Vinphonic
01-11-2016, 08:23 PM
Vinphonic presents:
Main Thread
The Legacy of Japanese Composers
The Music of Japanese Entertainment
An introduction to the amazing music world of Japanese Anime, Games, Films and Television
LINK IN DESCRIPTION (https://mega.nz/#!MrYzWRhD!EbuRgl-huaEisWZeznxmCxjWbBtQMIKvetxMB1dELuY)
This is a colossal conglomeration of music from the Japanese Entertainment Industry to serve as an overview and introduction. In total I created over 10 volumes with over 30 hours of the creme de la creme of Japanese media music of the last 20 years with a clear focus on contemporary orchestral music.
I divided the volumes into general categories but when I arranged it all I did realize just how much quality classical inspired orchestral music rooted in Hollywood traditions with symphonic structure there actually is in Japanese Animation/Anime. It is by far the biggest chunk of the collection and the first four volumes are all about animation, a clear winner in terms of quality AND quantity. I think there is currently no place in the world where more film and classical music is written by a huge quantity of experts (by old Hollywood standards, some even in their early 30s) and performed by traditional studio and symphony orchestras than in the Japanese Anime Industry.
Volume five and six are all about where you would normally expect to hear grand Hollywoodesque epic film music in style of Williams/Horner/Goldsmith. It's now 2016 and there are still countless scores recorded with studio and symphony orchestras like it's 1977 or even 1959.
With volume seven and eight we venture into video game territory and there's no shortage of "film" music here as well. I also realized just how big the "RPG" video game genre actually is in Japan. I guess I shouldn't be surprised with all the numerous historical series out there and some now even older than I am :0 (and I even post here right now because of one). But you can go so far as to say that this genre of video game music is more rooted in classical, symphonic film music than any other and the respective volume is a true testament to its greatness. Even in 2016 there's already two symphonic albums with full symphony orchestras announced and I'm sure the genre will get blessed with countless more.
The eight orchestral volumes also show the deep connection of Japanese composers, arrangers and music producers with European Symphony Orchestras. Worldclass orchestras like the "The Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra", "The Moscow Symphony Orchestra", "The Tokyo Philharmonic" and even the worldbest "London Symphony Orchestra" have all performed and are still performing numerous scores for Japanese Anime, Games, Films and Television. The same orchestra that played STAR WARS also played three equally fantastic symphonic Sci-Fi scores for GUNDAM. In fact Japanese orchestral composers usually go overseas, most of the time to eastern europe, if they can afford it and if the budget is ludicrous they even make their way to London because most are simply commited to the art of Film scoring and doing the best you can with the money you have for the love of music.
Japan is a country with a high level musical education system, strong love for classical music, numerous symphony orchestras and concert bands and equally eager composers who write music for them.
The last two volumes are not exactly orchestral but nonetheless show the massive diverseness of quality film music, ranging from frantic Jazz to soft piano sonatas. Another face of Japanese entertainment is experimentalism and a mix of very differnt genres in the same score. It is not at all unusal to find a baroque flute piece in combination with progressive Jazz and Sch�nbergian Dissonance, in the same piece even. You can find pretty much any genre and style of Jazz there is in Japanese scores and an even greater number in fan albums from small and big bands. Jazz is far from dying in Japan, in fact it's very much alive.
The last volume finishes on an intimate note but it has to be said, Japanese Entertainment just excells at intimacy, loveliness and cuteness far more than any other industry on earth. There's an insane amount of delicate piano and string pieces, most in classical and romantic style, heartwarming, sugary cute and with addicting melodies. This country perfected the terms "lovely" and "cute" to an artform.
If you are hooked, then visit my Main Thread (Thread 219666) to be mesmerized.
And here's the expansion from 2016.
2016 –The Year in Music-
SAMPLE (http://picosong.com/dbsv)
The Legacy of Japanese Entertainment
2016 for the Concert Hall
The Music of Japanese Entertainment
Anime in 2016
Five hours of selections of symphonic magnitude and over two hours of excellent film music moments, with some arrangements and remasters from yours truely, all written or released in 2016.
Vinphonic also presents
Anime Conservatory
The Renaissance of Baroque and Classic in Japanese Late-Night Anime
2003-2016
Under the Radar
Film Music written for Japanese Late-Night Anime
2004-2016
If you want you can count these two albums as an appendix for my "The Art of Film Scoring" series. In Japan there is truely a renaissance of all things wonderful, music-wise.
Take on a Journey
Main Thread
The Legacy of Japanese Composers
The Music of Japanese Entertainment
An introduction to the amazing music world of Japanese Anime, Games, Films and Television
LINK IN DESCRIPTION (https://mega.nz/#!MrYzWRhD!EbuRgl-huaEisWZeznxmCxjWbBtQMIKvetxMB1dELuY)
This is a colossal conglomeration of music from the Japanese Entertainment Industry to serve as an overview and introduction. In total I created over 10 volumes with over 30 hours of the creme de la creme of Japanese media music of the last 20 years with a clear focus on contemporary orchestral music.
I divided the volumes into general categories but when I arranged it all I did realize just how much quality classical inspired orchestral music rooted in Hollywood traditions with symphonic structure there actually is in Japanese Animation/Anime. It is by far the biggest chunk of the collection and the first four volumes are all about animation, a clear winner in terms of quality AND quantity. I think there is currently no place in the world where more film and classical music is written by a huge quantity of experts (by old Hollywood standards, some even in their early 30s) and performed by traditional studio and symphony orchestras than in the Japanese Anime Industry.
Volume five and six are all about where you would normally expect to hear grand Hollywoodesque epic film music in style of Williams/Horner/Goldsmith. It's now 2016 and there are still countless scores recorded with studio and symphony orchestras like it's 1977 or even 1959.
With volume seven and eight we venture into video game territory and there's no shortage of "film" music here as well. I also realized just how big the "RPG" video game genre actually is in Japan. I guess I shouldn't be surprised with all the numerous historical series out there and some now even older than I am :0 (and I even post here right now because of one). But you can go so far as to say that this genre of video game music is more rooted in classical, symphonic film music than any other and the respective volume is a true testament to its greatness. Even in 2016 there's already two symphonic albums with full symphony orchestras announced and I'm sure the genre will get blessed with countless more.
The eight orchestral volumes also show the deep connection of Japanese composers, arrangers and music producers with European Symphony Orchestras. Worldclass orchestras like the "The Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra", "The Moscow Symphony Orchestra", "The Tokyo Philharmonic" and even the worldbest "London Symphony Orchestra" have all performed and are still performing numerous scores for Japanese Anime, Games, Films and Television. The same orchestra that played STAR WARS also played three equally fantastic symphonic Sci-Fi scores for GUNDAM. In fact Japanese orchestral composers usually go overseas, most of the time to eastern europe, if they can afford it and if the budget is ludicrous they even make their way to London because most are simply commited to the art of Film scoring and doing the best you can with the money you have for the love of music.
Japan is a country with a high level musical education system, strong love for classical music, numerous symphony orchestras and concert bands and equally eager composers who write music for them.
The last two volumes are not exactly orchestral but nonetheless show the massive diverseness of quality film music, ranging from frantic Jazz to soft piano sonatas. Another face of Japanese entertainment is experimentalism and a mix of very differnt genres in the same score. It is not at all unusal to find a baroque flute piece in combination with progressive Jazz and Sch�nbergian Dissonance, in the same piece even. You can find pretty much any genre and style of Jazz there is in Japanese scores and an even greater number in fan albums from small and big bands. Jazz is far from dying in Japan, in fact it's very much alive.
The last volume finishes on an intimate note but it has to be said, Japanese Entertainment just excells at intimacy, loveliness and cuteness far more than any other industry on earth. There's an insane amount of delicate piano and string pieces, most in classical and romantic style, heartwarming, sugary cute and with addicting melodies. This country perfected the terms "lovely" and "cute" to an artform.
If you are hooked, then visit my Main Thread (Thread 219666) to be mesmerized.
And here's the expansion from 2016.
2016 –The Year in Music-
SAMPLE (http://picosong.com/dbsv)
The Legacy of Japanese Entertainment
2016 for the Concert Hall
The Music of Japanese Entertainment
Anime in 2016
Five hours of selections of symphonic magnitude and over two hours of excellent film music moments, with some arrangements and remasters from yours truely, all written or released in 2016.
Vinphonic also presents
Anime Conservatory
The Renaissance of Baroque and Classic in Japanese Late-Night Anime
2003-2016
Under the Radar
Film Music written for Japanese Late-Night Anime
2004-2016
If you want you can count these two albums as an appendix for my "The Art of Film Scoring" series. In Japan there is truely a renaissance of all things wonderful, music-wise.
Take on a Journey