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Going to Japanese school isn't something I usually mention in a positive light, but the oddest things will make you nostalgic. This is a youth choir from Singapore, it looks like, but they're singing a theme song from Spirited Away, and it looks oh-so-familiar...
My school, Yonezawa 2nd Middle School (Nichu) was fairly accomplished musically and each homeroom formed a choir for annual competitions.
And then I go and listen to this song, which makes me less warm-fuzzies-nostalgic, and more oh-isn't-the-world-bittersweet-beautiful, which almost leads to tears. You need to go hear it, obviously.
Joe Hisaishi does a brilliant job using Western classical influences to create a score that works with film the way we expect it, and yet making it mesh so well with Japanese themes, with the additions of traditional instruments and musical conventions. I think he has had a lot of fun scoring for the various projects Miyazaki has created. After all, it ranges from WWII Europe, to Steampunk Whereever, to Ancient Japan, and Modern Tokyo...
Sometimes you just dream that your life will have the same sort of breadth as the people you look up to, even if you can't compete with them in their chosen field.
My school, Yonezawa 2nd Middle School (Nichu) was fairly accomplished musically and each homeroom formed a choir for annual competitions.
And then I go and listen to this song, which makes me less warm-fuzzies-nostalgic, and more oh-isn't-the-world-bittersweet-beautiful, which almost leads to tears. You need to go hear it, obviously.
Joe Hisaishi does a brilliant job using Western classical influences to create a score that works with film the way we expect it, and yet making it mesh so well with Japanese themes, with the additions of traditional instruments and musical conventions. I think he has had a lot of fun scoring for the various projects Miyazaki has created. After all, it ranges from WWII Europe, to Steampunk Whereever, to Ancient Japan, and Modern Tokyo...
Sometimes you just dream that your life will have the same sort of breadth as the people you look up to, even if you can't compete with them in their chosen field.