Joe Hisaishi - Summer Medley (Kikujiro and Spirited Away)

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UPDATE: Oct. 15, 2011 - New Sheet Music

So I just switched from Finale Notepad to MuseScore, which has a much larger feature set than Notepad and is a lot easier to use. Now that I finally have the features that I need to make accurate, nice looking guitar arrangements, I'm going back and re-arranging all of classical guitar quartet stuff so that I can post the sheet music on my YouTube videos. I just finished re-arranging Summer Medley right now, so here's a link to the sheets:

(Score and parts)

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These are two of my favorite compositions from two of my favorite movies. Both compositions happened to have the word "summer" in the title, so I decided to see what it would sound like if I combined them into one arrangement. I originally started working on this arrangement in January, but I had to put it aside once school started. I was finally able to finish it up last month, and I coincidentally got it recorded just in time for summer.

The first piece (0:00 - 2:55) is simply entitled "Summer" and was composed for the film Kikujiro.

The second piece (2:55 - 5:07) is called "One Summer's Day" and was composed for the film Spirited Away.

[BURNOUTRS]

it's the middle of winter and this is exactly what I need to lift my spirits

[godyoshiyoshi]

千と千尋の神隠しで繋げても違和感がなくて素敵でした。
素晴らしいアレンジをありがとうございます。

[davedsenches]

Ohhh putting together two classic Hisaishi songs in one recording is brilliant! Really great cover too!

[PoopPoopFart]

@MsRiccii Hi! I just now updated the description with a link to an MP3.

Cheers,
Gabe

[robohumby]

I love this, especially the Spirited Away part. Hisaishi is brilliant!

[mpark]

I love this music. So many nostalgic memories come flooding back to me.

[brtulz]

You always blow me away. THE MOST underrated youtuber I've watched. And that is no lie.

[lucksmith]

This works so well, I can't stop smiling! Then I saw your username and laughed out loud. Keep up the good work man, it's a pleasure to hear you play.

[nathanyster]

wow this is cool! I like your version :) nice to find another acoustic arranger here. I'll learn from your videos

[PoopPoopFart]

@BelieveIntheBucket Let me know if you want the sheets! This is one of the arrangements that I actually committed to paper before recording, so I'd be happy to send it to you if you send me a private message with your email address. I'll even edit the top of the page to say "arr. PoopPoopFart" for you. lol.

[sullysullivan]

I love this so much, these two songs together are an amalgamation of my "coming of age" summer of 2009.

The year I realized I could do whatever I wanted.

Thanks for this.

[PoopPoopFart]

@livvylovvy5 Thanks, glad you like it! I use Adobe Premiere Elements for all of the video editing, and I just use Audacity for the audio. The microphone I'm using is a Rode NT-4 plugged into a MobilePre USB preamp.

[MrJPVERCETTI]

Absolutely beautiful, my friend! Thanks for sharing!

[dvmagic]

You're still one of my favorites.

[PoopPoopFart]

@jbindahizee Thanks! Actually, Tales from Earthsea is the one Studio Ghibli movie that I still haven't seen. But I'll be sure to add it to my "summer viewing" list so that I can check out the musical score.

[소년차원의]

Wow! Your version of the song was Fantastic! It is so wonderful to listen! Thanks for the MP3 File too!

[DrewMcDaniel]

wow. i really like the way you arranged it. two great songs. i already know one summers day one piano... i might have to do it on guitar now!

[clobby]

That was beautiful, cuz! You're so talented.

[GeorgePossley]

Dude, this is truly remarkable! I salute you! (and I love your youtube name LOL)

[PoopPoopFart]

Of course! That sounds great. I hope you have fun learning this piece! And no, you don't have to credit PoopPoopFart, lol. You can just use my real name (on the sheet music).