Howl's Moving Castle Soundtrack

(Howl's Moving Castle) The Boy Who Swallowed a Star

Fantasia

Prelude

James Maltby performing Joe Pass' arrangement of "I Can't Believe You're In Love With Me" by Jimmy McHugh. 

I Can't Believe You're In Love With Me - Joe Pass

Winter Wonderlust

A Melancholic Piece In A Classical Style, Featuring A Slow Tempo And A Minor Key. The instruments Plays A Sustained, Arpeggiated Accompaniment, Providing A Harmonic Foundation, While it Carries A Simple, Expressive Melody. The Melody Is Characterized By Its Stepwise Motion And Occasional Larger Leaps, Creating A Sense Of Longing. The Dynamics Are Generally Soft, With Subtle Variations In Intensity. The Piece Maintains A Consistent, Reflective Mood Throughout, Without Significant Changes In Tempo Or Texture. The Production Is Clean, Focusing On The Natural Resonance Of The Piano.

Awakening

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Joe Hisaishi - A Town With An Ocean View

The World of Studio Ghibli

My Neighbor Totoro - The Path of the Wind

Los Angeles, California serves as home base for the concept group called Vitamin String Quartet. The group is made up of studio musicians who are brought together to interpret and record orchestra style covers of music from all types of genres ranging metal, techno, country, pop, rock and hip-hop dance music. While the quartet uses a wide assortment of artists and instruments, one fairly constant member of the group is violinist Tom Tally. Tally has been intimately involved in the composing, arranging and conduction of many songs on approximately 50 of the albums that have been recorded by the group. While the group is referred to as a string quartet, the reality is that more individuals are usually involved, using instruments such as violins, cellos, percussion, brass and woodwinds. The group was originally brought together in 1999 as an experimental project. They wanted to determine the effects of using classical style instruments to create new and different sounds on popular recordings. Early on, the FM broadcast station WWHK in Concord, NH would play the group's music 24 hours a day, every day, for a period of time. The popularity of the group's music has led to the music being featured on TV and in the movies. Credits include So You Think You Can Dance (2008), TV show The Vampire Diaries (2010), the 100th episode of Gossip Girl and the fifth season finale of Modern Family (2014). Throughout the years, the group has been involved in the recording of over 200 different albums. In 2009, the group stepped out of the box a bit and recorded some original material provided by some of the various musicians on the album Per_Versions.