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Japanese That Compose Music Other Than Classical
Anime, Film, Jazz, etc...
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DJ Okawari is a Japanese Composer that mixes styles, especially hip-hop & jazz. 

Bio at last.fm: 

I was born in Shizuoka, Japan. As a track maker / DJ.
I bring sampling to the core of every day HIPHOP, in the central organization under the theme of "music and everyday coexistence". "The Music is Any Moments in Life."
I express what I felt while I lived by a sound. I hope that you as a listener have your own sound in your life.
I regard scenes and relevance to feelings as important, and make a sound giving it "an ease "well-defined tightened feeling such wind when I open a book" to fall asleep just before that".
I always grope for a new thing without being always satisfied, and I continue always challenging it,
and my name, "DJ OKAWARI", comes from it.

Normal AND Half Speed Play-along Tutorials! 

Violin Sheet Music: How to play Flower Dance by DJ Okawari - EasyViolinLesson

How to play Flower Dance by DJ Okawari on Violin (Tutorial) - EasyViolinLesson

Viola Sheet Music: How to play Flower Dance by DJ Okawari. 

 

How to play Flower Dance by DJ Okawari on Viola (Tutorial). 

 

Cello Sheet Music: How to play Flower Dance by DJ Okawari - EasyCelloLesson

How to play Flower Dance by DJ Okawari on Cello (Tutorial) - EasyCelloLesson

 

AND, since it's close to 💖 'Valentines Day' 💖 

"Luv Letter", by DJ Okawari - Violin play-along sheet music! 

 

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I am a HUGE fan of Studio Ghibli animated films, especially those created by Hayao Miyazaki - and his main composer was Joe Hisaishi (aka. Mamoru Fujisawa).  

Here's one of my favorites, from "My Neighbor Totoro" - "Path of The Wind", by Joe Hisaishi

Play-along sheet music, with 'normal' & 'half' speed - also available as full tutorials.

 

Viola Sheet Music: How to play "Path of the Wind" (My Neighbour Totoro) by Joe Hisaishi (EasyViolaLesson)

Cello Sheet Music: How to play "Path of the Wind" (My Neighbour Totoro) by Joe Hisaishi (EasyCelloLesson)

 

Another favorite, "Merry-Go-Round of Life", by Joe Hisaishi - from "Howl's Moving Castle"

Here's a Beginner Violin Version - that can be slowed down in the video settings. 

 

Violin Sheet Music: How to play "Merry Go Round of Life" (Howl's Moving Castle) by Joe Hisaishi (EasyViolinLesson)

VIOLA Tutorial: How to play "Merry-Go-Round of Life" (Howl's Moving Castle) by Joe Hisaishi (EasyViolaLesson). 

Cello Sheet Music: How to play "Merry Go Round of Life" (Howl's Moving Castle) by Joe Hisaishi (EasyCelloLesson)

 

Here's Play-along Sheet Music for "Always With Me" - from "Spirited Away", by Joe Hisaishi.   

Note: There are 'Hard' & 'Easy' Tutorials vs. 'Hard' & 'Easy' Play-along Sheet Music at each of the respective sites - for this particular tune.  'Hard' is in a different key and MUCH longer - check out the 'Easy' first and decide whether the Sheet Music or Tutorials are more helpful.

Violin Sheet Music: How to play "Always With Me" from Spirited Away (Hard) by Joe Hisaishi (EasyViolinLesson)

Easy VIOLA Tutorial: "Always With Me" from Spirited Away by Joe Hisaishi. 

 

Cello Sheet Music: How to play "Always With Me" from Spirited Away (Hard) by Joe Hisaishi - EasyCelloLesson

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Love "Path of the Wind"!! Thanks for sharing.

The old curmudgeon!

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Glad you like it, JohnG - me too!

How about the AMAZING combination of John Denver's classic, "Country Roads" together with Studio Ghibli's "Whisper of The Heart"?

Violin cover by Julien Ando. 

 

 

More beautiful violin music from Composer Joe Hisaishi & Studio Ghibli! 

One of my favorites - "Castle in The Sky", cover by Julien Ando - with link to his arrangements. 

 

"Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" - Violin Cover by Julien Ando.

 

 

 

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From Disney's Pixar & Universal's DreamWorks, to Studio Ghibli... I think children (of ALL ages) would do just fine learning music from their animated films!

- Emily

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Kenshi Yonezu is a very talented Japanese composer & artist. 

Here Nicholas Yee performs a Cello cover of Kenshi's "Spinning Globe" - composed for Hayao Miyazaki's current film (maybe his last), "The Boy and The Heron"

Learn to play it on Violin!

 

How Kenshi Yonezu Rose From Online Prodigy to Hitmaker in Japan (Billboard Music News) 

To his fans, he has always been known as an incredibly talented artist who not only is a singer and musician but who also writes, arranges, programs and mixes his own songs as well as illustrates the breathtaking artwork on his releases and many of his music videos.

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Saw this violin performance by Will Pampelmuse of "Summer".  It's another piece composed by Joe Hisaishi, but for the Takeshi Kitano film, "Kikujiro".  There have quite a few film/music collaborations between these two.  This poignant film can be viewed on YT. 

 

Several more Play-along videos on YT to learn on Violin & Cello, too.

 

Here's "The Rain" - another beautiful Hisaishi piece to learn from the film Kikujiro (slowpracticebuddy). 

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Nobuo Uematsu 

Composer, well known for his work on the Final Fantasy Series of games - he's also a self-taught musician. 

Fun that different genres are implied in the themes! 

I don't play the video games, but there's a few theme variations I really like: 

 

 

This is just too cool!

 

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Basic Cococo Melody - for violin play-along.

Fiddle de Chocobo score video

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Hiroyuki Sawano 

Composer for many anime series, video games, TV & film - he's also a pianist. 

For "Attack on Titan", Hiroyuki composed the soundtrack for the 1st THREE seasons, then half of the 4th. 

Nicholas Yee and David Jay arranged an amazing Suite of 5 pieces from the series: "Ashes on the Fire" (0:00), "Bauklötze" (3:04), "Vogel im Käfig" (6:14), "Apple Seed" (13:06), "Call of Silence" (15:43).

 

 

Attack on Titan Theme - EASY Violin Tutorial from Alison Sparrow. 

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