Studio Ghibli Medley (Animenz) Synthesia

Original performance by Animenz:
• Studio Ghibli Piano Me...
Official sheet music by Animenz:
www.mymusicshe...
My own transcription and midi file are not available anymore since the official sheet released.
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This is my most ambitious project in the anime piano world so far. After being inspired by the quality of the arrangement and severly dissappointed by the lack of sheets, I started transcribing this medley in April, and slowly, after losing and gaining motivation several times, finished the entire sheet in July.
Considering the scale of the work (12 pages, this is more than any medley produced by Animenz himself), I went out of my way to make the playback sound quality as good as possible. Took me more than 20 hours to turn an ugly midi exported from Sibelius into a majestic piece of music, that can be enjoyed in its own right. I'm very proud of the final result, and I'll do my best to maintain such level of quality and effort in my future arrangements/transcriptions.
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Piano arrangement by Animenz
0:03 I. Laputa Castle in the Sky OST
- The Girl Who Fell from the Sky (Kimi wo Nosete)
2:20 II. Princess Mononoke ED
- Mononoke Hime (Theme song)
4:13 III. My Neighbor Totoro OST
- Path of the Wind (Kaze no Torimichi)
6:23 IV. Spirited Away OST
- The Name of Life (Inochi no Namae)
9:06 V. The Secret world of Arrietty ED
- Arrietty's Song )
10:53 VI. The Wind Rises OST
- Journey - Dreamy Flight (Tabiji - Muchuu Hikou)
Original Score composed by Joe Hisaishi and Cécile Corbel.
Notation software: Sibelius
VST: Garritan CFX Concert Grand
My main channel: / madwazz

[@MadPianoLife]

You deserve all the love in the world. Thank you for your outstanding respect and appreciation for the beauty of Animenz's music.

[@madwazzsynthesia]

Hey, it's been a long time since I saw you commenting on my stuff :D Thaks a lot man.

[@MadPianoLife]

maDwaZz Synthesia I’m happy you remember me. Personal issues and studies have strayed me away from the piano but I want to start over again and start strong. I would love to play this and credit you for the sheets.

[@madwazzsynthesia]

[Update 17.10.2018]. Hey everybody, thanks for all the postiive and critical feedback! I revised the whole sheet and made a lot of adjustments, mainly - missing notes in chords, especially on the first page.. There were no significant mistakes in harmonies or melody, hovewer, please redownload the sheet to get a version that's even closer to Animenz's original performance.

[@SoulHydron]

Thanks so much dude!

[@jonarrizabalaga7535]

Hii, sorry but sheethost does not allow me to download the pdf? Is there any way to solve this problem? Thanks in advance

[@samisamazingg]

Jon Arrizabalaga I’m having the exact same problem

[@VenomKnife]

Love you

[@jonarrizabalaga7535]

@@samisamazingg try again, I randomly ended up in this video again and it worked this time!!! Thanks for solving it and great medley and transcription btw!!

[@martin30401]

Omg TIME TO LEARN ANOTHER MEDLEY FROM ANIMENZ

[@wholemilky]

How long did it take you to learn this? And how many years have you been playing the piano? I'm considering learning this over summer break but I'm not sure if I'll manage.

[@VenomKnife]

I don't really know m2

[@howlhakuashitaka7616]

Yahhhhhhhhhhh

[@atw227]

@@wholemilky ik this is late but with 1 month of everyday practice, you should be able to complete the song... if you have some parts that is really impossible(try it first b4 saying it is impossible ;) ), you should know what to do-manipulate it to a similar but easier group of notes

[@wholemilky]

@@atw227 I decided to start earlier and I spent a total of three weeks where I played maybe 1 hour every day on this piece in particular. It was half-easy as long as you focused on the piece and memorization techniques instead of doing other stupid stuff on the piano as a way of procrastionation. But yeah, thanks for your reply :) I appreciate it :D

[@svnms8841]

How did I just discover this? good work transcribing the whole medley! Must have been a lot of work.

[@justsomeguy5502]

dude this is a f*cking masterpiece love it and your work!

[@howlhakuashitaka7616]

I always love the music of TheIshter and Animenz, and love playing them too. But the skills and the sheets are way pretty hard in certain parts, so I always find myself stuck in the middle of the sheets, which prevents me from finishing my performance TT^TT *crying*. I have searched and commented a lot to require someone to make tutorials based on their arrangments. However, maybe they find these arr. hard too ;_;. Now I know there is someone capable of this. It's you! Awwww this typically makes my day! Thank you soo much

[@akhschannel5031]

Isn't the midi a bit fast??

[@IceCream-ey2kg]

@@akhschannel5031 it can still be used to learn. if u want to listen then go to the original

[@y.h.5002]

Really very thanks for this sheet, Animenz Laputa ver is my favorite

[@pj7371]

This VST sounds so good.

[@feedmemelonsandlobsters3387]

Thank you so much for transcribing this. Thats such a nice medley to play. I nearly finished it. Thanks to you!!! 🙏👍

[@eric10511]

Yess thank you so much!!! I really wanted this :D

[@potato5830]

Thanks so much for doing so much work and giving us an opportunity to learn this masterpiece. 😁

[@allent3772]

I BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS FOREVER THANK YOU

[@loyalsoles1602]

THIS IS WHAT I WAS HOPING FOR YOU GOLD GENIUS YOU

[@gunhyolee8376]

Thanks. I really appreciate you!

[@Ryan-tx8qc]

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDE THANK YOU!! I wanted to learn these so much but I struggle with the sheet music. Thank goddddd how did it take me this long to find this?!

[@alexanderreiter6909]

Good job mate, keep it up

[@user-bg4vz3sq5w]

Arigato! (Thank you so much!)

[@IceCream-ey2kg]

Great quality

[@ConnecTOnique]

You must contact Animenz, you really deserve it for this wonderful transcription

[@_FrozenPotato_]

He already works with Animenz xD

[@imean1589]

omfg been waiting for a long time. i luv u thx

[@kennx7191]

Thanks very much for this :)

[@howlhakuashitaka7616]

Awwwwwww this is cuteeee!!

[@asiandude918]

The algorithm strikes again

[@marcgm3111]

great job and thanks =)

[@Sayuriii-AnimePiano]

damn thanks for youre work this is impressive worth all the hardwork serious this is sooo goood love it

[@madwazzsynthesia]

Main trick - setting ambient mics (which are not present in Lite version, unfortunately) volume higher than close mics. Other than that I experiment with my settings every new upload. I don't master the audio after VST. Glad you like it! The primary reason it sounds good is because I spend a lot of time tweaking velocity of every note to make it sound more "human", like making the melody voice a bit louder than the rest, adding dynamics etc.

[@Sayuriii-AnimePiano]

@@madwazzsynthesia ah i see yeah i have the full since 2 years xD but wasnt really sure how to use it i play later with it around thanks !

[@Sayuriii-AnimePiano]

ah which reverb room you use that makes also a different about the feeling of the tone

[@madwazzsynthesia]

I've been picking reverb type randomly lately haha, just pick one you like the most

[@Sayuriii-AnimePiano]

@@madwazzsynthesia ahh i see haha yeah i been using the medium concert hall i think it has somehow a little more bass somehow or it just feels like it xD

[@user-yg5uk6po8i]

love animaze

[@animewatcher-bk9ur]

Arriety : 9:05

[@MrD3eath]

Hero

[@akashidxd206]

OMG thank you i Love you so much #nohomo I subed

[@shizukanasora]

I need 6 hands to do this 😓

[@michaelchr4239]

7:28

[@minhkhoi6788]

anyone here 2020? appreciated!!!

[@Superttack82]

Do you still have this midi?:0 The one on sheethost is all on one channel and I wanted to practise each hand separately :)

[@SveaGe]

10:52

[@djoyboy8586]

the video is kinda broken for me. freezes after a few seconds

[@martin30401]

Hey i just found a mistake in the transcription while learning it.

[@madwazzsynthesia]

Can you point it out pls?

[@martin30401]

@@madwazzsynthesia yeah, measure 35. It does sound right. Thats the only major issue atm. There are some minor details that were missing in the first page.

[@madwazzsynthesia]

Oh, I see, thanks! I'll recheck the entire sheet some time in the near future and fix all the minor mistakes. It's been 5 months since I transcribed this part, and my relative pitch was much worse back then to identify the missing notes

[@martin30401]

ahh. Do you have discord or something I could contact u with so that i could update u if i find anything else.

[@wholemilky]

How long did it take you to learn this? And how many years have you been playing the piano? I'm considering learning this over summer break but I'm not sure if I'll manage.

[@user-hq9fc6hb4c]

where is midi?

[@jordanpatricia991]

This didn’t sound right at all. Way too fast