The Beautiful Musical Textures of Okami

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Ōkami (2006)
Duration: 15:35
50,880 views
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Okami's music is as beautiful and unique as its visual style, and in this video I take a look at how the approach to harmony, instrumentation, and texture are to thank for this!

Interview with Masami Ueda I referenced in the video: https://parkerchapin.wordpress.com/2015/07/27/interview-with-masami-ueda/

0:00 - Introduction
1:32 - Japanese Aesthetic
2:59 - Cursed Shinshu Field
6:42 - Lake Harami
11:22 - Enter Waka
14:56 - Outro

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japanese music
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cursed shinshu field
lake harami
enter waka
how to compose for games
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