Taro Ishida, founder and director of Drifter, served as music producer and composer for the spatial music of KOISHIKAWA XROSS®, a digital cultural heritage museum established at TOPPAN’s headquarters.
The museum is built upon TOPPAN’s long-standing work in digital archiving of cultural assets, presenting “digital cultural heritage” as an experiential, immersive form rather than as static documentation.
The facility consists of four distinct zones—including the entrance space, a large curved LED theater, an interactive exhibition area, and an immersive video environment.
Across all areas, the music was required to function in close coordination with visual content, architectural scale, and experiential design.
Rather than providing background music, Ishida designed a musical structure that allows the spatial experience itself to function coherently.
The soundscape was composed to respond dynamically to multiple factors, including:
Through these elements, the music changes both temporally and spatially, adapting continuously to the visitor’s presence and actions.
This project was realized through large-scale collaboration among specialists in architecture, visual production, CG, programming, acoustics, and exhibition design, including TOPPAN and Total Media Development Institute.
Within this multidisciplinary framework, Drifter contributed by shaping the spatial music as a core experiential layer—supporting the overall integrity and depth of the museum experience from a sonic perspective.
