Howl's Moving Castle Fantasy
Joe Hisaishi (arr. Satomi Kojima)
General Info
Year: 2004 / 2005
Duration: c. 9:00
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Music 8
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $108.75 | Score Only (print) - $31.50
Movements
1. Opening
2. The Merry Light Cavalrymen
3. Cleaning House
4. To Star Lake
5. Sophie's Castle
6. The Promise of the World
7. The Merry-Go-Round of Life
8. The Flower Garden
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
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
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Chimes
- Crash Cymbals
- Glockenspiel
- Harp
- Marimba
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tambourine
- Timpani
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
- Wind Chimes
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
"Howl's Moving Castle" is a work by Hayao Miyazaki, a giant star in the anime world that was released nationwide in November 2004. It is a movie that depicts the joy of living and the splendor of love through the interaction between Sophie, a girl who was cursed and turned into an old woman, and Howl, a beautiful young witch. This is an excerpt of eight songs from the movie soundtrack and summarized as a fantasy.
- Program Note by publisher
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
- Audio CD: Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
- Audio CD: Nagoya University of the Arts Wind Orchestra
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Alexander Mackenzie High School (Richmond Hill, Ont., Can.) (Kevin Vuong, conductor) - 7 June 2023
- Swarthmore (Penn.) College Wind Ensemble (Andrew Hauze, conductor) - 19 November 2022
- Bishop Carroll High School (Calgary, Alb., Can.) Wind Ensemble (Chris Herard, conductor) - 16 May 2022
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/)