith. Aska has collaborated with countless brands in the Advertising space, including Porsche, Chanel, Hermes, Miu Miu & Prada, and also scored the short film "I'm Here" for Spike Jonze.

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Movies

Manuela

Music

After Yang

Original Music Composer

When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.

Bruised

Music

Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the fight, she's coaxed into a brutal underground fight by her manager and boyfriend Desi and grabs the attention of a fight league promoter who promises Jackie a life back in the Octagon. But the road to redemption becomes unexpectedly personal when Manny - the son she gave up as an infant - shows up at her doorstep. A triumphant story of a fighter who reclaims her power, in and out of the ring, when everyone has counted her out

I'm Your Woman

Original Music Composer

A woman is forced to go on the run after her husband betrays his partners, sending her and her baby on a dangerous journey.

BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky

Original Music Composer

Record-shattering Korean girl band BLACKPINK tell their story — and detail the hard fought journey of the dreams and trials behind their meteoric rise.

37 Seconds

Original Music Composer

In 37 Seconds, 23-year-old comic book artist Yuma, physically disabled due to profound cerebral palsy and emotionally stunted by her well-meaning but overly protective mother, forges her own unusual path to sexual awakening and independence while at the same time discovering love and forgiveness.

Selah and the Spades

Original Music Composer

Paloma, the new girl at an esteemed prep school, is drawn into the daily aggressions of warring senior class factions. She joins the Spades and becomes friends with the Spades’ leader, an enigmatic and scheming cheerleader named Selah.

Skate Kitchen

Music

Camille's life as a lonely suburban teenager changes dramatically when she befriends a group of girl skateboarders. As she journeys deeper into this raw New York City subculture, she begins to understand the true meaning of friendship as well as her inner self.

That One Day

Music

Miu Miu Women's Tales #12 - Short film directed by Crystal Moselle starring The Skate Kitchen crew

Window Feel

Music

When a man is looking through a window he begins to see different people representing different feelings.

The Wolfpack

Music

Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through the films that they watch. Nicknamed ‘The Wolfpack’, the brothers spend their childhood reenacting their favorite films using elaborate home-made props and costumes. Their world is shaken up when one of the brothers escapes and everything changes.

I'm Here

The Lost Trees Band

A library assistant plods through an ordinary life in LA until a chance meeting opens his eyes to the power of creativity and ultimately, love. When this new life and love begin to fall apart, he discovers he has a lot to give. This short film proves that ordinary is no place to be.