Editing Studio Ghibli (section)

==Music==
Much of Studio Ghibli's music is composed by Joe Hisaishi, who has worked with Miyazaki on creating the music for his films for over 30 years. He uses storyboard images, provided by Miyazaki, to create an [[image album]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bellano |first=Mark |date=September 2012 |title=From Albums to Images: Studio Ghibli's Image Albums and their impact on audiovisual strategies |url=https://www.sibetrans.com/trans/articulo/404/from-albums-to-images-studio-ghibli-s-image-albums-and-their-impact-on-audiovisual-strategies |journal=TRANS-Transcultural Music Review |volume=16 |issue=10 |access-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214050408/https://www.sibetrans.com/trans/articulo/404/from-albums-to-images-studio-ghibli-s-image-albums-and-their-impact-on-audiovisual-strategies |url-status=dead }}</ref> which is then used to build out the final soundtrack for the movie. The music has elements from [[Baroque music|Baroque]] [[counterpoint]], [[jazz]], and [[Mode (music)|modal]] music<ref>{{Cite web |last=Laaninen |first=Mark |date=May 2020 |title=The spirit of a composer: an analysis of the works of Joe Hisaishi |url=https://soar.suny.edu/handle/20.500.12648/1506 |access-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-date=February 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205040424/https://soar.suny.edu/handle/20.500.12648/1506 |url-status=live }}</ref> to create the unique sound that many associate with both Hisaishi and Studio Ghibli. Early on, the music in the films was known for its eclectic, synth sound, before later moving to more motivic and melody-driven music.<ref name="Bellano">{{Cite journal |last=Bellano |first=Marco |date=2010-01-01 |title=The Parts and the Whole. Audiovisual Strategies in the Cinema of Hayao Miyazaki and Joe Hisaishi |url=https://www.academia.edu/11555155 |journal=Animation Journal |volume=18 |access-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-date=February 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205040610/https://www.academia.edu/11555155 |url-status=live }}</ref> Especially present in earlier years, the music does not directly relate to the emotions and rhythms happening on screen.<ref name="Bellano"/> Another defining feature is Hisaishi's unique use of [[leitmotif]], rather than a singular song being associated with one character, the motif is the theme of the film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roedder |first=Alexandra Christina |date=2013 |title="Japanamerica" or "Amerijapan?" Globalization, Localization, and the Film Scoring Practices of Joe Hisaishi |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1476396384 |id={{ProQuest|1476396384}} |access-date=December 14, 2023 |archive-date=February 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205040510/https://www.proquest.com/docview/1476396384 |url-status=live }}</ref> Hisaishi began using leitmotif in Ghibli films first in ''Howl's Moving Castle''.<ref name="Bellano"/>