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Castle in the Sky
Joe Hisaishi (arr. Kazuhiro Morita)
N.B. This work may also be found under the title Laputa – Castle in the Sky
General Info
Year: 1986 / 2009
Duration: c. 8:20
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Orchestra
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $180.00; (digital) - $180.00 | Score Only (print) - $18.00
Movements
1. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
2. Morning in the Mining Village
3. Pazu's Fanfare
4. Robot Soldiers
5. The Dragon's Nest
6. The Eternal Tree of Life
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III (I div.)
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Contra Alto 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-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium (div)
Tuba (div)
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-tam
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Castle in the Sky (Japanese: 天空の城ラピュタ) is a 1986 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Set in a fictional late 19th century, it follows the adventures of a boy and girl who are trying to keep a powerful crystal from the army, a group of secret agents, and a family of pirates, while searching for a legendary floating castle.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Media
- Audio CD: Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra (Yasufumi Tokito, conductor)
- Video: Tamana Girls High School (Japan) Band (Shin'ichi Yoneda, conductor)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble (Boston) (Al Dentino, conductor) - 20 December 2022
- Tamana Girls High School (Kumamoto, Japan) Band (Shin'ichi Yoneda, conductor) - 18 August 2013
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)
- 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)
- Theme from "Howl's Moving Castle" (arr. Kataoka) (2004/2011)
- Theme from "Ponyo" (2008/)
Resources
- Castle in the Sky. Wikipedia. Accessed 22 December 2022
- Hisaishi, J.; Morita, K. (1986). Laputa: Castle in the Sky [score]. Brain Music: Hiroshima, Japan.