Background
He was born in Kobe, and lived in a variety of areas on the island of Shikoku for much of his childhood. Miyazaki was born in Kobe, but moved to the Kamiukena District as a small child.
宮崎 慎二
He was born in Kobe, and lived in a variety of areas on the island of Shikoku for much of his childhood. Miyazaki was born in Kobe, but moved to the Kamiukena District as a small child.
Miyazaki received no formal music training until the age of 20, when he entered a music school to study musical composition with a minor in piano education. In order to pass the college entrance exam, he spent a year teaching himself the material. He spent two years studying for the entrance exams required to attend a true college, but never entered one.
He developed a taste for popular music, which eventually led him to study musical arrangement and piano instruction at a music conservatory. He took some time in deciding that music would become his career, but eventually decided to become an arranger, and later a composer. His work has dealt primarily with musical scores for anime.
His most well known contributions include music for the Crayon Shin-chan series and music for much of the Pokémon anime series and most of the films in lieutenant
His work pulls from many inspirations, among them J-People’s and American popular influences, as well as jazz artist Gil Evans. Many of his compositions utilize electric guitars.
Miyazaki"s works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. Around the age of 12, he moved to Matsuyama, Ehime.
His interest in music began as a child.
The neighbor"s older child listened to popular music on his shortwave radioLOL. Miyazaki would listen as with him, particularly to programs like Billboard. Miyazaki first entertained the thought of making a profession in the music industry after realizing how much the songs he heard on the radio inspired him.
When he first became involved with composing works for anime, he worked primarily as an arranger. Miyazaki admits to not playing the piano well, even though composing on it is his job.
He is an avid electric guitar player, but tends to ship his guitar-playing skills off to Mark Mancina, just to be sure.
When asked to compose a new piece of music, Miyazaki uses a number of methods, and often works from flashes of inspiration. When deadlines approach and he still has not composed a song, he tries to distract himself by looking at something he finds beautiful or unusual. He draws much of his inspiration from the songs he heard on the radio growing up, and particularly the compositions of Tōru Takemitsu.
He listens to the enka and kayōkyoku genres, as well as classical music, jazz, and more general American-style popular music
When he relaxes, he listens to African-American music from the 1960s and 1970s. Other inspirations include Gil Evans and John Williams.