Music for Film
TOKITO - The 540-day journey of a culinary maverick
Directed by Aki Mizutani
Producer: Masashi Nozaki
Cinematography: Matt De Sousa
Original Music by: Midori Hirano
Sound Produced by Manato Kenmochi
Audio Mix by Hiroaki Sato
Year: 2024
Country: Japan
Length / Format: 86 min / Feature Documentary
World Premier at 40th Warsaw Film Festival
Film Trailer (Music by Midori Hirano)
Premier League Stories - Kaoru Mitoma
Produced by Premier League Production
Directed by Adam Phillips
Original Music by: Midori Hirano
Year: 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Format: TV documentary (25 min)
Available on
UK: Prime Video | Apple TV | Sky Sports
Australia: Optus
Japan: U-Next
All or Nothing - Die Nationalmannschaft in Katar (Amazon Prime Video Original)
Produced by Amazon Studios, UFA Documentary, Stereo Films
Directed by Christian Twente
Executive producers: Marc Lepetit, Sebastian Werninger
Co-Executive Producer: Hannes Heidenreich
Creative Producer: Matthias Bittner
Post Production Supervisor: Tim Greven
Post Production Coordinator: Dean-Martin Niemöller
Post Production: nhb studios
Original Music by: Midori Hirano
Music Supervisors: Ulrike Kleppi, Anja Figiel-Borowiak
Audio Producer: Stefan Gill @nhbstudios
Year: 2023
Country: Germany
Format: TV documentary series (4 x 40min)
Watch all 4 episodes on Prime Video
First 5 minutes of the episode 2 from season 1 (music by Midori Hirano)
Mauna Loa - REVIVAL
Produced and shot by:
Lance Page (A Page Films)
Mick Kalber (Tropical Visions)
Sky Makai (Sky Makai production)
Original Music by Midori Hirano
Year: 2023
Country: USA
Length / Format: 7 min / Short Documentary
Brakfesten / La Grand Bouffe
Directed by Anne Duk Hee Jordan & Pauline Doutreluingne
Commissioned by Public Art Agency Sweden
Curated by Edi Muka and Helena Selder
Video Edit by Judy Haarklammer
Animation by Moana Vonstadl
Sound / Music by Midori Hirano
Production by Anna Norberg
Year: 2022
Country: Germany & Sweden
Length / Format: 30 min / Art Film
Exhibited at: Baltic Art Center (2022), Alexander Levy Gallery (2023), ARS ELECTRONICA (2023) and more
Auf Erden sind wir nur kurz Fabelhaft
Directed by Anne Duk Hee Jordan
Video design and specical FFX by Simone Serlenga
Original Music by Midori Hirano
Year: 2022
Country: Germany
Length / Format: 13 min / Art Film
3 channel video for a spatial installation
Exhibited at “Abrasive Paradise” at Kunthal Amersfoort (The Netherlands)
Exhibition period: 05 February 2022 - 03 July 2022
Mizuko
Stream on The Criterion Channel
Directed by Kira Dane, Katelyn Rebelo
Original Music by Midori Hirano
Year: 2019
Country: USA, Japan
Language: English, Japanese
Length / Format: 15 min / Short Documentary
A partially animated visual poem reflecting on life and death in Japan and the United States, through a Japanese-American woman’s personal account of her abortion.
2020 IDA Documentary Awards Nominee for Best Documentary Short SXSW Official Selection 2020 | Competition for Short Documentary
Featured on the final episode of Better Things Season 5
8.14,2330
Directed by Kosai Sekine
Original Music by Midori Hirano, Mami Sakurai
Year: 2015
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Length / Format: 10 min / Short Documentary
A short documentary about the last air laid that took place in Kumagaya, Japan the day before the end of World War II.
Vita Lakamaya
Directed by Akihito Izuhara
Music by Midori Hirano
Year: 2015
Country: Japan
Length / Format: 8 min / Short Animation
Two creatures lie in a meadow in the land of Vita Lakamaya. The camera pans very slowly, exploring the ground and the world. There’s a buzzing in the air. Something is different.
66th Berlinale Official Selection 2016 | Competition for Berlinale Shorts
