A Million Keys

Scores to Matsumoto Toshio's Films

I’ve been in Oberhausen all this week for the International Short Film Festival. This year the festival organized a series of screenings dedicated to Matsumoto Toshio’s work, which has been a real treat. I’ve only ever seen his work on Ubu, and I reposted some of those videos to A Million Keys a few months back. I love the scores used in his films. I was particularly struck by Yosuke Inagaki’s compositions for Connection and Shift, which were screened in the first program (posted below). I asked Matsumoto about Inagaki during the Q&A session, and he responded that he was a graduate student who studied with him. He mentioned that he was a video artist but did not go into much detail. I’d be interested in knowing more, if anyone reading this could provide some insight into Inagaki’s work.


Connection (1981)


Shift (1982)

The scores by Toshio Ichiyanagi were also fantastic. I saw these today:


Atman (1975)


Everything Visible Is Empty (1975)