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I know the reply was for someone elses benefit, but its great to get recommendations of some Japanese composers, so thank you! Its really hard to know where to start in the vast sea of them out there. Such a shame so few are up on Spotify to sample though....
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The "John Williams of Japan " is John W.
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The "John Williams of Japan " is John W.
Pretty much. When Yoko Kanno literally rips off David Arnold then her title is immediately revoked.
I love Yoko Kanno's music. But as you note, the more you listen to her scores the more you notice how nearly identical many of her tracks sound to various preexisting works. This example LordDalek posted is indeed barely unchanged from Independence Day. And there are many, many more examples of this in her work. It just unfortunately makes you wonder what really is her own and what is traced from the work of another on translucent paper then altered with personal flourishes, as it were.
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Dec 9, 2018 - 7:16 AM
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fvasquez
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Just wanted to give thanks again for the help. Japan is incredible for soundtrack lovers!! Many used CD stores and a 7-floor Tower Records in Tokyo, although it's difficult to search for local composers, since almost all names are in japanese. Having the catalog numbers in hand is helpful and I recommend that if you travel there.
I bought dozens of CD's! Although many were from US & European films (you can find a great selection from the specialty labels, I bought albums from LLL, Intrada, FSM, Kritzerland, Quartet, MSM & BSX at used stores), I got quite a few from japanese composers of different eras:
- Studio Ghibli Isao Takahata Box Set (10CD)
- Studio Ghibli Hayao Miyazaki & Joe Hisaishi Box Set (13CD, bought at Ghibli Museum! ;-) )
- Whisper of the Heart (Yuji Nomi)
- Clouds Over the Hill (Joe Hisaishi)
- Hana-bi (Joe Hisaishi)
- Sonatine (Joe Hisaishi)
- Seven Samurai (Fumio Hayasaka)
- The Film Works By Akira Ifukube, Vol. 2
- Akira Ifukube - Complete Recordings, Vol. 4
- The Film Music by Masaru Satoh, Vol. 13 (works with Akira Kurosawa)
- Red Beard (Masaru Satoh)
- Brain Powerd (Yoko Kanno)
- Stand Alone Complex (Vols. 1, 2 & 3) (Yoko Kanno)
- Macross Plus (Yoko Kanno)
- Arjuna (Yoko Kanno)
- Rurouni Kenshin - Part 1: Origins (Naoki Sato)
- The Man They Called 'Pirate' (Naoki Sato)
- 226 (Akira Senju)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer (Kenji Kawai)
- Chrono Chross (videogame) (Yasunori Mitsuda)
- Your Name (Radwimps)
- Akira (Shôji Yamashiro)
- Candy Candy (Takeo Watanabe)
- Cyborg 009 (Koichi Sugiyama)
- Gatchaman (Bob Sakuma)
- Mazinger Z (Michiaki Watanabe)
- Space Adventure Cobra (Kentaro Haneda)
I plan to travel to Japan again in a few years, it's just too beautiful :-)
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