Isao Tomita, the renowned Japanese synth composer, is known for his own pieces as well as his reorchestrations of classical works into new eletronic atmospheric pieces. Tomita seems to be either loved or hated, provoking electronic music enthusiasts or classical music purists alike. His redux of Gustav Holst's The Planets (1914-1916) so angered Holst's daughter Imogen that she successfully sued for a court order which kept this pop version of her father's suite banned. Some 30,000 records were removed from stores. Tomita's Planets (1976) was only re-released after her death in 1984.
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