Selections from "Princess Mononoke"

Joe Hisaishi

General Info

Year: 1997
Duration: c. 9:20
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Bravo Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $145.00

Movements

1. Legend of Ashitaka
2. Demon God (TA TA RI GAMI)
3. San and Ashitaka in the Forest of the Deer

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
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
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Timpani
Percussion, including:

Bass Drum
Chan-Chiki
Crash Cymbals
Glockenspiel
Suspended Cymbal
Taiko Drum
Tam-Tam
Triangle
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

With feeling of awe with this gorgeous melody, the arranger put much time and effort in depicting its beauty and excitement. Arranged specifically for concert contest, it clearly establishes sections of introduction, development, climax, and conclusion.

- Program Note from publisher

Princess Mononoke is a 1997 Japanese animated epic historical fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Princess Mononoke is set in the late Muromachi period (approximately 1336 to 1573) of Japan with fantasy elements. The story follows the young Emishi prince Ashitaka's involvement in a struggle between the gods of a forest and the humans who consume its resources. The term "mononoke" is not a name, but a Japanese word for a spirit or monster: supernatural, shape-shifting beings.

- Program Note from Wikipedia

Media

Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
Audio CD: Howl's Moving Castle

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

University of Arizona (Tucson) Wind Ensemble (Zach Tolman, conductor) - 29 April 2022
University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Gold Campus Band (Lauren Visel, conductor) - 1 December 2021
University of Portland (Ore.) Wind Symphony (Patrick Murphy, conductor) - 20 November 2021
Mid America Freedom Band (Kansas City, Mo.) (Lee Hartman, conductor) – 20 October 2019
University of Oregon (Eugene) Wind Symphony (Jason Silveira, conductor) – 30 April 2019
Tufts University (Somerville, Mass.) Wind Ensemble (John McCann, conductor) – 14 April 2019
Oregon State University (Corvallis) Wind Symphony (Olin Hannum, conductor) – 27 February 2018
Castle High School (Kaneohe, Hi.) Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Arnold Alconcel, conductor) – 9 April 2011

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

Perusal score
Princess Mononoke, Wikipedia Accessed 23 June 2018