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  Ghibli’s “Country Road” vs. the original “Country Road”

  01.19.08 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  The moment in “Whisper of the Heart” where Shizuku, prodded along by Seji, begins to sing nervously, and is soon joined by Seji’s uncle and his friends to form an ensemble, is my favourite moment in any Ghibli film, and one of my favourite film moments altogether. The reasons for this are half-quality wise and half-personal. It’s a well directed scene, of course. The version of the song itself is a wonderful arrangement, portraying the simplicity of the scene and expressing how beautiful such simplicity can be. This is the sort of scene where Ghibli films have a clear distinction from Disney films. In a Disney film, this moment, a song, would perhaps start with the solo violin and then quickly transform into a full musical number with a professional singer and production. But Ghibli keeps the simplicity……(click title to read more)

• Piano Music/Sheet Music/Original Compositions, ---Ghibli Fanboyism---, ---Music---

  Totoro - Sampo - Piano Arrangement

  12.24.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  Someone asked me to write down the arrangement of the Totoro opening theme that I usually play on piano. So, I have done so and I’m sharing it with all of you:

  http://www.omohide.com/Totoro_Sampo_Theowne.pdf

  In case you don’t play, but would like to hear it, here’s (a somewhat low quality) recording of myself:

  http://omohide.com/Sampo_piano_Totoro_theowne.mp3

  Feel free to contact me with any comments you may have.

• ---Ghibli Fanboyism---, ---Anime & Manga---

  New Films by Miyazaki and Takahata

  08.04.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  

  So by now, I think everyone’s well acquainted with the fact that we are getting two new films, both a Miyazaki film and (surprise:) a new Takahata film! The thing about Miyazaki is, we all appreciate when we learn of a new film, but we almost expect it. With Takahata, it’s really something to find out he has a new project planned…….(continued, click on title)

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Omohide.com is my personal site, where I post my thoughts on various things, including anime, films, classical music, soundtracks, books. It's also the only outlet for my fanboyism of everything from Studio Ghibli =D. As well as the above, I enjoy (read: am obsessed with) the piano and composing. The site's name, which means "memories", is derived from the title "Omohide Poroporo", which is a favourite of mine.

And who am I? I'm your typical student-by-day-websurfer-by-night from Toronto, Canada. I live in Scarborough, which is part of the Greater Toronto Area. On the internet, I usually use the nickname "theowne", which doesn't particularly mean anything. You can email me at: theowne [AT] gmail [DOT] com.

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