Music has always been transnational; people pick up whatever interests them, and certainly a lot of classical music has absorbed influences from all over the world.
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I think I actually enjoy practicing now more than seven years ago because you're really doing something totally specific.
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He made a score that in some ways is very spare, which fits with the period that is represented in the film, which is actually a unique period in Japanese history because it was a period of transition. Hence, you have all these instruments in transition as well.
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There is no culture in the world that we have not benefited from.
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