Drawn to Sound - Animation Film Music and Sonicity - Rebecca Coyle †
3 An Animated Partnership: Joe Hisaishi’s Musical Contributions to Hayao Miyazaki’s Films
Drawn to Sound - Animation Film Music and Sonicity - Rebecca Coyle †
Kyoko Koizumi [+]
Otsuma Womens University
Kyoko Koizumi is an associate professor of music at Otsuma Womens University, Tokyo, Japan. She received her PhD from the University of London Institute of Education. Her research interests include youth studies of popular music and film music studies.
Description
This chapter investigates the musical styles and idioms of Hisaishi’s scores for Miyazaki’s animated films as a way of analysing them.