Composer, Arranger, Bassist, Multiple instruments’ player Born in Tokyo 1970, Tomohide Harada started playing Japanese flute from 6 years old. Love for African-American music inspired him to pick up bass guitar, played in bands as a bassist when he was in high school, and the experience gradually nurtured him for the interest for composing music. Work of Jerry Goldsmith and Brad Fiedel influenced Harada to compose music using computer, he learned musical composition on his own. Harada was involved in composing