Music - MYP 4 and 5 - Samuel Wright - Hodder 2020

Miyazaki Uses Sound In His Movies’
‘How
) is a clip the
(
behind the composer of this section, Joe Hisaishi.
context
music has become synonymous with animations
Hisaishi’s
Studio Ghibli. It is highly recommended that you
from
the 1984 film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
watch
take note of the opening piano theme below, to
and
this thinking activity.
complete
score composed by Hisaishi incorporates orchestral
The
electronic sound sources, along with a soft piano
and
colours the world Nausicaä lives in. You can feel the
that
through its music, as well as its themes on humanity
film
from Japan
Bookmarks
by the Musashino Academy of Music Wind
Premiered
in Japan, 2013, this band ensemble work is
Ensemble
upon six postcards from Japan.
based
one is based on Fine Wind, Clear Morning
Movement
Hokusai Katsushika, which is a woodblock sketch
by
Hokusai’s collection The 35 Views of Mt.
from
This extends to the sixth movement, based
Fuji.
You can listen to the works of Giroux with
passages.
here: score
a list of ideas that come to mind when you
Generate
1
your ideas according to how central or ‘outside
Sort
2
on any of the ideas you have written so far.
Elaborate
4
Is the combination of cultures an innovative
method for expression?
GENERATE–SORT–CONNECT–ELABORATE
am a sentimental humanist who likes to translate
“I
emotions.”
https://youtu.be/9J_CaBy0atc
outlining
Joe Hisaishi
think about making music that express the idea of
‘connection to the environment’.
the box’ they are. Place central ideas near the centre
and more tangential ideas toward the outside.
your ideas by drawing connecting lines
Connect
3
between ideas that have something in common.
Explain and write short sentences on how your ideas
are connected.
and environmentalism:
Figure 6.37 ■
opening theme
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind ,
EXTENSION
Ensemble performance:
by Julie Giroux
on
by Hiroshige Ando. Each selection
Pass Hakone
melodic scoring with interesting percussion
blends
www.musicapropria.com/musicpages/bookmarksc.html
Figure 6.38 Hakone postcard
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