Mononoke Hime - Journey to the West - with Score (Analyzed) - Joe Hisaishi - Full Score

Hi everyone,
I'm Tommi. Some info and PDF link here.


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Link to this analysis PDF:

  / jourey-to-west-51701344  



Link to "The Legend of Ashitaka" video analysis:
  / legend-of-hime-46234340  


More videos that youtube deletes are on Patreon, plus more score analysis coming soon!
  / tommasoannoni  
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Pease enjoy this transcription and analysis of the film scoring cue "Journey to the West" (from the movie "Mononoke Hime"; composer: Joe Hisaishi).
BTW, it's a beautiful movie with an outstandingly real and honest story: you should watch it.

This is a little teaser, the beautiful cue "The Legend of Ashitaka" has been removed from youtube so it's on my Patreon account.


It is my first time adding notes / little analysis to a score for other people,
and I would really like to do more and better for who is interested in orchestral and film music:
please let me know if you would prefer something done differently in the future (example: reduced score in fewer staves, just piano reduction, transposed score, more/less written notes, bigger text, bigger music, etc).

I was writing this for a potential concert, canceled because of the virus, so I then decided to analyze it and upload it for everyone's benefit.
[Some differences from the original cue are due to the specificity of the orchestra. For example, often Violin 2 is doubling the Viola, because our viola section was rather small)]


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Original composition: Joe Hisaishi

Transcription and notes: Tommaso Annoni

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I do not own the right to the music, nor to the images from the movie.
I did the music transcription and analysis, explanations, etc.

The copyrighted content is here used for educational purposes, as by Section 107 of the Copyright Act.
("Transformative uses are those that add something new, with a further purpose or different character, and do not substitute for the original use of the work").
https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/mo...

Original recording I've used:
Journey To The West (Princess Mononoke) · Eminence Symphony Orchestra
A Night in Fantasia 2004: Studio Ghibli Edition
℗ 2014 Eminence Symphony Orchestra
Released on: 2010-05-11


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