Merry Go Round of Life - Howl's Moving Castle ( kalimba cover by April Yang)

Original music by Joe Hisaishi, Theme song of Howl's Moving Castle Miyazaki / Studio Ghibli film.
The special kalimba has whole note, 30 keys.
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[@spin4687]

This makes me feel homesick for a place that doesnt exist

[@trainmusic5388]

But maybe it does in our hearts, our melancholy, whimsical perhaps the loving through it all side...

[@sarahfaith6531]

Create it

[@olinh281]

@@sarahfaith6531 honestly, those two words are very inspiring right now. I'm gonna go live my studio ghibli dream life lol

[@shitnotagain9492]

O H if you can, you can make a mini room of that place, you know. Like make it but miniature.

[@DefinitelyLara]

@@shitnotagain9492 but a room is not the same. The studio ghibli world is mostly outside in nature

[@zieo5864]

It’s funny people mention feeling nostalgic for memories they’ve never had, or homesickness for a home that doesn’t exist. Ghibli’s films often revolve around the interconnection between our world and the spiritual world. The music makes us, as viewers, more immersed in the content of the film. But where there is no film and just music, we get these crazy indescribable feelings. Maybe music is a partial insight into what lies beyond this world and is why we feel so strongly when we hear these songs

[@curlyfriescarl9706]

Shit that's deep

[@Sophassofa]

We’re just all hopeless romantics

[@melodyhittle4149]

I mean, while listening through, it sounds almost like an epic journey, like, Homer-style. But, what I find interesting is that I find myself hearing old folk songs laced into, giving it these distant home vibes that are hard to get from something new. The music itself is trying to find it's way back home.

[@iu117]

I- *big brain time*

[@melodyhittle4149]

@@iu117 Just listen in and every once in a while you'll hear the old folk song Greensleeves start to play. Once you hear that, you won't stop hearing it, and then you can slowly hear all the other themes

[@queertherapy4919]

I’m just realizing that this song is a waltz and that’s perfect. It just makes me think of two people dancing happily through the ups and downs of their lives

[@emmettakesa6025]

Feel like the song itself telling the whole life from how the couples met till their last breath with happy ending tho

[@anneagostinelli]

And that's why this was our first dance at our wedding :). Exactly this sentiment.

[@queertherapy4919]

@@anneagostinelli that’s funny, I actually looked for this song on kalimba because it was the song for my brother’s wedding when they walked down the aisle. We’re all huge anime nerds in my family lol

[@vulpixfairy1985]

I’ve seen couples dance to this music as a waltz and especially at weddings. Very beautiful.

[@cukumber_]

@@queertherapy4919 that’s amazing, that’s my fav movie lol

[@aarnikag.5764]

a poem based on the song: a field with flowers of stardust and sea, she picked one with the most delicate of tugs, and her lips turned upward lost and found in magic. eyes green as seafoam she looked at me and extended her hand. I enveloped her in a hug of stolen light. the sky darkened and opened up, as we danced together in tranquility, to the music of the sky shedding its tears. and by the time it stopped crying, I disappeared into the sweet light of dawn. until tomorrow, my love.

[@aarnikag.5764]

@Ojiro Bestboy thank youuu :)

[@starluna03]

I want to play this song on a speaker while im in a hot air balloon

[@astryed1345]

this is✨g o l d e n ✨

[@v4e915]

this is beautiful!!

[@patrickwufei]

AMAZING!! Just what I needed to start my day off, a lovely poem with a cliffhanger. This will keep me in thoughts throughout the day if what happens next. Thanks so much for this comment have yourself a good day or night.

[@Annie-oz2ct]

this song makes me feel sad, nostalgic, happy, scared, confused, isolated, distant, empty and like 28 other things…

[@hope4snickers697]

I call that love, bc love can be anything not only happiness

[@kkabdii]

Whaaat?

[@fizidani1558]

Im from Indonesian kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqWUi2uNaralm9k

[@muhammadfakhruddinhanif7502]

For me, it's really make me feel depressed. This song really brings back some terrible memories when I late to confess my feeling to her, but I'm happy seeing her happy with her boyfriend now...

[@void_cupids4549]

I understand. It feels like I’m at peace yet the hole in my stomach keeps growing

[@bigdumbdisease2901]

This makes me feel almost distant. It's a strange sad feeling that suddenly makes my bed seem more comfortable.

[@blufox7760]

So depression lol

[@blueberryfantasies3759]

@@blufox7760 *wHeEzE*

[@blufox7760]

@@blueberryfantasies3759 😂😂 I had to do it to em

[@daphnejubilee1716]

@@blufox7760 💀💀💀💀😂

[@LH-xs4bd]

Sweet melancholy

[@fawnevergreen2962]

ok but imagine this.. it's a sunny, warm, windy day - and your sat in the middle of a flower field. the grass is waving, the tops of the trees are dancing, and you hear this

[@someonehere9508]

I'd just be like "isekai god I am ready"

[@akiangel1864]

Pure heartache but kinda happy...

[@kouuma]

Not the same but I like to sit in my garden and hear this laying in the ground

[@LadyLeviathan]

I'd cry

[@isasumikowhite]

when i listen to this i get that exact image in my head. it’s so peaceful. AGHHH IM LITERALLY ABOUT TO CRY THINKING ABOUT IT

[@holly1218]

When I listen to this cover of this song, I feel like I belong somewhere else. Like a carnival surrounded by crowds and crowds of happy and peaceful people. I feel like I belong as a clown or happy attendee, running and laughing, going on the rides like a merry go round. The carnival is peaceful. There aren’t super modern rides, just old fashioned carnival games and rides, throw the ball in the clowns mouth, shooting games, all that sort of stuff. The sky is a light blue, red, orange and pink creeping up from the horizon. The sun setting and everyone continuing to play. It shifts into a ballroom, everyone dancing and making memories. The last thing I hear before coming back to where I am as of writing this. “Welcome home, we missed you.”

[@rainespiano]

woah...

[@fizidani1558]

I m from Indonesian kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqWUi2uNaralm9k

[@ilovekalimba4391]

They should make a movie using this background... or at least like a short flim you know what I mean?

[@spicygoomba4048]

It feels like it belongs in a legend of zelda town or dungion

[@TheEnd-kb9dt]

I’m starting to like what KZbin is recommending me

[@ppomma6241]

Ioana Maria Bogdan dont jinx it

[@chiwilovely]

congratulations you are being hypnotized by youtube and that makes the two of us

[@user-tt9oz1xb8r]

Same! It's like they're actually trying!

[@HCain]

I'm still getting recommendations to watch otters having a bath 🙄

[@courn1205]

That merely means that the algorithm is getting better. In other words, they are becoming even more efficient in tracking and analyzing our data...

[@drnanard9605]

This movie really has the best music of cinema's history.

[@user-bb2pw8wq9w]

DrNanard I mean there’s also Spirited away but yeah! :)

[@klausk9225]

And also spirited away!

[@fatmaadel1845]

Yes total agreement !

[@seanandrews5099]

I'm really digging this song! I just bought a kalimba. This is world's away from where I could ever try and be lol. Recommend Into The Wilds soundtrack by Eddie vedder. Awesome book and movie, his soundtrack knocked it out if the park.

[@reninkpen5402]

ιм α вυи All Ghibli movies have best music

[@marinatsaalbi3178]

I miss how things used to be. My old class and my friendships that I've spend years to hold together, it all disappears right in front of me. It takes years to make something beautiful but a few seconds for everything to come crumbling down. I forgot I had these emotions, for some reason, this made me just silently cry while remembering the good times we had together. Nothing will ever be the same and I'll never find anyone as real as you. Such nostalgia

[@pingles882]

I understand your pain

[@himinakearokata2228]

i hate how i understand, i just wish it were just like before

[@GitaGhasemi]

I totally get what you mean. I feel the same.

[@TheRealIHP]

I miss going outside, even though I'm an introvert.

[@cactus2570]

nice pfp ;)

[@jellybeansd201]

sameeeee :,^(

[@hahagobrrr2355]

nice emergence pfp (177013)

[@chaefresita984]

same

[@xLCLIPx]

Oddly same. But I’m not really an introvert I don’t think.. I’m just shy and socially awkward

[@keroppihaos]

hiraeth, a welsh word. though it doesn’t have an exact translation, people often describe it as the word of “longing” or “homesickness.” hiraeth goes deeper than just “longning.” it refers to yearning for something that doesn’t exist.

[@nalaboo6]

How fitting that it’s welsh!

[@sarahharmon9403]

Oh cool I love the welsh language

[@marianacandido3859]

it's like the word "saudade" in portuguese. There isn't any language with an equivalent but the word you mentioned is the closest I've encountered!

[@bosselotiscanon]

doesn't this word imply "homesickness for a country not colonized by the british"? i hate to spoil the fun, but bringing it up like this feels inappropriate if i'm correct.

[@nao-vk4fq]

Nala King does wales have a connection to the movie??

[@user-of6sk8jf2j]

Of all the renditions I’ve heard, this is the first to really make me think of a merry go round or a carnival vibe

[@boredofmindgames4662]

The instant I heard it I started looking for music boxes

[@v3xdraws]

Like a creepy carnival tho

[@flutistmom]

It encapsulates the feel of the novel really well

[@laboon344]

@@v3xdraws I was wondering what you were talking because at the very beginning it didn't sound creepy at all to me but the more I listened to it yeah it does sound creepy this cover put in my mind Melanie Martinez and that episode of cowboy bebop where spike is fighting that crazy dude (can't remember his name) at a carnival I think

[@v3xdraws]

@@laboon344 yeah, me too. I was in a spooky mood so that also might be where I got the creepy carnival from.

[@simonechu7451]

No one: Literally no one: Me: I just need a Howl Pendragon in my life

[@user-yt7zg4yl5m]

Howl is why my expectations are unrealistically high

[@auntvivienne8669]

@@user-yt7zg4yl5m True but at the same time he’s insufferable isn’t he? Like, such a dramatic, whiny bitch. But there’s no one who can be more entertainingly dramatic

[@kimdokjafan]

@@auntvivienne8669 im a dramatic whiny bitch too, i dont need the patience to deal with him *he* needs the patience to deal with *me*

[@squarerootofmimi]

@@kimdokjafan samw tho

[@ginger6readspaceman]

@@auntvivienne8669 Very true. But then again, I have a thing where I like insufferable whiny bitches

[@saiori8597]

While everyone feels homesick, I always feel the urge to paint or draw instead as I listen to this song. When I listen to this while painting, I feel like I'm my own painting myself. That I am the colour that soaks the paper beautifully. It's strange, but it's beautiful; to be one with art.

[@singularity7855]

Same, as an artist i can relate to you!!

[@saiori8597]

@@singularity7855 glad we feel the same wayyyy

[@jaxxlover3906]

People saying how this makes them feel in some distant place while I'm here in the bathroom, sitting in the toilet trying to get that feeling

[@opdo8523]

You my friend, are where you want to be. And weirdly enough, that's sitting on a toilet

[@dodolamouette]

I'm exactly in the same situation right now 😭👌

[@a.m.bastiat7316]

omg me too.

[@Alexandra-xk3gu]

Oh no, you’re not supposed to sit in the toilet, you’ll get wet. :(

[@powderkeg3456]

Same situation.

[@sato4232]

I feel like I'm not where I'm supposed to be.

[@butterflypooo]

Sato me too.

[@lucystheater1176]

I feel the same way like I’m supposed to be somewhere else in a different world

[@Hoozelfitz]

Perhaps someone will find you in the future and all will be right

[@user-ly4ql8hz6c]

Hoozelfitz Brown 🥺

[@ac.creations]

I tend to go back to sleep because I feel more at home in my dreams than in reality.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

I've seen covers of Merry-Go-Round of Life from stringed instruments to piano but I never thought it is possible with this.

[@kadenburrup578]

I did not write this, General Jaydonius did, who is an amazing lyricist. Here is his lyrics to this song After enjoying this song for many years, I've decided to write some lyrics that hopefully catches the meaning and purpose behind the song. You're welcome to change it to suit your own meaning, and maybe finish the rest of it off, but I tend to get so caught up in the harmony it would probably be rude to sing at all. [Starts at 0:19] Will you enjoy, the merry go round? Do you respect, its ups and its downs? As it moves slowly, your soul still lowly, can, you bring back your joy to your heart? (Joy to your heart?) Come and enjoy, our merry go round Never is lost, but needs to be found You'll understand that as it moves like a clock, It's meaning is yours to unlock. Come with and sing, its riddle that's told Your mind is young, but spirit is old. The people dancing, children are prancing, as they sing to the songs of our lives. It's never is shared, or sung as a praise, but all just know of its name. The song that's called life that is sweet and profound, but then, just went as it came. Oh why, strip us of our friends? (Bitterly, bitterly...) Why, give us bitter ends? But the merry go round just still happily goes on, spinning, like hands, of time. (No purpose, reason, or rhyme!) Come and enjoy, the merry go round Never is lost, but just needs to be found Hear cheer and laughter, tales of never after, but it's lights will still shine through the dark. (I both cannot make anymore lyrics, and just love the song to much to put my thoughts over it by this point, and just let it sweep me off my feet, I hope you enjoy it, if you found this in the ocean of comments.)

[@gitasd5435]

wow....just wow.i cant even begin to describe how amazing these lyrics are. thank you. you made my day :)

[@hayley9066]

wow. if someone could do a cover with the lyrics though. this is beautiful.

[@piag3332]

This is amazing!

[@parad0x.76]

wow so nice!!

[@aarnikag.5764]

so beautiful

[@dianecray4805]

Wow! As a pianist it amazes me how she can split the melody between two hands so smoothly while playing the harmonies

[@Caved_Johnson]

Exactly what I was thinking :o

[@aprylleuniceeun2626]

Diane Cray same! I’m thinking of black keys and white keys but to interchange melodies and accopaniment is a skill

[@sarahhamdan5470]

Yup!

[@statecapitoloftexas9652]

Can't relate, I'm a violinist

[@snowcuddler4691]

Diane Cray cant relate. Can’t play an instrument 😭

[@Sophassofa]

This makes me so sad because i miss somewhere that doesn’t exist. I genuinely believe this music taps into past life memories of another world where this magical reality exists. But because it’s a past life we don’t know what we’re remembering, it doesn’t make sense so we feel sad

[@Moonmoonsz]

Soph same. My heart feels like it's yearning for something but I don't know what. I don't feel like I'm where I am is my final destination if you understand kinda..

[@sickeninglysweetlikehoney9917]

@@Moonmoonsz shiit, never thought about the "former life and magical reality" stuff until now. Cuz when I think about it, that would explain a lot. And what you said about this not being the final destination, I felt that too. But like, man wth do we do with these emotions??

[@Moonmoonsz]

Sickeningly sweet, like honey I bottle my feelings up like absolute clown and then burst when no one is watching😙✌️

[@Pink_Pouf]

Honestly, these feelings make me almost certain that magic still exists, and we get closer to finding it through these feelings.

[@justinl6617]

Magic isn't gone, it's simply forgotten.

[@littlewallflower5622]

This theme gives me feelings of longing, wistfulness but joy as well. It marks the end of one chapter, but a beginning of another at once, and the feelings of sadness and happiness that come along with it. But it also feels youthful, adventurous, and playful. In this song I am taken out of the comfort of my normal life, and swept into a fantasy one filled with things no one could ever imagine. It is a whirlwind, it is curiously amusing, and I love it.

[@KK_braziliankk]

I can't hear Merry go round without remembering again and again that one scene of Sophie and Howls walking in the air, it feels so nostalgic and happy...

[@jk__7624]

I haven’t watched the film yet... but every time I hear this song I cry? It’s odd.

[@spicymint437]

look up "howls moving castle" on youtube. Somebody posted the whole movie to watch for free. And the movies emotions are "don't be sad because its over, be glad because it happened"

[@remadi9813]

Its seriosously such a beautiful film, and especially when the music plays, my heart just stops

[@__K4t3__]

You honestly should watch it. It’s the best movie ever, and is so beautiful in many ways! I recommend it 100%!

[@cal1169]

You better watch it right now

[@jk__7624]

I watched it.... the film is gorgeous. It’s so whimsical and heartwarming. I’ll never be over how well animated the cooking, walking on air, and howl’s crow monster fight sequences are.

[@pwodjk1151]

I feel like I'm dancing in a ball dress with a prince beside me. Oh, how I wish that will be coming true one day 😔

[@telavia577]

*tips hat* m'lady

[@pwodjk1151]

@@telavia577 *receive his hand* oh no I can't dance

[@charlotterose6669]

Lmao I want a princess...

[@AL-wi6wl]

💀💀💀💀💀

[@robopiper9462]

Miichu you literally just read my mind

[@nishikoyama]

This song makes me feel multiple emotions. I can really imagine and feel myself being in the flower fields in Howl’s Moving Castle. I can really see my self from a bird’s eye view that I’m strolling through the flower fields in the wind. Although, that nice feeling also feels sad. Sad because I know I will never actually experience that feeling.

[@zephyrback5093]

I’ve never watched a Studio Ghibli film but this music makes me nostalgic for memories that I just don’t have. It’s a peculiar feeling.

[@Rainahime]

I’m going to take this opportunity to recommend everyone go and read the book “Howls moving castle” written by Diana Wynne Jones, it’s very different from the movie but it’s fantastic and I cannot recommend it enough!

[@SlashZooka]

Ok I'll get it c: thanks for the recommendation!

[@belovedchaos1]

Yes, and all of them! I was wowed at certain points! Well done!!

[@leticiamonteiro1585]

I read it. It's very different from the ghibli film, but it's also good. Now I want to read the others

[@emmynoether9540]

I second that! There are indeed three books in the universe of Sophie and Howell. They can be read individually. I love all of them.

[@marinazuniga2418]

I started reading it... Too bad I wasn't able to finish it, cuz I'm broke and I'm can only read it in a bookstore.

[@sophcass2974]

Could you play Once Upon a December from Anastasia?

[@nancy9324]

OMGYES

[@carmena.gonzalezrios8372]

Soph Cass Don’t forget “in the dark of the night” from Anastasia too

[@SallyGreenaway]

In a medley with Chim Chim Cheree!

[@Sim_Pole]

That'd be so magical

[@plum111]

_yESSSSSS_

[@God-dc3jm]

Frick it, I'm rewatching Howls Moving Castle

[@Edible_edibility]

They need to make a movie on the other books in the howl collection

[@angiewu8294]

this song has always made me feel like i'm waltzing in a field of flowers, hence making it my favorite ghibli soundtrack of all time. crazy how much more magical it sounds on a kalimba

[@StellarCrackhead42]

This makes me feel like I am in the wrong place. Like I should be somewhere else... Somewhere where I can finally be in peace. One day, I hope I can go to that place.. and be the person I have always dreamt of being.

[@user-ly4ql8hz6c]

Anya N. Powell me too

[@spacetrash4972]

Same

[@neverdonegunen3829]

Makes you wonder about things greater than you....

[@sofiesitisalamah]

Mood!

[@i_play_the_fiano]

Is there a subreddit for things like this?? I need to know

[@kassanchez7931]

Just hearing this, as an ex ballerina, makes me want to go and put on my pointe shoes that I haven’t worn in months. Just dancing to this with bare feet brings back the old feeling of being a delicate, music box doll on stage. It makes me sad, but grateful at the same time :,)

[@skittleselaine1921]

Omg please tell me you did

[@xXxKroIitAxXx]

Do it please ❤️

[@m1churr0]

have you?

[@nekosukekamo]

なんて綺麗な音！！ カリンバの音はとても優しくて、私の心を落ち着かせてくれます。 素敵な演奏をありがとう！！！

[@V3NUS888]

Just imagine listening to this song and running around freely with your soulmate in a field similar to the one Howl had found for Sophie.

[@jazwaddington7312]

this makes me nostalgic of past lives i'm too young to remember and too old to relive

[@vera_light]

I’m too young to remember and too old to relive. I like the words you have here

[@KM-gj7bj]

Anemoia might be the word you are looking for. It means longing/nostalgia for a life you never lived.

[@LR-wb7zy]

@@KM-gj7bj not necessarily true. I do believe that each time we die, we are reborn as someone or something else. But our soul is exactly the same. That is why, from time to time, we get flashbacks of our past lives.

[@mirantiasmara7558]

Yes...me tooo

[@MalakTumeh]

This is just what I needed in these Quarantine-times... who's with me?

[@kakuella]

That's the only reason why i been looking into this instrument 😂

[@invinsible]

I ordered my first kalimba yesterday and I am looking forward. 😱😱😱😱 😍😍😍😍

[@MalakTumeh]

@@invinsible Omg! I'm so jealous! :o

[@shitnotagain9492]

invincible I’m jealous. Well I might as well buy one since quarantine is boring

[@CaptNoodles]

literally bought one so i can try and teach myself how to play this while in QT xD

[@alexiacaceda1421]

Mi uncle died today .I didn't know him but this makes me feel nostalgic maybe it's also because the mood of my family is very sad now.

[@cococoffee2305]

I’m really sorry about that! I hope things get better! Sending love and prayers for your family

[@christian_lied]

I had my uncle pass not long ago, didn’t know him well so I wasn’t sad. The atmosphere of your family well get better after a lot of mourning

[@nathanielstowe7507]

there are many songs that make me feel indescribable feelings. this one in particular is as such. i cannot point a finger on what i feel with this song other than a longing for such that doesn’t exist. i feel this describes my style of writing perfectly.

[@nataliawynter701]

Howl's Moving Castle is my favorite studio Ghibli film (also my first Ghibli film) and Merry go round of life is my favorite studio Ghibli theme song.

[@ienjoy8130]

Same First and Favorite

[@nataliawynter701]

@@Mimr3D Agreed Ghibli Movie are some of the best in animation, story and world building. Every one I watch feels like the first, magic

[@phuoctruong7450]

Same

[@lyvre7491]

Same! It's hard to choose between Ghibli films, but HMC is definitely my everything~♡♡♡ It has a special place in my heart~♡

[@lovelove-ru4bd]

sameee

[@spicy_curry]

左下にありがとうの文字があるのがほっこりする

[@hh-ot5fn]

あさがおって見えた

[@lisadepieza]

I agree but don't understand

[@toiletwater5237]

this song always hit different for me i never knew other people felt this way, i watched the movie in my childhood so the song is really nostalgic...

[@JesseReal07]

This song reminds me of my dog who passed away a few months ago he was always cheerful and happy no matter what happened to him everytime he ran away he always came back this song expresses how he was he was amazing and always calm and i built many great memories with him

[@katyaszirom1649]

On my way to work at my pet grooming salon I work at, in this comment is making me cry 😢

[@diegoleonardia5358]

Everyone: *explains why they like music with terms* Me: It makes me feel light and happy, and has that nostalgic feeling. I like

[@charaznable2859]

Veggies agreed And I see you eat vegetables

[@TheRealJojo27]

well said :)

[@noralyounes214]

Or because you are an anime 😁

[@tostykulsa5909]

Sameeeee

[@maryrom1378]

The kalimba makes me feel hopeful, that is why I like it.

[@scribbledibble_]

EVERYONE: *explains how they like the song* ME: OMG THAT KALIMBA LOOKS SO COOOL

[@ashyfire33]

ikr!? it doesn’t look like a classic 17 key kalimba. that’s what got me curious

[@scribbledibble_]

@@ashyfire33 yeah... It's probably capable of stabbing and killing you(╥_╥)

[@ashyfire33]

Elisha Songco not wrong, those keys look pointy enough to hurt

[@scribbledibble_]

Golden Girlol123 i found a bigger version of that and it looks like a death trap.....

[@starrywalks]

Elisha Songco MOOD

[@cherbomb6315]

This is like one of those moments where u close your eyes and imagine you’re in a 90s anime just chillin in the sky away from reality

[@annakiseleva2022]

Какая мелодия.... Задушевная. Тепло разливается по телу, когда ее слушаю. Она есть во всех душевных русских фильмах о семейном счастье со всеми ее невзгодами. А этот инструмент... Это моя мечта. Звук волшебный. Видео замечательое. Снято качестве но. И смотреть и слушать приятно. Спасибо за то что Вы делаете!

[@malqo3994]

オルゴールはたまに耳をつんざくような音があるけど、これは違う 音が優しさで包まれてる、音が丸いってこういうことなんだ

[@lisp6192]

。まるこ 指で演奏してるからかな~

[@user-sx1wh5ec9m]

オルゴールのその耳をつんざくような音大好物

[@user-xk1ci6sr6h]

指先で弾く方が、爪で弾くよりも、音が丸くなります(*´∀｀*) (いらない情報(´・∀・｀))

[@sachiy2893]

honestly, reading peoples own interpretations of this song is my favorite thing in the world. everyones interpretations are equally unique and special to them as individuals, which truly makes me believe in the beauty and power of this piece of music. really, this song is beautiful it might make me cry. if anyone was curious, personally, if I had to describe this song as one thing, it would be the feeling of Love. And no, im not talking about the image of ball dancing with a special someone (that would be amazing though), im talking about the image of being alone in a special place. lost in the middle of a vast flower field or grassy plain with nothing near me but the sky and myself. that image, to me at least, is what Love feels like. to feel at home and somewhat whimsical at the same time as you stare endless horizons of clouds, grass and flowers as far as the eye can see. to me, thats what this song feels like.

[@groderck14]

I couldn't feel more identified with your comment.♡

[@lizz8192]

I feel almost the same. Having a endless grassy field to run in forever and do whatever you feel like whenever you want to. I feel a sense of loneliness aswell as if someone is missing like my best friend but a special someone (if you know what I mean) doesn't feel right either for some reason. I'm a musician so if I could also have all the instruments in the world to practice and learn forever, that to me... would be my special place to stay forever. I hope that this dream could come true for my one day and I can find the missing someone in the incomplete painting soon.

[@lizz8192]

To reference a sort of feeling I had. The Yuri on Ice Ost (from YOI) in my opinion told a strong story that I somehow felt like I was able to connect with but not entirely (it's hard to explain). Where there was a high point in your life aswell as a down. There was so much build up and suddenly you lost everything but in the end, something or someone found you to keep you afloat above the grand ocean... but you don't know what. Like mystery where at the end was nearly solved, it was at your fingertips but you could never quit reach it.

[@curlydash4993]

You took the word right out of my mouth. That’s exactly how I feel. ❤️❤️

[@jazzie2967]

I can smell the freshness of the trees, the. Birds chirping The leafs falling and im there lying down, tranquil knowing that i run no danger no matter the time or day :"D truly a different experience Sorry if u didnt understand english is not my first language jaja

[@kimika9231]

I played this song on my kalimba next to my dog who would always doze off. This song reminds me of him now and our days together. His days with me were short but he lived like a prince. We have so many simple, happy memories together. I’m heartbroken he’s gone now, but I’m so relieved he’s not suffering anymore. May he rest in peace.

[@KawaiiPockyEater]

I'm totally not crying. I'm not feeling homesick for a place that doesn't exist, at all.

[@bangtansbackbackagain1630]

This version of howls castle theme song felt like it came out of a music box with swirling ballerina inside 🥺

[@MultiChocolateMaster]

Your kalimba is so unique and the sound is fantastic. Thank you for playing my favourite song :)

[@Ersa0431]

Likewise!

[@Rai.7256]

This song makes me want to cry so much. I just love the movie, It’s my favorite movie ever! I feel so nostalgic and it makes me feel many emotions. One of the most heartwarming and wholesome movie ever. Such beautiful music. ❤

[@kimryzelle3884]

I dont know why but whenever I'm hearing this song, I just feel at ease and makes my heart calm. Like this is a song you'll always play when you're just there outsiders your house overlooking the beautiful and different flowers as your scenery while embracing the afternoon sun

[@user-rb4nv7lf4m]

なんか。 音楽ってやっぱ、世界共通して美しいんだなあって思った。

[@user-ks1fx2qr6c]

冨岡義勇の継子 それな しかも日本のアニメの曲選んでくださるとか、日本人としてちょっと嬉しい(←何様だよっ

[@user-on3gu2lm3d]

ハウルの動く城の人生のメリーゴーランドでしたっけ？

[@user-eq5ce9re4i]

中谷汐里 そうだよ

[@takoyakeith]

how can you not possibly cry while watching the movie and hearing this ost :((

[@Dani-ob9ge]

Ikr like I grew up on Howl's moving Castle and even as a child I could feel the emotion and even now I still cry when I listen to this song it is such a beautiful and magical song💜💜

[@AdaBug]

I cry every time without hesitation, I can’t watch the movie around anyone else :’(

[@rosefae7393]

Happy bday kookie same omg

[@Dani-ob9ge]

@@rosefae7393 wow nice I'm glad you can relate 💜💜 the movie and the song is just Soo incredible 💜

[@rosefae7393]

Alexia Madison ikr

[@splakbor]

waltz will always be one of my favorite genres, its beautiful, something that feels new each time, it makes you feel full, and fills that empty part of you, even if for a moment.

[@hi-lo8qg]

Tip to people listening: Search up rain sounds and put it quietly as the background while listening to this👍

[@o0Avalon0o]

I also keep getting reminded of sailor moon when I hear this... Like there's a 3 notes that bring me back and remind me of the music box ending... Anime is such a great part of my life

[@angeladel3089]

It was also the theme song of howl's moving castle an amazing art work by ghibli studios!

[@esmelecrystalleclarissefre7078]

0:51😂

[@wicked2429]

Felt that

[@rosem3240]

Those first couple notes totally sound like the classic theme. Glad its just me hearing it

[@shitnotagain9492]

This reminds me of the episode where Mamoru and Usagi attended the ball.

[@user-nt3lx1en3n]

カリンバっていうのか…オルゴールのようなとても美しい音色をしているんだね。

[@user-wd7dl2ki6h]

たしかオルゴールの元になる楽器じゃなかったっけ？

[@XinonDiVE]

荒ぶる牛乳 カリンバ作り方もあるのでぜひ作ってみては？ すごく優しい音色を楽しめますよ〜

[@yuuka9202]

バンドオルゴールとも言うらしいよー

[@user-xk1ci6sr6h]

@@yuuka9202 沢山別名があって、ハンドオルゴール、カリンバ、親指ピアノなど...面白いですね( ◜ω◝ )☝︎

[@bugcreature]

this reminds me of a small toy shop in the old part of town I used to go to every summer when I was little. I don't know why this reminds me of it, but it's a happy memory. I definitely didn't start bawling immediately.

[@wizdum4957]

I feel safe listening to this song. It’s similar to the feeling of hugging someone that means so much to you and you feel the same for them.

[@HartwigKrause]

A nice song to relax and to dream. My minds goes away and I'm dreaming. A wonderful song

[@notSoAverageGuineaPigEnjoyer]

Hartwig Krause no one is singing

[@_srobona]

@@notSoAverageGuineaPigEnjoyer you know what they mean :)

[@diamondpagan2390]

im currently having a mental breakdown and these covers on kalimba are really helping me feel safe; thank you so much, april. it truly does mean a lot to me and a lot of other people, im sure.

[@SklhroiXeimwnes]

I hope you are doing well....

[@dj_koen1265]

I hope so But i think that If you can say you are having a mental breakdown things are either soon over or just beginning

[@dj_koen1265]

I mean: “i hope you are doing well”

[@KenzoLeong]

The theme song has never failed to bring up the grand and whimsical world of Howl's moving castle for me. Would like to see Howl and Sophia waltzing in a Grand ballroom with the music with her SIlver flowing hair in the arms of Howl.

[@marse9450]

All the comments and the music make me remember why I love music so much, it can just cause these raw unexplainable emotions,,,, as someone else in the comments mentioned, it also makes me miss dance even if it's just aimlessly moving around my room,,,, i love how it sparks creativity in others in a poem or in a drawing, in a choreography or in a cover of the song! music sure is medicine for the soul, especially when we find a piece that, without a single word, makes us feel, sometimes wanted or unwanted, but necessary, emotions.

[@obsivx1102]

Giving me some fall vibes, I love fall by the way.

[@him4641]

Who doesn’t?

[@groderck14]

Songs like this one have gently pushed me to create wonderful cities and towns for my fantasy stories. I might never finish writing them, but somehow those places have become a mental palace in my mind, with all my characters, the people around them, the sounds of the town, the smells, how the light reflects on everything... I think I would cry if I ever got to be in those places. How to explain that I miss a home that doesn't exit anywhere but in my mind, yet I still can see it so clearly and almost feel it? Just imagining I could sit and talk with my characters while this song sounds somewhere around us... It's so weird and precious that I can't find the right words to describe this warm happiness that, again, doesn't exist. This comment will probably get lost somewhere, deep in between millions of thoughts of different people that happen to be here at certain moment in life. I guess I couldn't help but to spit it all out. You know, it's one of those moods.

[@nightlight9292]

I understand this more deeply than you may ever know. As someone who wields art as my way of surviving, I depend strongly on worlds and people who don't exist. Whether of my own imagination or someone else's, my heart feels connected to places I've never been, and over the years I've cultivated this feeling into an art of its own. The art of feeling a world so distinctly, that I remember that world as being real, and I can shape words around those memories in such a way that others might feel drawn to it as I am. It's a strange feeling, both wonderful and melancholy, but I truly believe I could not live without this phenomenon. It is, in a word, magic.

[@groderck14]

@@nightlight9292 "I depend on worlds and people who don't exist". That has really touched me so deeply. Thinking of it in a positive way, I guess sometimes we can achieve a different kind of happiness through this magic.😊

[@i_play_the_fiano]

I feel like humans are meant to imagine, create, inspire, dream.. Although we choose to be distracted by the little things. I lucid dream often, which gives me that peace that needs to be restored, the peace which we may never get in this world. I dream about my characters, some faraway place that doesn’t exist on Earth, a place where I can be at peace. I find myself wishing I could have these things in my life, in reality. What I need to remember is that _imagination_ will always be with me. Imagination is the best part of being a human.

[@annafang858]

Same here! There are so many worlds in my mind with different people, just like you mentioned. It has become my safe place in a way, away from humans in real life, away from today’s society. Just a place of peace for my soul. I meet new people there, explore the city and do different activities. It is so amazing and so fascinating how the human brain works. When that place is settled (no more modifications), I just start to draw it and a special palette is associated with it. And I visit it from time to time. Pure nostalgia in my head... Thanks for sharing your experiences!

[@allisonromero2145]

What your feeling is heriath and ive felt that too

[@mewoisbest8851]

I think this song perfectly captures how love is like. Full of trials and tribulations but in the end it’s worth it and beautiful. It makes me feel like I’m in some sort of dream and it’s beautiful. Joe Hisaishi is an amazing composer and really captures the beauty of howls moving castle along with Sophie’s adventure and her relationship with Howl

[@coffeebeanz1220]

This is the best music to draw/colour with, its so calming

[@user-bo9cr6ue4f]

宮崎駿作品がこうやって海外の方にも知られてるのってすごい...

[@Kk-lb2vy]

日本ではあまり知られてませんが、海外でもジブリはめちゃくちゃ愛されてますよ！海外に長い間住んでますけど殆どの20代の知り合いはジブリの作品見たことあります

[@user-md8sw4vj5n]

韓国でも本当有名❣️ファンが沢山います。🇰🇷 私も幼いごろジブリのアニメを見て日本が好きになり、日本語を勉強始めました。私みたいな人多分全世界に多いと思います。ちなみに一番好きなものは'千と千尋…'で、普段アニメ嫌いな母と一緒に最初から終わりまで見て、ときときしながら母を見ると笑顔で'いい作品だな'と言われてとても嬉しかった記憶があります。文化や言語が違っても良いものはとこでも通じるはずだと思いました。大事な思い出をもらえて宮崎さんに感謝しています。興奮してしまってすみません

[@user-tb1cn5jh8n]

このコメ欄みてニマニマしてた変人は私です笑笑 とっても嬉しい…！

[@user-hj4vo5br6r]

日本のアニメで海外の方の輪が広がるのは嬉しいですね😆😆

[@LOCAL_LEE]

I go into my mother’s room at 6am and start playing this song on my kalimba until she wakes up. She told me it makes her that much closer to living a fairytale.

[@markarmstrong7644]

Utterly amazing... beautiful. Thank you.

[@shun1705]

This song makes me reminisce about a distant era I've never experienced nor heard of. But the nostalgia hits harder and harder the more times I replay the song. Truly, a masterpiece.

[@Kuesa]

Lovely resonance in the kalimba, those overtones are givin me the jibblies. Awesome cover!

[@stardustknight99]

gives you the Ghiblis*

[@Kuesa]

@@stardustknight99 this is very high quality

[@juliebush919]

As a child i loved music boxes, as an adult i still do. This instrument reminds me a great deal of them. I agree with you

[@Puddlenaut]

This is like the last place I expected to see the jibblies referenced.

[@patrick0uch]

studio jibblies

[@maximiliankratz]

Those were the most calming plinks and plonks I've ever heard. Thank you for sharing these ploinks with us all.

[@paincyan1573]

わぁ✨なんて綺麗で優しい音色✨✨ 癒されました😊

[@gwensaucier2047]

It sounds so beautiful, thank you so much for blessing us with your talent🥰

[@user-vi2ms5kr5w]

こういう雰囲気死ぬほど好き

[@vitaminc_wzinc]

Imagine just walking across the sky while the guy of your dreams is delicately leading you to the heavens with him.

[@Chuuyasn1dog]

I don't have a guy/girl of my dreams. I just don't know. As long as they actually love me i don't care.

[@magicfrog4731]

What if it's the they of my dreams

[@lindsay3917]

Beautiful. The rhythmic dampening of the eighth notes adds so much

[@pa-sz9fw]

めっちゃ綺麗な音

[@starryspecter]

This reminds me of the time me and my bestfriends spent night in a condo where we watched the whole movie even though we all have already seen it individually. I fell asleep in the middle of it. When I woke up around 3:43 am, this was playing. That was such a peaceful time, and I always go back to that memory whenever I hear this track. I felt so at home, warm and secure with the people I love. It was a beautiful memory. It's worth existing for.

[@meeradavies9732]

Can you do violet evergarden? And/or your name and/ or more ghibli songs!!!! ( I love your channel )

[@estrellejanekintanar6205]

THIS.

[@xumht8]

And any songs from natsume yuujinchou too!

[@xion2823]

:: BROOOO YES

[@Tei_022]

For some reason I read “violet evergarden” as violent kindergarten.. 😂

[@SylveonGirl01]

I would cry so much if she did violet/your name

[@sleepydragon5682]

I listen to this almost every day... it is so calming after a stressful day

[@eishal3375]

i found this vid 3 years ago during lockdown and it seriously changed my life. it made me feel the strongest emotions i’ve ever felt to this day and i used to watch this every night. now i just come back to it every few months and the feelings aren’t as strong as they used to be but that’s okay because i still love it dearly, so thank you!

[@theeimnaifish4705]

Although I didn't grow up watching Howl's Moving Castle, it seems like an amazing memory from my childhood. This song is just so... light. Like how careless a child can be while out having fun. It sounds like my childhood to me, which is why I will hold on to this movie. Something about the world and the characters make the movie happy. It's something that leaves me happy.

[@user-yv9ct7kw7v]

音の相性いいなあ めっちゃ好きです

[@Legato9you]

This was and still is, to my opinion, the best kalimba rendition of this song (and the perfect kalimba for the task!). I come back to hear it every once in a while. Your videos made me start to learn to play kalimba. Thank you very much!

[@Shadowcat107]

absolutely beautiful

[@justK6404]

There’s an old game called “ib” and it really reminds me of the soundtrack of that game.

[@ashleygray6349]

I was just coming down here to post this exact comment! Made me wonder if the original soundtrack to ib was actually recorded on a Kalimba!

[@_srobona]

Now I wanna watch Cry and PewDiePie play again! Gonna go watch the gameplay now :)

[@wonkybeans]

Oh my god. I need to replay it now. Such amazing memories 🥺😭

[@mementosnorri]

THANK YOU I wanted to listen to it again but had forgotten the name....

[@sunjzip]

Wht?

[@conormcmillan1717]

Even though im sitting on my bed. If i close my eyes i can vivdly imagine the soft sea air, with the towering castle behiend me leading into wonderous wastelands. And then i open them and realise fantasizeing about adventures there is making me blind to the biggest one of all.

[@lizz8192]

I feel you. I enjoy being able to close my eyes and be able to create my own peaceful world where I'm able to sit down on the soft grass with no one to disturb me and I can run around forever endlessly with nobody to make judgements. To open my eyes again really makes it a shame that it wasn't real at all and it was essentially just a lucid dream. I wish I could stay there forever without having to worry about the problems of the real world. It would be a dream come true if I could stay there or if everyone could have their own paradise or their own dreams come true, maybe the world wouldn't have so much hate otherwise.

[@goblue1238]

So peaceful and beautiful!!

[@user-we4bb3nw3g]

きれいな音色..癒される❤️

[@annatereshchenko4761]

Omg my favorite anime movie! I really like the OST from it. Thanks for making it into kalimba version! 😍 Sounds wonderful!

[@Jack-jd7yw]

優しい音色でとても落ち着く。オルゴールは綺麗な音色だと感じて良いが、やはり落ち着く感じはどこか欠ける。 これは低めの弾ける音が、またなんとも言えない癒しをくれる。

[@korra5815]

I am being amazed with different covers for merry go round of life, first piano cover then guitar cover and now kalimba cover. All of these unexpectedly very much beautiful, i am shocked each time i listen and thank you for this video♥️

[@user-ph4tt3cq8z]

いや、すげぇ、この神曲に、その神技術！！ 雰囲気がいい！！