{"id":37334,"date":"2021-04-25T15:54:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T06:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/?p=37334"},"modified":"2021-05-22T22:27:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T13:27:00","slug":"the-enchanted-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/en\/the-enchanted-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"James Galway\u3000&#8221;The Enchanted Forest &#8211; Melodies of Japan&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #996f06;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Collaboration Work of James Galway and Hiro Fujikake<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #996f06;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2088 size-medium\" style=\"color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 1rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Enchanted-Forest-CD_-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Enchanted Forest CD\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Enchanted-Forest-CD_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Enchanted-Forest-CD_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/The-Enchanted-Forest-CD_.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32606\" style=\"color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 1rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-Enchanted-Forest-CD1-300x296.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-Enchanted-Forest-CD1-300x296.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-Enchanted-Forest-CD1-1024x1009.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-Enchanted-Forest-CD1-768x757.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/The-Enchanted-Forest-CD1.jpeg 1424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4GDQJLlCNYi2LGm7iHaIMH?highlight=spotify:track:0j4lZA6KiMTZRtsUfwxQsn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35557\" src=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Spotifyicon-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Spotifyicon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Spotifyicon.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/> S<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/4GDQJLlCNYi2LGm7iHaIMH?highlight=spotify:track:0j4lZA6KiMTZRtsUfwxQsn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">potify<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/jp\/album\/the-enchanted-forest-melodies-of-japan\/933990779?i=933994139&amp;ign-gact=3&amp;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-35558\" src=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Applemusicicon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Applemusicicon.png 180w, https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Applemusicicon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 40px) 100vw, 40px\" \/> <\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/jp\/album\/the-enchanted-forest-melodies-of-japan\/933990779?i=933994139&amp;ign-gact=3&amp;ls=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Music<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/muse-factory.com\/en\/jamesgalway1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: 1rem;\">Check the <\/span>Episode with\u00a0 Sir James Galway and Hiro Fujikake&#x25b6;\ufe0e<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sheet music is available at the following page;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheetmusicplus.com\/publishers\/hiro-fujikake-music-office-musefactory\/19290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.sheetmusicplus.com\/banner\/featured_728x90.jpg\" alt=\"Featured Sale\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><strong>The Enchanted Forest<\/strong> (Hiro Fujikake) [4:55]\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 136px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 81px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 81px;\">This composition originally appeared on Hiro Fujikake\u2019s solo album \u201cRomance,\u201d as a work for solo synthesizer. It was a request from Sir James Galway to use the name of\u00a0 &#8221; The Enchanted Forest&#8221; for the CD title.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 55px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 55px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #750202;\">Lyrical Short Piece <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #750202;\">(Hiro Fujikake) [2:45]<\/span><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">Hiro developed the motif of the music which was originally composed for a documentary program and rearranged it as a flute melody for this album.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><strong>Nakasendo(The Old Road)<\/strong> (Hiro Fujikake) [3:44]\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">It was composed for the theme of TV program.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><strong>Zui Zui Zukkorobashi<\/strong>(Trad.)[2:11]\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">Japanese children\u2019s play song. He developed and arranged the harmony of the original music.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><strong>Star Children<\/strong> (Hiro Fujikake) [4:14]\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">This music was inspired by a poem by Masaji Chujyo. Originally composed for a mixed quartet with mandolin orchestra, it was recorded on solo synthesizer for Hiro\u2019s 2<sup>nd<\/sup> album \u201cRomance.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><strong>Song of the Deep Forest<\/strong> (Improvisation) (Hiro Fujikake) [4:08]<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">This is an improvisation music. Hiro provided\u00a0 only a score of flue melody and let Sir James Galway play freely.\u00a0 Then Hiro\u00a0 improvised accompaniment on the synthesizer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><strong>Tokuyama Lullaby<\/strong> (Hiro Fujikake) [2:06]<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">Hiro encountered a melody from an old lady humming. The song was a children\u2019s lullaby passed down in the Tokuyama area, which has since been submerged as a consequence of the construction of Japan\u2019s largest dam. The Tokuyama village in Gifu was close to where Hiro used to spend time in his childhood.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><strong>Hietsuki Bushi (Love Song)<\/strong>(Trad.)\u00a0[3:40]<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">One of the beautiful melody of Japanese traditional folk song.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><strong>Usuhiki Uta<\/strong> (Trad.)[2:15]<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">This is also one of a folk songs in Tokuyama Village. Again, Hiro caught a melody from an old lady whispering in this song and Hiro used to play this music at his solo concerts many times since he wanted more people know about the vanished village.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><strong>Love Song<\/strong> (Hiro Fujikake) [3:32]<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">The original music was recorded in Hiro Fujikake\u2019s 2nd solo album \u201cRomance\u201d and\u00a0 performed by only synthesizer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><strong>Echoes<\/strong> (Hiro Fujikake) [6:07]<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">The music employed a digital delay effect to portray the image of &#8220;Echoes&#8221; among mountains. Sir James Galway like this effect very much and he enjoyed playing with it before the official recording.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><strong>Song of Clay<\/strong> (Hiro Fujikake) [3:46]<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">The melody is based on the &#8220;Song of Clay and Fram&#8221; which was composed for the main music of\u00a0 &#8220;International Pottery Festival&#8221; .<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><strong>Harukoma<\/strong> (Trad.)[2:28]<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">The original music was based on a famous Bon festival dance passed down in the area of Gunjo-Hachiman in Gifu prefecture. It was selected because the rhythm is similar to Jazz swing and it was interesting to pair it with flute sounds.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><strong>Sakura<\/strong>(Trad.)[4:09]<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">Everyone knows this traditional song in Japan because &#8220;Sakura&#8221; means cherry blossom \u2013 a national flower in Japan. Hiro made an effort to bring out the beautiful flute melody, against the background music.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><span style=\"color: #750202;\"><strong>Romantic World<\/strong> (Hiro Fujikake) [4:00]<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">Originally, it was composed for a ballet music &#8220;Come down from a tree\uff01 BUNNA&#8221;\u00a0 \u00a0and arranged for this album. The original music was recorded in Hiro&#8217;s 2nd solo album &#8220;Romance&#8221; as well.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collaboration Work of James Galway and Hiro Fujikake Spotify Apple Music Check the Episode with\u00a0 Sir James Galway and Hiro Fujikake&#x25b6;\ufe0e Sheet music is available at the following page; The Enchanted Forest (Hiro Fujikake) [4:55] This composition originally appeared on Hiro Fujikake\u2019s solo album \u201cRomance,\u201d as a work for solo synthesizer. 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