The orchestration takes an «east - meets - west» approach, with the inclusion
of taiko ensembles, eastern woodwinds, and harmonies found prevalent in Japanese film and game scores.
With its battery
of taiko drums rattling away ominously, but also a fluty, buoyant finale, it suggests a missing link between Toru Takemitsu (Dodes» ka - den's legendary composer) and the entirely non-Japanese Henry Mancini.
Not exact matches
Roaring
taiko drums, martial arts demos and intergalactic cosplay fashion shows are just a few
of the activities that took place during the 2018 Hatsume Fair on April 21 at the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach.
key, or sit back and enjoy a traditional
taiko drum performance just do nt leave yourself out
of any
of the okinawa dating site festivities.
Hopefully, with these films offering a double feature, we can go beyond the sumo wrestling and
taiko drums to get a fuller sense
of that place.
If sumo wrestlers, haiku poetry, Kabuki theater, sushi,
taiko drums (courtesy
of composer Alexandre Desplat («The Shape
of Water»), cherry blossoms, and symbolic mushroom clouds are your thing, however, you have come to the right place.
As for the animation, it's spectacular in every sense
of the word and lifted by a superb Alexandre Desplat score, featuring
taiko drums, that marks a new career peak for the Oscar - winning composer
of The Shape
of Water.
Meanwhile, Alexandre Desplat's score mixes
taiko drums with weirdly jazzy woodwind, while the woozy tones
of the 60s West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band rub up against Prokofiev and nods to Seven Samurai.
In Japanese, the term
taiko means «drum» — outside
of Japan,
Taiko refers to a lively routine
of ensemble drumming on wadaiko instruments.
You hear
taiko drums and shakuhachi, instruments that are recognizable elements
of traditional Japanese music.
With the support
of funding by grants, for example, from the Seattle Arts Commission and the King County Arts Commission, the Examiner began publishing special editions devoted entirely to literature and culture and sponsoring cultural events such as
taiko concerts in the community.