Joe Hisaishi's scores for Hayo Miyazki's films evoke a feeling unlike any other film score. In this essay, I look at how Hisaishi's approach to writing music for Studio Ghibli films leads to this unique soundworld and show how successful his approach is by re-scoring a scene taken from the middle act of 'Spirited Away'.

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FURTHER READING/RESEARCH
“Between tradition and modernity – The eclectic approach of Joe Hisaishi to Miyazaki’s “Spirited Away” soundtrack”: https://archives.berklee.edu/thesis-b...

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