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Joe Hisaishi

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Classical

Joe Hisaishi is a Classical act. Their sound grew out of Yellow Magic Orchestra and Quincy Jones. Those roots explain a lot about how Joe Hisaishi arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Azumi Inoue, John Powell, Harry Gregson-Williams, Danny Elfman and Yasuharu Takanashi, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Eminence Symphony Orchestra, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 9 connections around Joe Hisaishi, reaching back through Yellow Magic Orchestra and forward to Eminence Symphony Orchestra. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Joe HisaishiYellow Magic OrchestraQuincy JonesEminence Symphony Or…Azumi InoueJohn PowellHarry Gregson-WilliamsDanny ElfmanYasuharu TakanashiJerry Goldsmith

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Joe Hisaishi connections

Joe Hisaishi grew out of Yellow Magic Orchestra and Quincy Jones, shares an orbit with Azumi Inoue, John Powell, Harry Gregson-Williams and Danny Elfman, went on to shape Eminence Symphony Orchestra. 9 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Joe Hisaishi

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