Where can I get his sheet music?

There's a Yahoo group dedicated to him. Once you've joined, you can get some free sheet music of his most popular songs and Piano Stories.

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/joehisaishi/

Also there's www.joehisaishi.net which is in french but we don't know if it's legal or not.

Come to think of it, you shouldn't actually be able get any Joe Hisaishi sheet music for free legally anyway.

Ok thanks

Thanks for the yahoo groups site Noodelz! I doubt the French site's legal though...

Does anyone know whether distribution of transcribed sheet for a composer thats still copyrighted is legal or not?

Generally not, but the composer/composer's manager person can give permission to individual people/sites etc...I think

I've signed up to the yahoo group and been approved woooo!!

So how do we know whether permissions been given?

Is midi for JH still illegal, or has he given permission to Nostalga Wind?

You could ask the person who transcribed it.

Nostalga Wind has probably been given permission, you will notice that Oriental Wind is only a small clip as it has just come out recently.

Joined the yahoo site too...looks fab!

I've only joined for the sheet music. Once I've downloaded everything, I'll forget about it.

It's very quiet though.

Who are you on there?

Does anyone know what this piece is....its the piece that comes on automatically when you go on Nostalgia Wind...i really like it..

There is a song on it that comes up automatically?

I've PMd you, because I don't want everyone knowing my e-mail and name and all that.

Soz...just wondered...hmmm....

On Nostalgia wind, if you go on this link, turn sound on, and wait, it should come up...

Just joined another group: Sakamoto Yahoo Group

Another japanese composer who is similar to Hisaishi in style but he has streched out to try electronic instruments as well.

Does anyone else like Yukie Nishimura

...and by the way, Noodlez, where do you find all these yahoo groups from?

I found Hisaishi on Google, Sakamoto is on the links page of the Hisaishi one.

And who is Yukie Nishimura?

Theres a link to her midihere
Only found her stuff today but i LOVE it!!

More intrested in that girl in F.I.R. She's HOT!

Lydia? I quite like FIR though...lol, my cousin has their album! The piano music to 'our love' is gorgeous!

AHH, so she doesn't do gimicky urban songs?

What do you mean by gimicky urban? FIR are kind of on the cheesy side of rocky c pop..if you get my drift...

OK, then. Um...

Mika Nakashima, any info on her Dr Freak?

huh? WHO? ??

and dont call me DR Freak!! It makes me feel like Dr Jekyll...

Edit:Just been on Mika Nakashima's site...we've kind of branched away from classical havent we??

OK, sorry, it's just that, Crazy Purple Piano Freak, Freak being the last name and ahem, err... you know, Dr Freak, no? Ummm... *mumbles*

Just thought I'd answer the question and revive the thread since I stumbled onto it just now, it's called Dolphin Ocean and is composed by Hisaishi.

DOLPHIN OCEAN!! WOOO!!THANKS NOODLEZ!! Do you know which album its off by any chance?

Just did a search for Dolphin Ocean on Gamingforce and it says that its not Hisaishi but composed by the webmaster of Nostalgia wind...and its not on any cd...

Whooops, my mistake. Well it is Hisaishi influenced, sort of.

I wish it WAS by Hisaishi...this means i cant get the score unless i try and transcibe it myself...

Sorry to be random, but I love Innocent!!! It's a lovely piece!!!

My favourite Joe Hisaishi piece is probably either W Nocturne or A Wish to the Moon. They contrast completely so it's pretty impossible to choose between them, but I recommend them to anybody who would be able to play them!

*repeats comment about a wish to the moon from beethoven forums* lol

SUMMER SUMMER SUMMER...(need i say more?)

W Nocturne is lovely though, and Oriental wind, Ash.itaka and San, Carrying you ...and my new favourite THE RAIN!!

CD22, try playing 'Carrying You' (the tiger moth thing) from Castle in the sky...you'll love that if you like Innocent

Shush, nobody were in Beethoven forums!

Printing off some of the suggested pieces now. I would buy them, but copies seem to be rather elusive within a 5000 mile radius of England...

ditto...Im still learning Ashi.taka and San though... On beethoven, they censored that and automatically changed it to 'anutsaka and san'..hmmm..

Have you heard the Dolphin Ocean thing Matt?

Haven't heard it yet. Do you get them from the Yahoo group?

Turn on sound, go on Nostalgia Wind and its the piece that plays automatically..i dont think its Hisaishi but its similar...

Great piece! It does sound 'Hisaishiesque', but from the looks of it, 'HeeFoo' is the owner of that site. Still wouldn't mind the sheet music for it though; I wonder if Sibelius would transcribe the MIDI file legibly...

Could Sibelius do that? I dont have it though...i was thinking about transcribing it by hand but thats too hard...

Yup, haven't got it on this PC though. I'll try it after when I'm upstairs

Cool! And i hopt it works!

How much is it? It would save me loads of money and time if I could do it.

Has anyone ever heard Hisaishi on the radio?

Not in UK. If you search Hisaishi on Classic fm, nothing comes up!

Sibelius is about £400 Noodelz, though cheaper (but not by much) with student discount

I wonder if my mum would notice that 400 quid was missing from her wallet?

Oh well...you could always try the lottery..

this teacher at my school actually did that!

I'll try that piece CPPF it sounds wicked! ashikata and san's nice too but maybe later cos I've gotta learn the new G7 stuff... and it's hard...

A+S or G7 stuff or both? I think A+S is hard too...its all the octave chordy things...


SEND ME YOUR COMP!!

Nope...sorry...when I finish you can... G7 piano stuff...i don't do AS! has anyone seen any recordings of joe hisaishi apart from on the nostaglia wind by the way...

AS as in Ashi.taka and San you noonoo!

There are recordings on that French site, some on the yahoo group (i think), samples on hmv japan and they've put up mp3s on Nostalgia Wind too now!!YAY!

HURRY UP AND FINISH YOUR COMP SO I CAN HEAR IT!! *grin* How much more is left to write?

there's LOADS to write and edit...well okay the last 2 lines...and then edit...
OH YEAH!! soweee blonde moment! you know the music on the chinese channel CPPF, it's actually quite nice...but they don't tell you where the music's from on adverts!!

I know! Loads of it is gorgeous, i kept trying to get my mum to read out the credits to me but she kept forgetting..

Im trying to compose my next comp 'a la Noodelz' ie, in my head..