Yusuke Hatano

Yusuke 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. In recent years, Hatano's film compositions have attracted international attention. 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 was nominated for Best Original Film Song for film "Happiness", Best Original Music for film "Mad World" and Best Original Music for film "Soul Mate". He won the Best Original Music with "Soul Mate".