It was my children that made me sit down and watch the film ‘Spirited Away’ which is a Japanese animated film by Studio Ghibli written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and with music by Joe Hisaishi.
This piece forms the main theme of the film and is heard when Chihiro accidentally passes the river into the spirit world and had to undertake a perilous journey to return home to the ‘real’ world and try to be reunited with her parents. I don’t want to say too much about the film as it is a ‘must watch’ and don’t want to spoil it but it is a great film and all of the elements from the animation itself to the story and the music combine to make a truly exceptional piece of film making which is highly recommended (by me!).
My kids originally though when I was playing ‘Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence’ (song 125) by Sakamoto on a disc in the car that that was this song from ‘Spirited Away’ and having listened to it there are some similarities but this is the actual song from the film which is also on my ipod and has become one for my favourites…
Now listen to the song….
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