Biography
Composing primarily with the piano, Kotaro Maruyama creates music for a variety of visual media, including commercials and short films. Influenced by the composer Toru Takemitsu, he places importance on the silence of sound, aiming to create works where the music quietly depicts a scene. Notably, on his debut album he avoids the concept of harmony for a single tone, instead pursuing a unique woven harmony created by intricately layering multiple independent melodies.
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