Joel Iwataki - American Sound Engineer

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Joel Iwataki
Sound Engineer
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Born in New York City in 1951, Joel Iwataki left
school at nineteen to pursue a career as a
commercial fisherman in Alaska, skippering a boat
he built and running a small clam cannery in the
Prince William Sound.
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He returned to California to study music at the
Grove School in Los Angeles and composition and
orchestration with film composers ìAlbert Harris
and Richard Markowitz.
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Joel Iwataki has been nominated for many awards
and has won Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding
Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or
Special XIX Winter Olympics Opening
Ceremony (2002).
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Joel Iwataki has also worked as a music producer
for Othello suite from the ballet Varèse
Sarabande and Juan Darien a carnival mass Sony
Classical.
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Joel Iwataki served on the board of the Pacific
Composers Forum in Los Angeles from 1987-1990 and
composed music for 2 musicals Canton Jazz
Club, produced at East West Players in Los
Angeles in 1991 and Beijing Spring produced at
East West Players in 1996 and again in a revival
in 2006.
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On hearing Joel Iwataki's scores other composers
would ask him to help mix their projects. After
meeting the great film composer Elliot
Goldenthal, Joel made film score mixing his
career.
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Find out more about him at his official site
http//joeliwataki.com