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Pshaaaaa. Incomprehensible tangent? Hardly! I totally get what you're saying, and I just love that there are supremely passionate people (such as yourself) right out there in the world! It's wonderful! But yeah, I agree, there are always certain themes that kind of pop up around his work. I mean, like, if you get to a dramatic part of the movie, you're going to be hearing something very similar to another dramatic point in another movie and I LOVE it because instead of making him seem unimaginative, it's just a signature for his work. And I guess that the only way I can really describe it is "oriental flair." Aaaahhhh he's so creative and wonderful and I have the biggest man-crush on him and his work.
Oh My Gosh. You my brother, are flipping awesome. Thank you, finally someone who understands my obsession haha! You just summed up what I wanted to explain in a short paragraph rather than the 10 page essay I probably would have written! In all honesty though, I've never met anyone that was really passionate about his music so it was always hard to talk to them about him without confusing them altogether! "Oriental flair" would probably be the right word, it's almost the same feeling when you're listening to Yiruma or "Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence", but not quite as Joe Hisaishi just brings... EMOTION (no offense to the other composers, they're very talented men). Also, I agree! his other works that haven't been featured in movies (like "Nostalgia, or "Spring" ) are just so... BRILLIANT.