The instrument manufacturing company Marusan Hashimoto in the city of Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, is very busy making strings for the shamisen, the koto and other instruments. Strings make sounds ...

Ubisoft announces the immediate release of the first album of Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Original Game Soundtrack. Composed by ...

Assassin's Creed Shadows will immerse players in 16th century Japan. The country is heading towards a brutal path to unification, where unrest grows as new coalitions appear and corruptive foreign ...

The music of the Assassins Creed franchise has always been at its core. We sat down with the composers of the latest entry ...

The world's oldest orchestral music, gagaku was imported from mainland China in ancient times. The melody is not based on a ...

Our score follows the journeys of Naoe and Yasuke, blending the series’ sci-fi roots with influences of traditional Japanese music, featuring instruments such as Koto, Shamisen, Taikos ...

Tonight’s Drum Tao from Oita, Japan, formed 31 years ago, is similar with its dedication, its range of Wadaiko drums, ...