Laputa: Castle in the Sky” is a timeless masterpiece that many people say is their favorite of Hayao Miyazaki’s works, especially those of Studio Ghibli.
The story begins with the shocking development that a girl falls from the sky (or more precisely, from the scene in Sita’s airship), and both Pazuzu and Sita arrive at Laputa.
Above all, the overwhelming presence of the enemy character “Muska” is impressive. The scene where he says “My eyes, my eyes!” is so famous, but personally, I like the line “Ha ha ha, where are you going? I often try to imitate it when playing with my children. Most of the time, they react with a blank stare. (Laughs)
Now, we would like to introduce free sheet music for the songs that appear in “Castle in the Sky”.
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Laputa Free sheet music
This time we will introduce free sheet music for “Kimi wo nosete” and “Castle in the Sky”.
We will introduce sheet music on our sister site, but due to copyright fees, free use of sheet music is for browsing only. Please understand that downloading or printing requires the purchase of the music due to copyright usage fees. You can use the music on your smartphone or tablet by opening the sheet music and placing it on the music stand.
We have also embedded YouTube videos of performances at the links, so you can look at or listen to each score carefully and choose the one you like best. Click on the score image to go to the link.
If you don’t like any of the free sheet music introduced here, you can purchase and play professionally written piano sheet music sold at Plinto Sheet Music, which is operated by YAMAHA.
Putting you on.
When you think of Laputa, this is the first thing you think of.
This song is used in the ending theme of Castle in the Sky.
The image of Laputa flying into space without being seen by anyone, which played simultaneously with the song “Kimi wo onote” (Let’s put you on), enhanced the lingering effects of the film.
Score 1 (with Doremi) (Introductory)
The first one is a simple score that j itself created.
It is transposed to the key of C major with a Do Re Mi scale. The left hand is also simple, consisting only of the root note of the chord.
The melody line can be played on a recorder or keyboard harmonica.
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Score 2 (Elementary)
Like (1), this is the only place where the song is sung, but it uses more black keys because of the key change.
Also, the left hand is a little more difficult.
The difficulty level is elementary.
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Score 3 (Intermediate)
The last is a challenging score with an intro and outro.
There are a relatively wide variety of official patterns for this “Kimi wo nosete,” especially the intro and outro, which have completely different forms.
Among them, I have created a combination of my personal favorite intro and outro.
The key is the same as in ②, but a little higher than the original.
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Laputa: Castle in the Sky
This song appears in the scene where Pazuzu and Sita discover Laputa from the clouds.
The tune of this song changes as the whole of Laputa comes into view, creating a mysterious atmosphere.
Personally, I played this song at a piano recital when I was in elementary school.
I loved Laputa that much at the time, and played only Laputa songs.
The following sheet music is from other sites.
The score uses chords only in the phrases where the music builds up, and everything else consists of single notes.
The dispersed chords in the left hand also have many typical repetitive patterns, and there are no particularly difficult parts.
Although the score is long, it is difficult enough for beginners to play, so please give it a try.
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The Pigeon and the Boy
This song was played early in the film when Pazoo was playing the trumpet for the pigeons.
It is often listed as “hato no shonen” (pigeon and boy) in English sheet music.
Maybe that’s how it’s written in English-speaking countries…
Score 1 (with Doremi) (Introductory)
First is a simple sheet music with do-re-mi.
Only the theme part is extracted and scaled to the do-re-mi scale.
In the original piece, the theme of Kimi wo onodate is included in the middle of the piece, but the score presented here does not include it thereafter.
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Score 2 (Elementary)
Next is a slightly more difficult version of (1).
The right hand is rather complex with many chords, but this reduces the difficulty of the left hand.
The difficulty level is elementary.
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Score (3) (Orchestral version, Intermediate)
Finally, here is the intermediate score.
The piano score is based on a pattern often performed in orchestral performances by Joe Hisaishi.
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Theta’s resolution
This song is played during the scene where Sita says to Musca, “You can’t live apart from the earth!” (or maybe not) and is played during the scene where she tells Muska.
Despite the sad tone of the music, it is a good representation of looking forward.
This sheet music is very easy to play, even for beginners.
Distributed chords in the left hand are a good finger exercise, and up to four chords provide practice in producing each note equally.
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Source: MuseScore
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