What Makes Studio Ghibli Music SO GOOD??!!
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- Опубліковано 25 лют 2022
- A deep dive into the music of Studio Ghibli (Joe Hisaishi)! What makes this music so nostalgic, memorable, and moving??
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Joe Hisaishi is also such a splendid orchestrator. Those opening scenes in Ponyo, with those Ravel-ish colors bubbling and sparkling around the wonderful animation. Cherished memories.
Yes, he's so exquisitely expressive.
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Grissini Project! Wow! First time seeing you comment on a video. Cool!
Hisaishi HAS to watch this video. One of the best, most cohesive analyses on Hisaishi's legendary music I've ever seen. I just can't lol, this is just too good. The Pachelbel Canon transformation was excellent.
agreed! it was such a cool transformation of a piece I'm normally quite tired of lol
what for?
so he can learn about his own music?
@@noahleach7690 So, you'r saing he's clueless about his own music till now which he does & has been doing it for a living with yrs of experience. Its understandable th
At regardless of where we'r in our life one can never stop learning thing but I'm just trying understand your prespective behind that comment.
@@ddlcp no mr big brain im being sarcastic, obviously he knows about his own music, so why would he need to watch the video in the first place
There is an amazing doc called 10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki, that shows a moment midway Ponyo's production, that he receives a piece of music from the composer. He loves it and then listen again and again while sketching storyboards, gets emotional. He says that it helps him a lot to finish the work and even to find the right tone of the movie.
Outstanding doc!
!! Amazing...
Music to drive the movie! Reminds me of what John Hughes would do. Hughes wanted to be in a rock band, but wasn't good enough so he decided to be a movie DJ producer. I think about how much music has impact Star Wars with John Williams, and how cheesy the movie would really be without the music. Somehow transpire a low budget sci-fi into something else. Roger Corman brought his degree in music into making horror film. So many movie director with a musical background, which just show how important it was to get the right music!
Joe's the man who converts earths emotions into music.
Yes!!
As a music teacher this analysis is truly a giant treasure for my students. Kids nowadays are Studio Ghibli's super fans, you shouldn't avoid to discuss and explore those compositions in the classroom. Thank you Nahre Sol!
"My biggest take away is to realize music doesn't need to be overly complex in order to support a complex emotion."
This should be very, VERY obvious to anyone who's done composing for longer than few years. Sadly most don't realize this.
And about the influences: Yes. He has a LOT of influences, and so should everyone. Because if you're pulling from a pool of influences large enough, it becomes almost impossible to pin down where they come from and your vocabulary is so large that there's no longer influences as such, there's only ones original self expressed through their vocabulary learned from the best before you.
Having influences doesn't diminish one's creativity or creations, it gives you more palette to push it to new heights...
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Thank you!!
Lol. Same here. There's so much goodness on here. 💕
Exactly! I only do this with like three youtubers. The others are david bruce and adam neely
im the same i come on youtube to put something on in the background ... but nahre sol's videos need my full attention!!!
The real good stuff on youtube.
Love the idea that one composer can encompass so many styles and yet still have a distinctive voice. Thanks!
I don’t know how else to say it, but Joe Hisaishi’s music tears at my heartstrings because of its nostalgic quality. Everything sounds purposeful and cherished.
It’s like the musical equivalent of looking back on one’s life, remembering the rough and joyous parts, then smiling and saying “huh, it was good, wasn’t it?”
And after watching the video again I noticed how much you referenced this feeling lol
I was particularly blown away by the synthesis of all his musical influences - I always felt like his music was in many ways both familiar and exotic, but with those examples you can really see the extent of it! It's like he went and took the best parts of most western musical traditions and imbued them with japanese cultural influences and his own (and Miyazaki's) personal touch - genius!
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@@NahreSol your videos are really informative. I am a music student and eventhough I get confused a little bit on the theory aspect of how you compose in different styles, it's pretty nice to share your experiences while exploring new stuff. Keep up the good work.
@@NahreSol You're so talented (hard-working), thoughtful, and humble.
Thank you for so effectively sharing your beautiful skills and insights with us all!
You make the world a better place and you make the future seem a little brighter in these times of darkness.
Keep on shining!
Absolutely true.
Aways full of information, truly entertaining and very inspiring to try new things and expand the musical horizons.
That last demo was just absolutely beautiful, love the composition!
Thank you!!
When Nahre turned Pachelbel's Canon into "Pachelbelle's" canon, the comparison helped me better understand some of what makes Hisaishi's music different. Perhaps I've heard his music before without being aware of it. But now that I know a little more about what makes his music work, I want to listen to him more intentionally.
Joe Hisaishi is touring right now and is coming to my city in June. When I found out, I nearly screamed...his music has been a huge part of my life since the late 90s.
I got pretty decent seats (all the best seats sold out pretty quickly) but honestly I'm just really excited to hear him and the orchestra live.
Thanks Nahre for again doing such a wonderful and detailed analysis of his music...bravo 👏
Hisaishi’s scores have such an impact on me and your analysis captured their essence so poignantly I was just crying the whole video
Thank you!
Please make a whole 5 minute composition with the style of Ghibli
How did you know I needed this?! Can Ennio Moriconne be next? Joe and Ennio are my two favorite film composers. They set a mood like no one else.
I love how the video turned out! A lot of feelings bubbling up 💙 Out of your own pieces, I think the last one was the one that felt most "whole" to me. And the first one definitely had an extremely recognisable touch of Ghibli. Lovely video 🙏🏼
I can't say how much Ghibli's music has influenced my own melodic playing style. Probably more than I realise. And also other Japanese composers in the gaming industry like Hiroki Kikuta (Secret of Mana) and Yasunori Mitsuda (Chrono Trigger). They share some of the same characteristics I would say.
Thank you Cuckoo!!! Means so much, coming from you!!
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Oh man, that last bit of music at 12:10 brought me to tears. Thank you. Would love to hear a full piece, if you should one day write it, there's so much that can be developed from that beautiful buildup
Me too!
Same here!
she’s so talented for noticing all these about the music and movie and being and making a new song this just makes the movie and music so beautifully memorable and amazing nahre you’re so talented
Electronic music has been an integral part of joe's life, Since he was a part of Japan's city pop scene, He's got tons of electronic stuff in his personal catalogue
Yes!!
Really?! I didn't know this and I thought I was a fan. Thanks!!
Wowww what an amazing video, I love it!
I’m clearly a spectator when it comes to music, but I love it when someone explains how and why certain masterpieces give me certain feelings and take me to certain places.
Ghibli music always makes me want to cry because it's so beautiful 😭
I glad that Hasashi's music is finally getting the credit it deserves. he was a super influential person to my childhood so thank you for the reminder(at the cost of nostalgia).
PS. are these coming out on spotify?
The third one acctually made me cry. and it brought me so much nostalgia but it was also so peaceful. 30/10
Made my day
Thank you!! Re: Spotify -- probably not, no... but not ruled out :)
@@NahreSol rule it in 😅spoti yes 👍🏻
Joe Hisaishi is a master at what he does, I love his work for Ghibli Studios and the films themselves 🥰
Yes!!
Outstanding tribute - your demos are indeed Ghibliesque!
OMG the transition at 7:45 ... CHILLS
I can't even begin to express the raw emotion I got from this video. I'm not even exaggerating when I say that this is THE best video on UA-cam. This is one of those video that left you contemplating for the next hours. Thank you very much for making this exquisite video! Truly remarkable.
Great analysis as usual! I only wish that "The Legend of Ashitaka" from Princess Mononoke received more love, as it may be my favorite melody in all of cinema. It brings about deep emotional responses whenever I listen to it. Granted I understand "melodies" were not the focus of the analysis. Hope you continue making content for years to come!
Those guys researched a lot. There's a movie "Only Yesterday" in which they have traditional Romanian and Hungarian music.
Also, Grave of the Fireflies made me cry for about a week. lol
I read "Nahre Sol" and "Studio Ghibli", I clicked the thumbnail immediately. I believe I didn't make a wrong decision. It's proved. I watched the entire video and really enjoyed each of the segments. Never did I skip the footage. I'm totally sold. This is pure talent and full heart kind of content!
Your originals with a ghibli spin at the end were so beautiful! What an awesome video, I think you did an amazing job clearly and concisely exploring so many aspects of the ghibli sound, and huge props for the nausicaa shoutouts (probably my favorite of the ghibli osts). It's given me a lot to reflect and incorporate into my own playing.
Nahre is one of the most profound, versatile and genuinely brilliant musicians/composers I have witnessed in my life! The video itself was of course beautifully, poetically crafted, like the films and their musical themes themselves. You are truly a gift to the world ❤
The last one made me cry, so beautiful.
Your enthusiasm for the subject matter in your videos is incredible. They ooze effort and creativity to a level that surpasses the majority of videos like it. Truly inspiring.
Joe Hisaishi's non-Ghibli work is also very inspiring. Green Requiem takes a lot of those same emotions and wraps it up into a solo piano piece with some interesting features like a phased three-against-four opening. It would be interesting to see your thoughts on some of that other work of his.
His work with Takeshi Kitano is the best.
I am blown out of the water. This was awesome!! accessible to a vast array of musical levels, deeply researched with room for the viewer to keep researching, and lots of creative fun that serves the argument. God, I love this channel.
The feeling of homesick in a place you can't even remember, wowwwwww
Wow, your introductory statement captures something I could never put into words!
I found this totally fascinating! I’m a clarinet player, and a decent amount of the chamber music I play is actually imported from Japan via Brain Music International. I guess they have a thriving program for wind musicians, and a lot of new music is commissioned every year for their big nationwide competition. I recognize a *lot* of these sounds and ideas from the chamber music of Yasuhide Ito, Hirokazu Fukushima, Daisuke Shimizu, Rika Ishige, and others. I was completely unfamiliar with these movies so I just associate these things with Japanese chamber music generally but it’s very cool to learn about where (I assume) these styles must have originated. I love the Japanese chamber music because a) it’s great and b) they commission music for the instruments people are actually playing, so there is a lot for clarinet ensembles, flute, and saxophone, so the many clarinet players don’t have to fight over one bassoon or horn player.
This was super interesting, illuminating and per usual, super well-done and explained. And your own compositions are beautiful.
You've perfectly described what makes Joe Hisaishi such a master in his craft. Even as someone who's not super knowledgeable in music overall, I understood everything. Great job!
Joe Hisaishi is one of the absolute inspirations I'm trying to become a cinematic composer myself!
The sweetest melodies in the world!!
I have great admiration for what you do, Nahre. Your videos are insightful and trenchant, your analysis is always refreshing and astute. Of course, your musicianship is top notch. These are brilliant projects that not only demonstrate your ongoing inquiry as a composer, but they also help me learn alongside you. Thank you.
This video is beautifully and brilliantly done. It has given me greater knowledge and understanding about music. Thanks!
“Nostalgic, feeling homesick for a place I don’t even remember” I think there’s a Portuguese word for this: saudade
That transition made me fall off my computer chair. Wow. That was magic.
I'm so glad you dived in this subject, Joe Hisaishi is the reason i started to study Music and Piano, he opened my ears and gave me goosebumps every time i listen to him.
I really love the way you structure your videos, and focus not only on the technical side of it, but give a lot of space to the emotional one.
Thank you from Argentina Nahre!
Thank you so much!!
This is without doubt the best analysis of Ghibli and Hisaishi collaboration I've ever seen or heard. Hisaishi is a composer of genius that reaches far beyond Ghibli, as his work with Kitano Takeshi shows. But in the world of Ghibli he creates a different sound world for each and every movie. My first meeting with his music was when I took my son to watch Spirited Away and I fell in love with both the movie and the music. Since then I have collected all the films and the music on Blu rays and CDs. I liked your compositions for the film clips a lot. So atmospheric and lovely. I'm 68 now and still fall under the spell of a harmony sequence or a melodic twist. In 1978 I wrote a short Nocturne for piano and when I heard the music for the scene in Spirited Away where Chihiro is running away from No-Face to reach the train I thought I could hear some similarities with my Nocturne. I'm no Hisaishi and I stopped composing very soon. But I remember playing the Nocturne when I thought was alone while working at a theatre here in Sweden and when the piece finished a man came out of the shadowas and he said: If I could write music I wanted to have written that. Sorry for the long text.
Description of Ghibli music’s affect is spot on.
That little motif you play in your right hand @6:38 and again @6:56 evokes Ryuichi Sakamoto's Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
This is an excellent analysis! I'm in the midst of studying a lot of the music by Japanese composers that I grew up with, naturally including Hisaishi, so this video comes at a perfect time too too.
Such a smart and lovely analysis of one of my most beloved composers.
I have literally been waiting for a video like this for ten years, since my childhood
This is so well made, thank you! You showcased Hisaishi perfectly, and this video was such a joy to watch :)
The last piece reminds me more so of Shiro Sagisu. My favorite composer who's diversified incredibley throughout the decades.
Thank you!
I knew someone would mention him, absolutely legendary.
Great compositions, well done.
I find it fascinating to see how Hisaishi's music is so distinct and easy to recognize while it covers so many different genres
Thank you! And yes, I agree!
Wow, Nahre. This is so good. Keep going!
I really appreciate the technical depth and how certain techniques lead to certain emotional experiences.
Your playing is always so beautiful Nahre. Thank you and please keep creating
I always cry when I hear music from Kiki or castle in the sky. These two movies just evoke something that is profound and deep and real and precious to me.
Wow, those demo tracks were beautiful. You definitely captured the studio ghibli nostalgia and color. I could listen to that all day! ❤️
Thank you!!
I've been so excited for this video, worth the wait!
Dang, that transition from Canon to One Summer Day gave me goosebumps. Awesome, awesome video!
Absolutely amazing video! As an aspiring composer, Hisaishi has been a fascinating study. Love hearing your take on his style.
Thank you!!
I've waited for this video for years!
😁🙏🏻
I was waiting for this video omg love this ✨💕
So thrilled you touch on this music since it's wonderfully memorable and your take at it is emotively enchanting which inspires while giving insights to composing such music and shows you could masterfully compose for any kind of film!
So true, that kind of music reveals a person's signature sound can be comprised of many ways to create music and not just one thing. Luv this video and would be excited for more like it especially where you show off how to compose in the featured style!
There's a song they use for a spell that makes Howl show the true form I think it's inspired in bulgarian music choirs which have very unique and interesting sounds. Love your vídeo!
Concerning other inspirations of Joe Hisaishi, I find that there are a lot of moments, maybe especially in the Mononoke soundtrack, in which he is clearly inspired by Holst :) What a wonderful video, many thanks :)
Thank you!!
this was such a good video nahre! i remember writing a paper on hisaishi back in middle school and if i had this video i probably would've gotten a much better grade, the way you break stuff down is really accessible and i love hearing your thoughts on his composition
That’s awesome! I love how you get inside the harmonies take them apart into pieces and built things back from those bits to create something unique and original!
I was more excited for this video then i am for the euphoria season finale
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It’s because Joe is a genius. I would like to mention his fantastic work in Ni no Kuni.
Yes!!
Finally! Thank you for doing this one! That last demo you made is nailing it on the head!
I just love your take on the emotional relevance of this particular music. I've tried to play some Ghibli pieces by ear and I agree, they use a lot of spaces and anticipation! I would love to see a full series where you review/comment on Ghibli soundtracks in a movie-by-movie fashion. Thanks you for such an amazing video, as usual!
Nahre, can I ask what piano VST (if any) are you playing at 12:12, its timbre is so nice and perfectly fits your beautiful composition.
I need a reply to this
@@cactusowo1835 To my ear it sounds like NI's The Grandeur.
@@ArgoBeats I just took a look at it, it's expensive af °д°
I'm looking for free instruments vst and else since I'm learting composition and how to use DAWs, over all, learning music with 0$ budget everything through internet, music is not easy as a mid-low class family kid lol
@@cactusowo1835 Spitfire labs has Glass Piano which sounds good but in my experience has terrible velocity curves. You can also try their Soft Piano. Other than that there's nothing even halfway decent for free. What you can do is make samples from the demo of a piano VST like the excellent PIanoteq. The free DAW MPC Beats can multi-sample a VST automatically.
@@cactusowo1835 the best and most realistic vst id say is definitely CFX Concert Grand by garritan, its quit expensive tho, id suggest just pirating them for free
Joe is a legend but Nahre is just as brilliant.
Shot Nahre! Beautiful editing as always and I appreciate the Roman numeral transcribed harmony guides too!
The second demo track was beautiful. Such a sense of longing, made me tear up. Thank you for this video :)
I love this video so much - thank you for making it!!! So well thought through, accessible yet deep.
I love this; thank you! And hearing the new pieces at the end made me really want to see the film they would be part of.
my favorite Nahre Sol video so far. thank you so much for making this!!!
Aigoo, this is such a cool thing to take on. Thank you for the video!
This has gotta be my favorite video you've done. Your interpretations were absolutely beautiful!!
Nahre Nahre NAHRE!!!!!!! I love your videos endlessly. I believe you are the best Creator on UA-cam. Not even just in the music world. Your deep dives give me life. Also, even from the beginning, your VISUAL representations of things astound me (the colors representing cultural sounds all combining in the bowl). I hope you have a wonderful day because you’ve made mine.
This is such a fantastic video, extremely interesting and well made!
This is one of the best videos you've made! Your analysis is so insightful and the demos you composed were incredible and fits the films so well.
That was a magical Video. I would love to see more like this one, especially on Ghibli movies.😄😊
Amazing work, thank you Nahre 💜
This was fantastic, thanks for the video. I loved all three of your tunes.
Amazing video and theory breakdown! Loved seeing this come together on insta as well!
Wow, I love these films and the music scores. Your breakdown is on point!!!
You have a ways of presenting that makes me want to know more. And through the last couple of years having been shown these rabbit holes I can dive into have been good as a form of therapy. Thank you!
Love how you explore so many different areas of music and dissect it all. I think many classical musicians should do this more and vice versa.
Thank you Nahre for this video, this music always gives me great memories. I feel so nostalgic at the idea of admiring Ghibli universe, and remembering I can't belong to it... You understood the essence of the Hisaishi's music really well.
You are an incredible person, my favourite musician and music youtuber. Thank you so much
I feel the best single word to describe these pieces is 'wonder' as in having a sense of wonder
Nahre this was so beautiful to watch and listen too, thank you for all the effort and insight like always - I’m a massive Ghibli fan and your three demos were a home run to me!
Wonderful! Thank you, Nahre.
Always love you diving into genres, but this was a pleasant surprise :D. Great analysis, hope to see more!