Spirited Away
Joe Hisaishi and Yumi Kimura (arr. Kazuhiro Morita)
General Info
Year: 2001
Duration: c. 10:20
Difficulty: IV-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo/Brain Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $180.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo (doubles Flute III)
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II (div.)
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium (div.)
Tuba (div.)
String Bass
Piano
Harp
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Tam-Tam
- Tataki-gane (2)
- Tom-Tom (3)
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This is an arrangement of Ghibli’s anime film, Spirited Away. It consists of six themes including No-Face, One Summer Day, The Bottomless Pit, Yubaba’s Panic, Always with Me, and Reprise. I also added an alternate introduction using The Dragon Boy. The No-Face opener is somewhat avant-garde. The arrangement concept was created by Mr. Tomoki Ubata of Ina Gakuen Senior High School. His wonderfully crafted ideas always impress me. Especially, in the arrangement, mallet percussion and piano are effectively used to sound like a music box and the lyrical melody of Reprise is superimposed. This scene is the best part of the entire arrangement and is very emotional. All these fine melodies from the film transport both audience and performers to the fantastic world of anime.
- Program Note by arranger
Spirited Away is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The film tells the story of Chihiro Ogino, a sullen ten-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighborhood, enters the spirit world. After her parents are transformed into pigs by the witch Yubaba, Chihiro takes a job working in Yubaba's bathhouse to find a way to free herself and her parents and return to the human world.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Ritsumeikan Moriyama High School (Moriyama City, Japan) Wind Band (Takeshi Sone, conductor) - 22 December 2023 (2023 Midwest Clinic)
- Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco, Calif.) (Craig McKenzie, conductor) - 1 October 2023
- Queer Big Apple Corps (New York City) (Henco Espag, conductor) - 15 April 2013
- Limestone University (Gaffney, S.C.) Wind Ensemble (Seth Taft, conductor) - 10 November 2022
- University of Arizona (Tucson) Wind Ensemble (Chad R. Nicholson, conductor; members of Suzuyuki-Kai) - 29 April 2022
- Golden Gate Park Band (San Francisco, Calif.) (Robert Calonico, conductor) - 8 August 2021
- Triangle Wind Ensemble (Cary, N.C.) (Evan Feldman, conductor) – 16 February 2020
- Charles River Wind Ensemble (Lexington, Mass.) (Matthew Marsit, conductor) – 15 December 2019
- Boston (Mass.) College University Wind Ensemble (Sebastian Bonaiuto, conductor) – 4 November 2018
- Boston University (Mass.) Concert Band (Jennifer Bill, conductor) – 25 April 2018
- ‘Iolani School Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble (Honolulu, Hi.) (Manny Dayao, conductor) – 8 April 2018
- Jurong Junior College (Singapore) Symphonic Band – 2015
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- My Neighbor Totoro (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Takahashi) (1988/2014)
All Wind Works
- Castle in the Sky (arr. Morita) (1986/2009)
- Howl's Moving Castle (arr. Goto) (2004/2010)
- Howl's Moving Castle Fantasy (arr. Kojima) (2004/2005)
- Kiki's Delivery Service. See: Selections from "Kiki's Delivery Service"
- Laputa. see: Castle in the Sky
- Mononoke Hime (arr. Li) (1997/)
- My Neighbor Totoro (arr. Goto) (1988/2008)
- My Neighbor Totoro (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Takahashi) (1988/2014)
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (arr. Morita) (1984/2004)
- Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea (arr. Goto) (2008/2014)
- Princess Mononoke Fantasy Scenes (arr. Morita) (1997/2014)
- Runner of the Spirit (2009)
- Selections from "Kiki's Delivery Service" (arr. Morita) (1989/2009)
- Selections from "Princess Mononoke" (arr. Morita) (1997/2007)
- Single Track Music 1 (2014/2015)
- Spirited Away (with Yumi Kimura; arr. Morita) (2001/2010)
- Studio Ghibli's Anime March Medley (arr. Goto) (2013)
- Theme from "Howl's Moving Castle" (arr. Kataoka) (2004/2011)
- Theme from "Ponyo" (2008/)
Resources
- Spirited Away, Wikipedia Accessed 4 April 2018