Ghibli Best Stories

I am so delighted with this beautifully produced book. The arrangements are true to the originals, not over-simplified, the print and paper quality is very high, it is an absolute pleasure to play from, even before we speak about the quality of the music and the connections it sparks to memories of all those fantastic Ghibli films. I am looking forward to spending the summer really getting to know this music. Six stars.

Beautiful book.

Ordered on Saturday and received it on Sunday. The item arrived in perfect condition. My son was absolutely thrilled to receive it! Highly recommended!

Approved by Joe Hisaishi, official version of Joe's performance. Just 5 stars no matter what. ABRSM Grade 8 selection is also using this version. Relatively simple, basic arrangements, philosophically Joe Hisaishi's style, the sound that he wants to deliver. There're other great arrangements from Japan with more pieces collected, of richer sound and sophisticated articulations, in various skill levels, though they're a lot harder to obtain in Europe. Some good books I particularly targeted, took me more than 10 orders on eBay to finally secure 1 sent through from Japan. No matter you already have quite some collections or new to Joe Hisaishi/Studio Ghibli scores, this is definitely a must have in your collection, which is just here to order easily.

All of the pieces in this book are the proper piano arrangements of famous pieces from Studio Ghibli movies. That does mean this is not "easy piano". The pieces are all grade 7 or 8 standard. What it does mean is that they sound very much like the actual songs you hear in the movie, especially where the original is already a piano piece of course (like Spirited Away for example). It's an amazing book if you can play piano and love Studio Ghibli.

I'm sure lots of people would love sheet music for Hisaishi's works and this is excellent! The sheet music isn't too difficult to read, though there are a couple of design choices I disagree with. I wish I could read Japanese so I didn't have to flip back and forth from the English and Japanese titles.

Well written pieces, would recommend for Ghibli fans who enjoy playing the piano. Difficulty level approx grade 6

Ideal for more advanced piano players. Very beautiful stuff.

Great collection, piano arrangements by the composer himself. Beautiful engraving as well. Not easy, but moderate level, I would say between grade 7-8 RCM. Nothing can replace the orchestral scores with piano, but this will be the closest thing.

Parfait pour les fans de Ghibli et de Joe Hisaishi. Le niveau est entre intermédiaire et avancé

Lots of beautiful songs inside. My son's piano is at AMax level, he loves the book so much

Arreglos buenísimos para nivel intermedio-avanzado de piano. Suenan muy, muy bien. Mi hija los comenzó a tocar cuando estaba en el último curso de enseñanzas profesionales de música en sus ratos de ocio. Único arreglo autorizado por el compositor de estas bandas sonoras, Joe Hisaishi.

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