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      CommentAuthorDavid
    • CommentTimeFeb 6th 2008
    Nice! I'll be getting this strait away.
    punk
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeMar 18th 2008
    franz_conrad wrote
    As my friend Joep has said often: Mr Hisaishi truly is the John Williams of Japan. wink


    crazy
  1. LOL. I didn't see your reaction here before my latest post in the 'Recent Purchases' thread. dizzy
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
    • CommentAuthorJoep
    • CommentTimeMar 18th 2008
    Me neither wink
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeApr 30th 2008
    I think the analogy that Hisaishi is the John Williams of Japan is a good one. I just got my first CD which is a new release on Milan. It contains work from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds, Porco Rosso, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away. It is a nice compilation/introduction to his fine work. I especially like the Nausicaa.
    listen to more classical music!
  2. It's more Joep's analogy than mine.
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeApr 30th 2008
    He is a quite a bit more subdued than John but its good music.
    listen to more classical music!
    • CommentAuthorPanthera
    • CommentTimeMay 1st 2008
    I really cannot find any music of his that I don't like... He's really impressive.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeMay 1st 2008
    Panthera wrote
    I really cannot find any music of his that I don't like... He's really impressive.


    Indeed. I was always amazed by the ability of a lot of people to overlook such musical magic as Hisaishi's, though.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
    • CommentAuthorAnthony
    • CommentTimeMay 1st 2008
    I've always dismissed this post, but I looked Cristian's original message, and I didn't realise this guy did Howl's Moving Castle. That score rules!
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      CommentAuthorBregt
    • CommentTimeMay 2nd 2008
    Review of the latest Hisaishi release, from Milan
    http://www.goldenscores.com/?a=features … &id=75
    Kazoo
  3. Some really, really interesting review of Hisaishi's latest Image Album.

    http://www.ghibliworld.com/ponyo_image_ … eview.html
    MuzykaFilmowa.pl
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      CommentAuthorDavid
    • CommentTimeMay 26th 2008
    On August 4 and August 5, Tokyo's Nippon Budokan complex will host a concert program of music pieces created by Studio Ghibli's Joe Hisaishi for the films directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Hisaishi will participate in the concert, accompanied by a 200-piece orchestra and 400 chorus singers. The event, titled "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Movie Opening Commemoration" will commemorate 25 years of cooperation between Miyazaki and Hisaishi. The two began working together in 1983, when Hisaishi wrote the music for the Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind movie image album. Hisaishi went on compose the scores of every one of the full-length films that Miyazaki directed since then, and pieces from all of them will be featured.


    This concert is happening during my visit to Japan. Definitely going to try my absolute hardest to attend this concert!!!!

    punk
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      CommentAuthorBregt
    • CommentTimeMay 26th 2008
    Wow!

    You're going to Japan!
    And happen to attend a unique concert.

    Defenitely details!
    About both.
    Kazoo
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      CommentAuthorDavid
    • CommentTimeMay 27th 2008
    Well, I'm going to be there for most of July and some of August to visit my brother who teaches English over there. And I meant to post the interview with Hisaishi where I first got the info about the concert, but got a little excited and forgot. wink Here it is.
  4. Going to Japan... Hisaishi concert.... oh my God!! beer this is my dream cheesy Lucky You
    MuzykaFilmowa.pl
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeMay 30th 2008
    Couldn't agree more. Hisaishi is easily one of the most gifted composers out there today. I was listening to the 2 albums for THE FOUR KINGS and the whatever its title is, i always forget, and GOD a concert with stuff like that would just be a dream coming true!

    We expect a full report! kiss wave
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
    • CommentAuthorPanthera
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
    How is the second volume compared to the first volume? I like the first one a lot.
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      CommentAuthorDavid
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
    Finally found a website to order tickets for the concert, and they're sold out. Bummer. slant
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeJun 7th 2008
    Panthera wrote
    How is the second volume compared to the first volume? I like the first one a lot.


    Great and in the same gloriously melodic vein. If you liked the first one, you'll adore the 2nd. Get it asap!
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorDavid
    • CommentTimeAug 2nd 2008 edited
    Although I'm not going to be able to attend the concert, I did go see Miyazaki's new film the other day, which of course had a Hisaishi score. I bought the album about a week ago in Kyoto. It's a great album with a lot to offer from tender string and and woodwind passages to swashbuckling.
    • CommentAuthorTintin
    • CommentTimeOct 27th 2008
    There is a concert that is posted on youtube that has version of Princess Mononoke and other Hisaishi scores with a quite substantial choir. View it here:

    http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=M_eR-B2JD9M&fmt=18

    Simply amazing! The percussion section is great too.
    • CommentAuthorPanthera
    • CommentTimeOct 28th 2008
    I feel like I read somewhere that Hisaishi wasn't happy with his main theme for Ponyo. This was a long time ago and maybe he changed it. Does anybody know if I completely imagined this?
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      CommentAuthorMiya
    • CommentTimeOct 29th 2008
    Tintin wrote
    There is a concert that is posted on youtube that has version of Princess Mononoke and other Hisaishi scores with a quite substantial choir. View it here:

    http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=M_eR-B2JD9M&fmt=18

    Simply amazing! The percussion section is great too.


    Thanks! I missed it when it was on air. slant I hope they'll re-air it...
    Labels are for cans, not people. - Anthony Rapp
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      CommentAuthorMiya
    • CommentTimeOct 29th 2008
    Panthera wrote
    I feel like I read somewhere that Hisaishi wasn't happy with his main theme for Ponyo. This was a long time ago and maybe he changed it. Does anybody know if I completely imagined this?


    mmm, at least, I haven't heard such a statement. I didn't read all of his interviews though.
    Labels are for cans, not people. - Anthony Rapp
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      CommentAuthorDavid
    • CommentTimeOct 29th 2008
    Miya wrote
    Tintin wrote
    There is a concert that is posted on youtube that has version of Princess Mononoke and other Hisaishi scores with a quite substantial choir. View it here:

    http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=M_eR-B2JD9M&fmt=18

    Simply amazing! The percussion section is great too.


    Thanks! I missed it when it was on air. slant I hope they'll re-air it...


    Oh, it was on tv? No wonder I've had trouble finding a DVD. I've been looking the past two days trying to see where I could buy this to go with his Nine Cellos and a Piano concert.
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      CommentAuthorMiya
    • CommentTimeNov 19th 2008 edited
    Tintin wrote
    There is a concert that is posted on youtube that has version of Princess Mononoke and other Hisaishi scores with a quite substantial choir. View it here:

    http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=M_eR-B2JD9M&fmt=18

    Simply amazing! The percussion section is great too.


    For (my own) convenience... I listed all the links. biggrin

    Hisaishi's Ghibli music concert @ Budokan, August 2008

    Nausicaa Of The Valley Of Wind
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hgyForitkQ&fmt=18

    Princess Mononoke
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_eR-B2JD9M&fmt=18

    Ponyo On The Cliff By The Sea (songs)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exxTdoq3-Rw&fmt=18

    The second singer (Mai) is Hisaishi's daughter, who also did "lan lanlala" Nausicaa song when she was little smile

    LAPUTA: Castle In The Sky (song, chorus + children's brass band)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVedc-xB2YE&fmt=18

    Porco Rosso
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlFhMxZM8YM&fmt=18

    Howl's Moving Castle
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nh44vDpH9A&fmt=18

    Spirited Away (song)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JCtglwdrcA&fmt=18

    Nausicaa suite
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3nRU7qgilg&fmt=18

    Kiki's Delivery Service suite
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaULGElp0GA&fmt=18

    Ponyo suite
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTP70OgaCK0&fmt=18

    My Neighbor Totoro suite
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm9B_gQJoTs&fmt=18


    I really regret I didn't go to this concert... but actually, when I noticed, it's already sold out! crazy
    Labels are for cans, not people. - Anthony Rapp
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      CommentAuthorMiya
    • CommentTimeNov 22nd 2008
    Just wondering... is it a normal thing, a conductor switches to play piano and then goes back to conducting again?!?! dizzy
    Labels are for cans, not people. - Anthony Rapp
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeNov 22nd 2008
    Yeah, depending on the musical style and ear of the repertoire. I've seen it done numerous time, usually in operas.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
  5. Sometimes a pianist conducts a chamber orchestra sitting by his piano.
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website