Kenji Kawai , born April 23, 1957 in Shinagawa, Tokyo - Japanese composer, composes music for motion pictures, anime movies, videogames and televised programs. He has contributed to the musical scores of the Mamoru Oshii movies Ghost in the Shell and Avalon, as well as Hideo Nakata's films Ringu, Ringu 2, Chaos, Dark Water and Kaidan.