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Hiro Iida (Hirofumi Iida) is an electronic music designer. Iida uses synthesizers to design sound for musicals and artists' performances. Iida creates and programs sound of missing instruments among music performers, also delivers enveronmental sound and interpretes emotions into sound effects. Iida is a member of advisors board for Bob Moog Foundation.

Iida is from Musashino-city, Tokyo, Japan. In 1985, Iida studied under David Mash at Barklee College of Music in Boston. In 1989, Iida received Bachelor of Music in Electronic Production and Design. Immediate after Iida's graduation, he became a professor at Barklee until 1997. Iida moved to New York and started to work as an independent music designer.

Iida composed, arranged, and recorded work for both Japanese and American artists, as well as for corporate advertisements. Notable collaborations include Akiko Yano, PONTA BOX, Choro Club, Yoshikazu Mera, and Eijiro Nakagawa. From 1999 to 2012, he composed music and served as music director for fashion designer Chado Ralph Rucci’s shows during New York Fashion Week. Between 2005 and 2008, he worked with WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.) on composition and sound design.[1]

In 2008, Iida met Billy Jay Stein, who became his business partner at Strange Cranium Productions, Inc., and became the head of electronic music designers. Their first work together was for the Broadway production Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Iida subsequently shifted his focus to musical theater. Iida has contributed to musicals on Broadway in New York as well as in Japan, South Korea, London’s West End, Germany, and Australia.

Artists:

Lyle Mays, Akiko Yano, Brecker Brothers, Richard Bona, Arto Lindsay, Red + Hot Benefit, Ron Carter, Jan Hammer, New York Voices, Mino Cinelu, etc.

Companies:

New York Fashion Week, WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), DreamWorks, SEGA, Sony PlayStation, Panasonic, MUFG Bank (Mitsubishi UFJ), Shiseido, FedEx, JVC Victor, UNIQLO, Apple Music, etc.

Broadway World Japan: Interview: Hiro Iida, an Electronic Music Designer Making Waves Worldwide

Zoom Corporation: Sound creation with electronic music designer Hiro Iida

(In Japanese) Horipro-Stage:【[Creator Interview] A conversation between Hiro Iida (electronic music designer) and Yuzo Kajiyama (producer)

(In Japanese) [TBS: Discovery of the World's Mysteries!]I want to go this year! New York♡New Life

(In Japanese) [Shining Japan]　Shining Japan Season 1 Episode 10 2019年10月6日

https://www.berklee.edu/berklee-today/spring-2017/featured/make-it-there

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/hiro-iida-497503

https://moogfoundation.org/board-of-advisors/

https://www.discogs.com/artist/1552415-Hiro-Iida

https://strangecranium.com/#team

https://www.playbill.com/person/strange-cranium-vault-0000126195

https://playbill.com/person/hiro-iida-vault-0000125058