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.
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!
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!
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!
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.
@@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.
"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...
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!
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?”
Nahre Sol!!! this is going to sound ridiculously paradoxical, but I have to save your videos to my “Watch Later” as soon as I see you post because otherwise it would be like eating all my favorite meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner 🥸🤩 Your content is the highlight of my day 💛💛💛
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 👏
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.
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.
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
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
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.
@@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!
Not that it was necessary to the point of this video, but I always heard those quartal-voiced and clustered chords that are so iconic to Hisaishi’s music as being quintessentially Japanese. They certainly recall jazz harmony, of course, but I always count jazz influence in Japanese music as Japanese in and of itself, since jazz influence pervades all of Japanese popular and scoring music. However, as someone who has studied Gagaku, traditional Japanese court music, I often use that as a lense or gateway into an understanding of a traditional or folk Japanese sound world. Open-yet-clustered-voiced extended chords in the upper register are a HALLMARK of Gagaku. They are played by the Sho as the background foundational harmony for a piece. Those quartal voicings paired with half and whole step clusters are signature to that music, and those elements find their way into much modern Japanese music as well. Hisaishi’s use of the chords is another perfect example of that. I guess maybe this is relevant to the point of your video though; perhaps what makes his sound so identifiable is the way he focuses on the intersections of his varied musical influences. Those Spirited Away chords can be interpreted in both a traditional Japanese and a western jazz lexicon, setting up a sort of hone base from which to reach out to each style individually while still feeling like part of the same score. I think if someone with more time on their brain than me sat down and looked through those influences, they might find more intersections he focuses on, like the foundational knot at the base of a woven basket, supporting all the reeds to be woven in around it.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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!
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.
I was only recently introduced to the music of Studio Ghibli and Hisaishi by one of my piano students who was interested in learning to play music from Spirited Away. Your analysis of Hisaishi's music gives a fascinating and beautiful overview to his artistic prowess. Love your demo compositions as well! You never cease to amaze me with your vast insight to all things music!
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.
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 ❤
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 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.
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.
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.
I took notes on this video when it came out and applied this to the first theme in Fur Elise, similar to what you did with Pachelbel Canon. I certainly hope I can get a more convincing sound in the future, but for this one I took the melody and made it pentatonic and added jazz chords. I had a great time! Thanks for this analysis.
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!
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!
i love ur videos! my music theory is super rudimentary but i really like watching you analyze music in this way. i’ve always wondered why i like the music i like and i was literally just thinking about ghibli music today! ty for this
You know when people tear up when faced with incredible beauty? Your rendition Pachelbel's Cannon did that to me. My vocabulary is not enough to describe how beautiful I found it. ❤️
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
If you go back to the silent film era you will hear a good amount of Studio Ghibli. Something that enhances the sentimentality of their films is they use a lot of medium and wide shots, giving a perspective of you as a kid observing the action going on or as how you may remember the event years later when you are an adult.
It's a fact that every time I hear a certain progression in the Studio Ghibli soundtracks I hear Hiromi Uehara's favorite ones, and this is very beautiful to me. It's a thing I sense every time I pay attention to music written from Japanese musicians and composers, and in this video you capture pretty much what I call "the Japanese flavour" especially when analyzing around 5 minutes in the video.
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 :)
I cry every time I hear this music. When the strings came in during your composition, I lost it. That jazz elements toward the end were perfect. So moving. Beautiful.
yea i've always felt that music from final fantasy and ghibli "talk" a lot more than any other instrumentals. Its like you can hear feelings and conversation and story in their melody.
@@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
Not that deep into music theory so 4:19 onwards was MIND BLOWING. Been listening to ghibli tracks for years and sometimes i'd play along on the guitar so seeing actual breakdowns on how these chords and melodies are made/chosen is amazing. Thanks nahre! Youre doing the world a great service with this essay, not exaggerating.
I know that it wasn't your focus, but the English pop songs that make their way into the Studio Ghibli movies are just perfect. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" opens "Whisper Of The Heart" with a hopeful wistfulness. And I can't help but tear up every time I hear "The Rose", near the end of "Only Yesterday".
I just found this channel and it may be a year ago that you posted this video, but you've made me fall in love with music again im literally crying of how beautiful music can truly be without being the "complex beast" that people claim music is
The best way I can describe how I feel about Hisaishi’s chords is that it tickles my brain in exactly the right way. It gives me an amount of satisfaction that I don’t think anyone else could replicate.
Ghibli music tap into your childhood memories, conscious and subconscious. It's like stirring a pond of long forgotten emotions/memories. The music gives you mix feeling of melancholy, elation, sentimental, regret, buoyant energy. Some time people who never watched the movie in the past but somehow feels the music just clicks with them. Strange but true.
Whenever I'm trying to compose cinematic style soundtracks, I always try to capture the feeling that ghibli soundtracks have but i'm never really able to do it. Thank you so much Nahre for breaking it down for us! Can't wait to try out what I learned in this video!
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!
First of all, I would like to say that, from watching this video, I feel extremely optimised, grateful, and no longer stuck in a single story of what music is. She exposes and reveals the truth about music, theory, and the sound effects and counterpoint in anime songs and music used: it's not something ordinary, simple, basic, worthless, or boring (which people might assume or expect); it's something indescribable, extraordinary, and esoteric. I never thought that somebody on UA-cam would have the wisdom and generosity to explain all of these detailed and professional details since some people would rather keep the knowledge all to themselves. Consequently, good job, Nahre Sol, for illustrating the wonders of music (and composition). I hope that more people will watch your video and agree that you have exposed the single story everyone assumes music to be!
There’s so much I don’t understand, owing to my lack of musical education. I don’t read music notation. But I learn so much from such explanations as you provide. I love the Studio Ghibli sound, especially Spirited Away, so I’m so happy to find this exploration of the music. This music somehow touches me in a way no other music does.
I didn't know any of the films growing up, but my wife introduced me to them when I was in my mid 20s. I felt robbed by not seeing them as a child. They are so beautiful and symbolically powerful.
Ghibli films are not for children only, so don't worry.
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Great video! I´ve been watching Ghibli animations since the VHS days (in the 90´s). I used to go to the library of the Japan Foundation in São Paulo, Brazil, and watch all of Miyazaki´s films on VHS (in Japanese... the visuals and the music are so good that I could understand the feeling of the films).
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.
love your covers
Love the grand waltz from Howls Castle!
Best covers ever, Grissini Project!!
I'm one of your subscribers 🎉
Grissini Project! Wow! First time seeing you comment on a video. Cool!
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!
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!
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
Joe's the man who converts earths emotions into music.
Yes!!
Joe's the man, period. Is nice ti hear magic stilo exists
"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...
Love the idea that one composer can encompass so many styles and yet still have a distinctive voice. Thanks!
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!
Thank you! I'm glad you found that section to be useful!
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
Nahre Sol!!! this is going to sound ridiculously paradoxical, but I have to save your videos to my “Watch Later” as soon as I see you post because otherwise it would be like eating all my favorite meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner 🥸🤩 Your content is the highlight of my day 💛💛💛
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.
That last demo was just absolutely beautiful, love the composition!
Thank you!!
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 👏
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.
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!
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!!
@@NahreSol love you both
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
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!
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.
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.
Holy smokes, Nahre just gets better and better…as if that was even possible!
Wow, thank you!
@@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.
Not that it was necessary to the point of this video, but I always heard those quartal-voiced and clustered chords that are so iconic to Hisaishi’s music as being quintessentially Japanese. They certainly recall jazz harmony, of course, but I always count jazz influence in Japanese music as Japanese in and of itself, since jazz influence pervades all of Japanese popular and scoring music. However, as someone who has studied Gagaku, traditional Japanese court music, I often use that as a lense or gateway into an understanding of a traditional or folk Japanese sound world. Open-yet-clustered-voiced extended chords in the upper register are a HALLMARK of Gagaku. They are played by the Sho as the background foundational harmony for a piece. Those quartal voicings paired with half and whole step clusters are signature to that music, and those elements find their way into much modern Japanese music as well. Hisaishi’s use of the chords is another perfect example of that.
I guess maybe this is relevant to the point of your video though; perhaps what makes his sound so identifiable is the way he focuses on the intersections of his varied musical influences. Those Spirited Away chords can be interpreted in both a traditional Japanese and a western jazz lexicon, setting up a sort of hone base from which to reach out to each style individually while still feeling like part of the same score. I think if someone with more time on their brain than me sat down and looked through those influences, they might find more intersections he focuses on, like the foundational knot at the base of a woven basket, supporting all the reeds to be woven in around it.
Wowww what an amazing video, I love it!
OMG the transition at 7:45 ... CHILLS
Ghibli music always makes me want to cry because it's so beautiful 😭
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
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!!
I got chills from the Canon in D Ghibli-style version. Wonderful explanations and breakdowns. Thank you for this!
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.
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 👍🏻
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.
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.
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!
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!!
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.
That little motif you play in your right hand @6:38 and again @6:56 evokes Ryuichi Sakamoto's Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence
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!
Joe Hisaishi is a master at what he does, I love his work for Ghibli Studios and the films themselves 🥰
Yes!!
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.
I was only recently introduced to the music of Studio Ghibli and Hisaishi by one of my piano students who was interested in learning to play music from Spirited Away. Your analysis of Hisaishi's music gives a fascinating and beautiful overview to his artistic prowess. Love your demo compositions as well! You never cease to amaze me with your vast insight to all things music!
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.
The fact that a storm and hail started right when you were recording this vide is absolutely unbelieveable!
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 ❤
What you did at 7:20 was amazing. A whole new song from Pacabel Canon. Beautiful.
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.
Pachebel canon reinterpreted in ghibli style was something i didn’t know i needed in my life
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.
"Feeling peace and, at the same time, homesick from a place I cant remember" That's some poetic level analysis
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.
“Nostalgic, feeling homesick for a place I don’t even remember” I think there’s a Portuguese word for this: saudade
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.
The last one made me cry, so beautiful.
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.
The feeling of homesick in a place you can't even remember, wowwwwww
Absolutely amazing video! As an aspiring composer, Hisaishi has been a fascinating study. Love hearing your take on his style.
Thank you!!
I took notes on this video when it came out and applied this to the first theme in Fur Elise, similar to what you did with Pachelbel Canon. I certainly hope I can get a more convincing sound in the future, but for this one I took the melody and made it pentatonic and added jazz chords. I had a great time! Thanks for this analysis.
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!
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!
This video is beautifully and brilliantly done. It has given me greater knowledge and understanding about music. Thanks!
i love ur videos! my music theory is super rudimentary but i really like watching you analyze music in this way. i’ve always wondered why i like the music i like and i was literally just thinking about ghibli music today! ty for this
Wow, those demo tracks were beautiful. You definitely captured the studio ghibli nostalgia and color. I could listen to that all day! ❤️
Thank you!!
Joe Hisaishi is one of the absolute inspirations I'm trying to become a cinematic composer myself!
The sweetest melodies in the world!!
I've waited for this video for years!
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You know when people tear up when faced with incredible beauty? Your rendition Pachelbel's Cannon did that to me. My vocabulary is not enough to describe how beautiful I found it. ❤️
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!
If you go back to the silent film era you will hear a good amount of Studio Ghibli. Something that enhances
the sentimentality of their films is they use a lot of medium and wide shots, giving a perspective of you
as a kid observing the action going on or as how you may remember the event years later when you are
an adult.
Such a smart and lovely analysis of one of my most beloved composers.
4:53 really hit me. Suddenly all the imagery, the whole world that Miyazaki, Hisaishi and the team created. Beautiful
This was super interesting, illuminating and per usual, super well-done and explained. And your own compositions are beautiful.
It's a fact that every time I hear a certain progression in the Studio Ghibli soundtracks I hear Hiromi Uehara's favorite ones, and this is very beautiful to me.
It's a thing I sense every time I pay attention to music written from Japanese musicians and composers, and in this video you capture pretty much what I call "the Japanese flavour" especially when analyzing around 5 minutes in the video.
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!!
I cry every time I hear this music. When the strings came in during your composition, I lost it. That jazz elements toward the end were perfect. So moving. Beautiful.
It’s because Joe is a genius. I would like to mention his fantastic work in Ni no Kuni.
Yes!!
yea i've always felt that music from final fantasy and ghibli "talk" a lot more than any other instrumentals. Its like you can hear feelings and conversation and story in their melody.
I was more excited for this video then i am for the euphoria season finale
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Yeah!
Imagine having this once every 2 weeks alternating with Rick.
You should be at 1M subs.
Could you do a serie on Korean music all genre.
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
Description of Ghibli music’s affect is spot on.
Joe is a legend but Nahre is just as brilliant.
Not that deep into music theory so 4:19 onwards was MIND BLOWING. Been listening to ghibli tracks for years and sometimes i'd play along on the guitar so seeing actual breakdowns on how these chords and melodies are made/chosen is amazing. Thanks nahre! Youre doing the world a great service with this essay, not exaggerating.
Outstanding tribute - your demos are indeed Ghibliesque!
I know that it wasn't your focus, but the English pop songs that make their way into the Studio Ghibli movies are just perfect. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" opens "Whisper Of The Heart" with a hopeful wistfulness. And I can't help but tear up every time I hear "The Rose", near the end of "Only Yesterday".
The demos were so beautiful, I would give all of them a 10. Especially the last one hit me really hard...
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.
I feel the best single word to describe these pieces is 'wonder' as in having a sense of wonder
This honestly made me cry. Nostalgic indeed. Bravo
I just found this channel and it may be a year ago that you posted this video, but you've made me fall in love with music again im literally crying of how beautiful music can truly be without being the "complex beast" that people claim music is
The way you describe the contrast of emotions felt thanks to these musics: nailed it. Moved me and had to stop the video for a while.
Dang, that transition from Canon to One Summer Day gave me goosebumps. Awesome, awesome video!
Wow, your introductory statement captures something I could never put into words!
The best way I can describe how I feel about Hisaishi’s chords is that it tickles my brain in exactly the right way. It gives me an amount of satisfaction that I don’t think anyone else could replicate.
Ghibli music tap into your childhood memories, conscious and subconscious. It's like stirring a pond of long forgotten emotions/memories. The music gives you mix feeling of melancholy, elation, sentimental, regret, buoyant energy. Some time people who never watched the movie in the past but somehow feels the music just clicks with them. Strange but true.
Whenever I'm trying to compose cinematic style soundtracks, I always try to capture the feeling that ghibli soundtracks have but i'm never really able to do it. Thank you so much Nahre for breaking it down for us! Can't wait to try out what I learned in this video!
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!
The second demo track was beautiful. Such a sense of longing, made me tear up. Thank you for this video :)
Your editing and planning for this video is unreal.
First of all, I would like to say that, from watching this video, I feel extremely optimised, grateful, and no longer stuck in a single story of what music is. She exposes and reveals the truth about music, theory, and the sound effects and counterpoint in anime songs and music used: it's not something ordinary, simple, basic, worthless, or boring (which people might assume or expect); it's something indescribable, extraordinary, and esoteric.
I never thought that somebody on UA-cam would have the wisdom and generosity to explain all of these detailed and professional details since some people would rather keep the knowledge all to themselves. Consequently, good job, Nahre Sol, for illustrating the wonders of music (and composition). I hope that more people will watch your video and agree that you have exposed the single story everyone assumes music to be!
There’s so much I don’t understand, owing to my lack of musical education. I don’t read music notation. But I learn so much from such explanations as you provide. I love the Studio Ghibli sound, especially Spirited Away, so I’m so happy to find this exploration of the music. This music somehow touches me in a way no other music does.
I didn't know any of the films growing up, but my wife introduced me to them when I was in my mid 20s. I felt robbed by not seeing them as a child. They are so beautiful and symbolically powerful.
Ghibli films are not for children only, so don't worry.
Great video! I´ve been watching Ghibli animations since the VHS days (in the 90´s). I used to go to the library of the Japan Foundation in São Paulo, Brazil, and watch all of Miyazaki´s films on VHS (in Japanese... the visuals and the music are so good that I could understand the feeling of the films).