From Fantasia 2000 (Eric Goldberg et al., 1999)
From Howl’s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki, 2004)
From Idiots and Angels (Bill Plympton, 2009)
Sea Scouts (Dick Lundy, 1939)
From Tangled (Nathan Greno, Byron Howard, 2010)
From “Black Rock Shooter” (Shinobu Yoshioka, 2012)
The Great Adventure of Hols, Prince of the Sun (Taiyo no Ouji Horusu no Daibouken, Isao Takahata, 1968; trailer)
Kaze no Tani no Naushika (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Hayao Miyazaki, 1984; trailer)
Tenkū no Shiro Rapyuta (Castle in the Sky, Hayao Miyazaki, 1986; trailer)
Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbour Totoro, Hayao Miyazaki, 1988; trailer)
Hotaru no Haka (Grave of the Fireflies, Isao Takahata, 1988; trailer)
Mimi wo Sumaseba (Whisper of the Heart, Yoshifumi Kondo, 1995; trailer)
TV program on three 2006 Ghibli Museum shorts by Hayao Miyazaki
Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises, Hayao Miyazaki, 2013; trailer)
Kaguya–hime no Monogatari (The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Isao Takahata, 2013; trailer).
Omoide no Marnie (When Marnie Was There, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2014; trailer).
The Great Adventure of Hols, Prince of the Sun (Taiyo no Ouji Horusu no Daibouken, Isao Takahata, 1968; trailer)
Kaze no Tani no Naushika (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Hayao Miyazaki, 1984; trailer)
Tenkū no Shiro Rapyuta (Castle in the Sky, Hayao Miyazaki, 1986; trailer)
Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbour Totoro, Hayao Miyazaki, 1988; trailer)
Hotaru no Haka (Grave of the Fireflies, Isao Takahata, 1988; trailer)
Mimi wo Sumaseba (Whisper of the Heart, Yoshifumi Kondo, 1995; trailer)
TV program on three 2006 Ghibli Museum shorts by Hayao Miyazaki
Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises, Hayao Miyazaki, 2013; trailer)
Kaguya–hime no Monogatari (The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Isao Takahata, 2013; trailer).
Omoide no Marnie (When Marnie Was There, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2014; trailer).
The Great Adventure of Hols, Prince of the Sun (Taiyo no Ouji Horusu no Daibouken, Isao Takahata, 1968; trailer)
Kaze no Tani no Naushika (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Hayao Miyazaki, 1984; trailer)
Tenkū no Shiro Rapyuta (Castle in the Sky, Hayao Miyazaki, 1986; trailer)
Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbour Totoro, Hayao Miyazaki, 1988; trailer)
Hotaru no Haka (Grave of the Fireflies, Isao Takahata, 1988; trailer)
Originally published in “TRANS-Revista Transcultural de Música/Transcultural Music Review”, n. 16, 2012 (http://www.sibetrans.com/trans/)
Link: http://www.sibetrans.com/trans/pdf/trans16/trans_16_01.pdf
Language: English
Abstract
Japanese composers for animation are usually asked to write preliminary music based on concept art and pre-production materials. This music is released in CDs called image albums. The existence of image albums influences the creation of film music, as the composer is required to restrain inspiration within the boundaries of the preliminary music, written without concern for audiovisual relationships. Because of that, music in Japanese animation usually works as generic commentary to the moving images, without detailed forms of interaction. Studio Ghibli composers, however, have found ways to define more complex audiovisual functions by using processes of new orchestration and variation.
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