Merry-Go-Round Of Life by Joe Hisaishi String Quartet - Digital Sheet Music

Originally written for the soundtrack of the 2004 animated film Howl's Moving Castle, "Merry-Go-Round of Life" is an orchestral tour de force that takes the audience on a cinematic musical journey -- even if you're just listening to it and not watching the movie! On this track, composer Joe Hisaishi created a musical theme and evolved it through a number of interesting variations, changing its tempo, style, and key signature along the way. The song (and its beautiful performance by the New Japan Philharmonic) received critical acclaim and won several awards, and it is still beloved by audiences around the world to this day. So you definitely can't go wrong adding this one to your gig books! This Cellobat arrangement translates the sweeping orchestral score into a fun and exciting chart for your string quartet -- with all the beautiful themes, back-and-forth musical dialogue, and lush harmonies of the original, you'll definitely have as much fun playing this as your audience will have listening to it! Rated advanced-intermediate; the parts themselves will be sightreadable for professionals, but it will be helpful to rehearse this before the gig to make sure everyone stays together through all the tempo changes.Sarah “Cellobat” Chaffee is an in-demand acoustic & electric cellist and string arranger. You may have seen her onstage with legendary rock band Aerosmith as the cellist for their “Deuces Are Wild” residency, playing more than 50 sold-out shows with the Bad Boys from Boston; she is also the principal cellist for the Las Vegas Raiders House Band, playing at Allegiant Stadium for a crowd of 60,000 at all of the team's home games. She also plays and tours with many other world-renowned groups including the Femmes of Rock, David Perrico’s Pop Strings Orchestra, Premiere Wedding Music, and Bella Electric Strings. Sarah has made a number of TV appearances including the Billboard Music Awards, the Latin Grammy Awards, the iHeartRadio Music Festival, and the CBS reality show “Love Island”; she also played with Michael Bublé for his sold-out Resorts World residency and appeared with him on the Kelly Clarkson Show. Sarah has performed with numerous other artists including Disturbed, Mötley Crüe, Celine Dion, Sammy Hagar, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Halsey, Kygo, and Sarah Brightman.Sarah is also an acclaimed string arranger who has published hundreds of arrangements under her own label, Cellobat Charts. She is the exclusive arranger for several award-winning wedding and event companies across the United States, and she has created custom arrangements for many other ensembles worldwide. Sarah's mission is to provide other string players with excellent charts that are user-friendly, sightreadable, fun to play and fun to listen to -- crowd pleasing guaranteed! Sarah is proud to say that she's performed her own Cellobat Charts at venues including the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the Super Bowl LVIII Team Owners' Party, the Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix, the Netflix Licensing Expo, private events for Louis Vuitton Fine Jewelry, and the Vegas Golden Knights' Annual Gala -- and she promises that you will love them too!You can find Sarah at:http://www.cellobat.comhttp://www.instagram.com/cellobathttps://www.youtube.com/@Cellobathttp://www.facebook.com/SarahCellobatChaffee