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Music of Honey and Clover
Honey and Clover represents absolute perfection when it comes to the use of music. Okay, maybe I’m being too excessive, but it really is a shining example of music, both vocal and score, done right....
View ArticleOriginal Song / Japanese Poetry adapted to Music
I’ve been trying out the Vocaloid software, which synthesizes a Japanese female voice. The name give is “Hatsune Miku”. Usually they are used for pop songs, but I don’t really compose that kind of...
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Hisaishi/Ghibli 25 Years Concert
My life is now complete. Er, okay, that was a bit overdramatic, but it’s a bit hard to not get emotional when you watch over 500 musicians come together under the baton of Hisaishi Joe to perform the...
View ArticleThree new youtube videos, Debussy, Debussy and Liszt
Arabesque No.1 , Claude Debussy First, a rerecording of Arabesque No.1 by Claude Debussy. My first video of this piece was done in 2007, so it’s been two years. My approach to this piece hasn’t...
View ArticleMy Take: Corridor of Time: Chrono Trigger
I’m alive, just very inactive. Here’s my latest musical project, my own take on “Corridor of Time” from Chrono Trigger, a sort of “cover”, I suppose. I think I did a nice job with the background...
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Laputa: USA Soundtrack Review
(Low quality montage of: The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, Memories of Gondoa, The Forgotten Robot Soldier, The Destruction of Laputa) The original Laputa had about 30-35 minutes of score for its length...
View ArticlePiano Arrangement: Credits Song from Kiki’s Delivery Service
As you’ve noticed, one of my coping methods when I become addicted to a new piece of music, or a song, is to write sheet music, so here I am again. The song in question is the credits song for...
View ArticleOrchestral Composition: Great Wave off Kanagawa
I’ll take a brief break from anime-related discussions to discuss my latest musical endeavors. If you follow my youtube channel, you’ll have seen my latest uploads of a few Studio Ghibli piano pieces –...
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Kodocha Sheet Music, “Melancholic Sana”
As usual, when I grow fond of a certain anime, I inevitably end up writing some piece of sheet music for it. Here is my arrangement of the background music track “Melancholic Sana”, which contains a...
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Princess Mononoke Soundtrack Review
Sample: Ashitaka Sekki (Legend of Ashitaka) A project like Princess Mononoke must surely be among every film composer’s list of dream projects – a story with a truly grand scope, several overarching...
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