Great Composers: The Japanese

[grossandri1]

don't forget yoko kanno

[Sinara6]

One Winged Angel kicked my ass and left me scarred. I am ready for this abusive relationship. :D

[bluelightdawn]

THANKS!!!! I didn't know Rentaro Taki, he's great! I didn't know anything about classical music from Japan actually!

[scampynoXD]

Don't forget Shunsuke Kikuchi!! :D

[goshbeergosh]

hello, just asking, is part 2 up yet?

[JiangxenPeter]

Thank you greatly for this compilation. As a former Oriental living in UK, it's really inspiring to listen to these composers. Please alert me when you upload more. I just find these styles fascinating!!

[longlivereligion]

i see no one is giving yasinori mitsuda some lovin :(

[skymadder]

why isnt there sakamoto ryuichi and hisaishi joe? 

[kanata0717]

... for me seiji yokoyama is a great too

[cnmaster01]

If you can find his work Shigeaki Saegusa is great

[pooperscoopr69]

Toshio Hosokawa, Sato + Takemitsu are notable Japanese composers.

[Carlos01201]

wasnt this on a game i know it was i think it was final fantasy

[LunaMoon0925]

don't forget ryuichi sakamoto and joe hisaishi

[zaprow]

Does anyone know exactly which recording of One Winged Angel and Aerith's theme this is?

[jongsong86]

Dont forget Ryuichi Sakamoto, and yoko shimomura..

[CaptainBluebear08]

thanks for this contribution. only takemitsu was familiar to me.

[Clivejvaughan]

Very much appreciated; most of us know so little of these composers ! Do you have the complete works ?

[typohear]

1st song is one winged angel, 2nd song is aeriths theme, no freakin clue wat the 3rd song is, or the 4th song, and yep, i dont know any other composer on here, lol. Nobuo uematsu is the best!

[maxwelllinux]

Rentaro Taki is quite exceptional. Most of his music pieces were written at 17,19,20 years old. He is even more precocious than Chopin.

[Composerland]

Fine job. We need more videos like this.

[freitasnetuno]

DarkRaimundo huahuahua ficou comédia esse nome. Valew pela compilação, Nobuo é o melhor!

[TheSmoothCriminal]

This is so beautiful, thank you.

[cjtmusic2]

Years ago, on 60 minutes, I think , there was a wonderful story about an 18 year old young man who was a composer/piano prodigy. His Dad was a musician as well. But the son was severely handicapped and lived in his own special world until his Dad tried to teach him about music. After that, the son went on to write concert quality pieces and became somewhat famous in Japan. Anybody know the name of the young man?

[Toninjinka]

Since you put Uematsu, you could add Joe Hisaishi too. Did I say "could" ? I mean you must ! =P

Woah, I'm listening to the Rentaro Taki's part... O.O Great !!!

And maybe you could add also Yoko Kanno, Yuki Kajiura and Michiru Oshima. Ask me if you want more details !

[ForstaSvenskenIRymdn]

You should bring along a tracklist to these kind of videos!

[sunnyballet]

excellent

[leggings85]

Thanks for this compilation. Glad to see some people appreciating modern Japanese Classical Music. One composer you could include in your next video is Takashi Yoshimatsu, who is probably the most famous contempory Japanese Classical Composer to date.

[DarkRaimundo]

I agree! I should have put him on this video, but I think I will include him in Part 2.

Thank you for your kind comment!

[MalaikaNina]

Lol, I can't believe you put Nobuo Uematsu in your list, I love his music (especially in all the Final Fantasy !), but It's strange to find him in the middle of all these classical composers, nice choice =)

[DarkRaimundo]

Yeah, I probably agree with you there. I wasn't going to put him in the list, but I do agree that he is a great composer, and some of his music has really touched me. In any case, the list isn't finished yet. I will release more Japanese composers in future videos.

[thphaca]

My god. I've never heard such amazing music. This is why I always loved japanese composers. Their approach was more towards romanticism and they took daring choices in their compositions. Their depth is just amazing. They go beyond traditional european progressions. Don't get me wrong, I'm American myself, but most American composers can't go beyond basic harmony like these guys.

[DarkRaimundo]

I totally agree with you! The Japanese composers are largely regected. I really love their music. I only decided to listen to music from japanese composers because I wanted to explore different musical talent, and I found a large treasure.

Thank you for your kind comment!

[JeffGR4]

@thphaca You've "never heard such amazing music" as that by the Japanese composers? Well, then I can only presume that you haven't yet heard the Austrians, Russians, Czechs, Germans, French, Italians, Polish, Scandinavians, Hungarians, Spanish, Swiss...

[thphaca]

@JeffGR4 Among my favorite composers are Rachmaninoff (Russian), Liszt (Hungarian), Debussy and Lourie (French), Williams (American), Albenez (Hispanic), and Holst (British). I know my previous comment was a pretty strong statement and I didn't mean to downplay other composers. Admittedly, my ears are much more diverse than they were 2 years ago and my opinion is slightly changed, but there are aspects of eastern harmony that compel me to still strongly appreciate it.

[tinkletwinks]

Thanks for the info will look into them :))

[cosmi91ro]

very interesting:D thanks for sharing the information

[Sinfoniette]

There's always the guys who wrote the Butterfly lovers and the Yellow River Cantata concerto.