Howls Moving Castle

Joe Hisaishi
Music 1010 Presentation
Fumie Yoshihiro

Overview

About Composer
About the composition
Listening guide

Joe Hisaishi : History

Born December 6, 1950
Started violin lessons when he was 5
Watched 300 movies/year when he was little
Career in Commercial Music

Joe Hisaishi: Music style

Minimalism
Popular music
Classical music

Joe Hisaishi: Turning point

Discography - Sound Track

AWARDS
Japan
8 Japan Academy Awards
3 JASRAC Awards
3 Japan Gold Disc Awards

Outside Japan
9 awards
Los Angels Film Critics Association Awards
Annie Award
Asia Film Award

Howls Moving Castle

Studio Ghiblis animation movie in 2004
Won the Best Music Score

(the 31st Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards)

Howl's Moving Castle:

Listening Guide
3 Movements
Symphonic Variation Merry-go-round
Cave of Mind
Merry-go-round of Life

Howl's Moving Castle:

Listening Guide
Movement 1:
Symphonic Variation
Merry-go-round

Howl's Moving Castle:

Listening Guide
Movement 2:
Cave of Mind

Howl's Moving Castle:

Listening Guide
Movement 3:
Merry-go-round of Life

Bibliography
Web. 9 March. 2016

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hisaishi#Awards_and_recognition>
Web. 29 March. 2016

<https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%85%E7%9F%B3%E8%AD
%B2#.E6.9D.A5.E6.AD.B4>
Web. 2 April. 2016

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki>
Joe Hisaishi.com

<http://joehisaishi.com/index.php>