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Great arrangement with the appropriate harmony and decorative notes to bring out the melody of our favourite tunes from the classic anime. Skill levels range from intermediate to advanced.
I'm an amateur classical pianist. For those concerned about the difficulty, it's harder than Bach or Mozart, easier than Rachmaninoff or Saint Saens. Plays more like the slower Mendelssohn or Chopin pieces, but of course with more modern harmonies. No stretches over an octave that I can see. Hope this helps folks figure out whether this score is for them!
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent book for the piano repertoire!
26 July 2015 - Published on Amazon.com
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Master piece music book! The arrangements were made by Joe Hisaishi himself. If you really want to perform this songs as they were written, you will have to study them as seriously as if you were studying Bach, Mozart, Beethoven or any other serious composer. The quality of the paper is great, although, the book is paperback. Here I am listing the songs titles in English:
1. One Summer's Day 2. Kiki's Delivery Service 3. Confessions in the Moonlight 4. The Wind Forest 5. Tani heno Michi 6. Fantasia (for NAUSICAA) 7. il porco rosso 8. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea 9. Umi no Okaasan 10. Jinsey no Merry-Go-Round, Piano Solo Ver. 11. Mononoke Hime 12. Ashitaka to San 13. My Neighbour TOTORO
Really nice arrangements of some of Hisaishi's best movie music. It's kind of hard to rate difficulty since everyone is at a different place, but as an experienced player, I found these pieces to be just the right level of challenge (that is, I could enjoy the instant gratification of sight reading them, but I'd have to practice to make them sound good).
My daughter loves Ghibli, so she is a bit obsessed with the music. It is so beautiful and unique, and her piano teacher was surprised by it. She laughed delightedly at some of the musical arrangements. This is the original music. It is for the intermediate or advanced piano player.
So far I am really enjoying this collection of Joe Hisaishi's Ghibli piano pieces - I'm an intermediate player, and the difficulty level is perfect for me - challenging, but not so difficult that it's discouraging. The quality of the book itself is great - it's bound really nicely and the paper is high quality. The ONLY thing I would change is I wish it had "Itsumo Nando Demo" from Spirited Away!