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“I was a bad student of classical piano because I would start changing stuff, so I think in that sense I was always kind of ‘composing’ when I was a horrible student,” jokes composer Takeshi Furukawa. “For classical music, you have to be faithful to the composer’s intent..

. and I was not that.” Based on the Nickelodeon animated series, Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender follows Aang (Gordon Cormier), a young boy with the ability to master the four elemental powers of air, water, earth and fire.



Along with his friends Katara (Kiawentiio) and Sokka (Ian Ousley), Aang journeys to master the elements while being hunted by the Fire nation. Related Stories News 'Baby Reindeer's Real-Life Martha Fires Fresh Shots At Netflix; Says In Statement She's Planning Lawsuit "Against All Of Those Who Have Lied About Me" Casting 'The Sandman' Season 2 Casts Remaining Endless Members Delirium, Destiny & The Prodigal “The showrunners and Netflix already knew that they wanted to pull a couple of key themes in from the original series,” he says. “We wanted the main theme, because it’s such a strong identity and we wanted the end theme – everyone loves that, I do too, I think it’s just iconic.

” As a fan of the original series himself, Furukawa says the mantra in the back of his mind at all times was, ‘What would the fans love?’ “That’s not to say I wasn’t able to spearhead my own musical direction.” Furukawa’s own musical direc.

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