The Tower of Babel - Yoko Kanno

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  • čas přidán 21. 01. 2011
  • Yoko Kanno - The Creation
    ~ The tower of Babel ~
    Cet album, un des tout premiers de Yoko Kanno, a été publié en 1991.
    Le thème de The Tower of Babel a été réutilisé par Yoko en 2000 pour le thème de Sora dans l'OST de Escaflowne - The movie.
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  • @RichardHannay
    @RichardHannay Před 4 lety +765

    We have to thank the guy who bought this super rare CD and shared this song for everyone!

    • @excrono
      @excrono Před 3 lety +41

      I know, right! This album really needs a reissue. I think enough Yoko Kanno fans would purchase it to make this worthwhile for the publisher.

    • @BibtheChib
      @BibtheChib Před 3 lety +14

      I come here maybe once every two days, for the past few months. I have carefully designed a whole list of my top 100 songs with my top song being there for about 10+ years. I only came across this in 2021, and it is already my all time favourite song. It is so brilliant that I couldn't even deny it from the start.

    • @TheWickedWizardOfOz1
      @TheWickedWizardOfOz1 Před 2 lety +1

      At least the whole album is on CZcams now. I wish that I could buy the CD, though. I always try to get physical copies of my music if possible, and The Creation would be right at the top of the list for me.

    • @TheAncientMysteriesBeckon
      @TheAncientMysteriesBeckon Před rokem +1

      @@TheWickedWizardOfOz1 what’s the album name ?

    • @dannorwood4906
      @dannorwood4906 Před rokem

      @@TheAncientMysteriesBeckon This is Sora's theme from the Escaflowne OST

  • @SOMeDoOD1992
    @SOMeDoOD1992 Před 11 lety +311

    Yoko Kanno, why do you have this inherent ability to touch my soul so deeply with your music?

    • @eemajinemirror9249
      @eemajinemirror9249 Před 2 lety

      Cause Erik Satie and jazz :-) czcams.com/video/b9WKC5sT9Z4/video.html

  • @HDubstepCentral
    @HDubstepCentral Před 11 lety +200

    Yoko Kanno is a genius.

  • @PlatonicPurplePanda
    @PlatonicPurplePanda Před 4 lety +37

    I've been a fan of The Vision of Escaflowne for over a decade and I didn't know there is this song which would be later added into the movie. WOW.

  • @supernormalperson4964
    @supernormalperson4964 Před rokem +7

    言葉の壁は大きくて厚いけど
    この曲を聴いている人がどんな気持ちなのかは言葉を介さなくても分かる
    神様は音楽という共通言語だけは残してくれたのだ

  • @bristratostar7908
    @bristratostar7908 Před 2 lety +10

    Not sure where my comment from years ago went, but this definitely Sora from Escaflowne, instrumental. Gosh, the classics really are immortal!

  • @addlass
    @addlass Před 11 lety +87

    From what I have looked up, The Creation was made in 1991. The anime was made in 1996 and the movie in 2000.
    It is kind of hard to find stuff about "The Creation" because it is one of her less known and harder to find works.

    • @snowybuny
      @snowybuny Před 3 lety +2

      And have Satie's gnossienes notes too

    • @snowybuny
      @snowybuny Před 3 lety +2

      And gymnopedies

    • @akingungormus7428
      @akingungormus7428 Před 2 lety

      You're probably never going to see this, but on the slim chance that you might, can you reply with the link to the anime?

    • @HowIin
      @HowIin Před 2 lety

      @@akingungormus7428 I'd love to know this too

    • @bombomos
      @bombomos Před 2 lety +3

      Isn't this Escaflowne?

  • @eskimointhisworld
    @eskimointhisworld Před 2 lety +43

    So beautiful~ It sounds haunting and sad, like a beautiful lost legend that can't be clearly recalled.

    • @magoschonkers711
      @magoschonkers711 Před 2 lety +8

      This comment is beautiful too, I couldn't have put it better

    • @ammarakila17
      @ammarakila17 Před 2 lety +4

      Do you mind if I borrowed this description?

  • @cherryjoyAcub
    @cherryjoyAcub Před 6 lety +60

    iIts somewhat sad, full of memories, traveling back in time, soul in silence searching for identity in this world..Love and simplicity Its full of emotions that touched your soul.Yoko Kanno is a brilliant composer with Maaya Sakmoto voice..Its like music in heaven and beyond.

  • @askingwhyisfree7436
    @askingwhyisfree7436 Před 3 lety +12

    it's not the words...it's what it meant. Animals don't speak but understood. Nature can't talk but it has meaning....this tune has a message....it's not by words but by the spirit.

  • @zhizn_snake
    @zhizn_snake Před 9 lety +130

    It's kinda creepy to think that back when I first heard Sora, I always imagined it being sung by someone locked away in a tower....

  • @Radozdam
    @Radozdam Před 3 lety +11

    Music that is neither sad or happy .
    This music is truly magical, "peaceful" is the best word I could describe it from my perspective

  • @himez123
    @himez123 Před 8 lety +237

    This song should play indefinitely throughout the cosmos!!

    • @Ephrones
      @Ephrones Před 8 lety +9

      +himez123 Maybe it does.

    • @Tarik360
      @Tarik360 Před 8 lety +3

      And what, followed by a monologue from either Patrick Stewart or the narrator from Legend of the Galactic heroes?

    • @Ephrones
      @Ephrones Před 8 lety +10

      “Another page in the history of the galaxy”

    • @KimCheongBRO
      @KimCheongBRO Před 8 lety +16

      +himez123
      If it has ever been transmitted by radio wave, it does. Like the rest of our terrestrial transmissions.

    • @countbobula8071
      @countbobula8071 Před 6 lety

      its beautifuly mang

  • @brahmabull84
    @brahmabull84 Před 11 lety +55

    Kind of remind me of a Joe Hisaishi composition.
    Japan has many great music composers working for anime, movie and video game industry.

  • @mayloryify
    @mayloryify Před 10 lety +57

    What an amazing song!! :D and the name "The tower of Babel", makes sense with the song Sora, because Sora´s lyrics are writen in a language Yoko kanno created herself. So It reminds me the story of the tower

    • @dimitrioskakogiannos2283
      @dimitrioskakogiannos2283 Před 9 lety +4

      did she really create a language? can it be found somewhere??? you made me curious i just love Yokko Kanno´s music and didnt know that D:

    • @bokuwakuma554
      @bokuwakuma554 Před 9 lety +4

      as far as i know, "Sora" lyric is in rumanian's language

    • @AeriaIistic
      @AeriaIistic Před 9 lety +6

      Dimitrios Rock her language is gibberish. Beautiful flowing gibberish. It seems like she took the smooth and "easy-to-connect" sounds/phonetics of every language and put it together. That might be a coincidence, but at least it sounds good!

    • @dimitrioskakogiannos2283
      @dimitrioskakogiannos2283 Před 9 lety +5

      Kawaii i see, indeed it sounds beautiful. Her songs seems just like lullabies.

  • @ki1021002
    @ki1021002 Před měsícem +1

    이 노래를 들을 때 이따금씩 가본적 없는 세계에 빠져드는 느낌이 든다.

  • @SpaceLion87
    @SpaceLion87 Před měsícem

    Many find echoing similarities with others... I find it with Nostalgia - Yoko Kanno and those Satié phrasings... Lovely.

  • @Anianka
    @Anianka Před rokem +4

    Big Gymnopedia vibes. Love it.

  • @KeyOfTheTwilight
    @KeyOfTheTwilight Před 10 lety +77

    OMG Sora from Escaflowne the MOVIE XD

    • @derHermann
      @derHermann Před 10 lety +9

      This one came first (description) ;)

    • @KeyOfTheTwilight
      @KeyOfTheTwilight Před 10 lety +4

      That's cool! ^_^ So they decided to use this for the movie afterwards then? :D

    • @Escarii
      @Escarii Před 5 lety +2

      That was my exact reaction!

    • @chadfranklin47
      @chadfranklin47 Před 4 lety +4

      Yeah, I had listened to this album many times before watching the movie and it was a pleasant surprise hearing the melody again in the movie.

  • @user-zp6sb1lg7p
    @user-zp6sb1lg7p Před 11 měsíci +5

    칸노 요코가 작업했던 곡만 샀던 적도 있었죠.. 당시 한국에서 구하기 쉽지는 않았지만...몽환적이면서 가슴저미는 느낌을 얻을 수 있어서 감사한 곡이에요. 살아 있음을 느끼게 해주네요.

  • @BibtheChib
    @BibtheChib Před 2 lety +7

    This song makes me shiver and tear up, I'm still trying to associate it with a memory I have in my head. Can't find one. Wondering if it's something I'm hoping for rather than something I've lived.

  • @lifecycle414
    @lifecycle414 Před 10 lety +9

    菅野さんの曲には新鮮なパワーをもらってばかりだが、この曲はひなびた感じの
    「落ち着き」をもらう。
    冷静になりたいときにはとてもいい。

  • @Gauss777
    @Gauss777 Před 4 lety +25

    Essa música consegue transcender o tempo, e me levar para um passado que não existiu, mas que é realmente lindo.

  • @1337174m1
    @1337174m1 Před 11 lety +11

    This song is infused with the feeling of longing and nostalgia.

  • @ThePatsyMusic
    @ThePatsyMusic Před 11 lety +4

    As a songwriter, this melody is the zenith of the art as is its author

  • @nsytr06
    @nsytr06 Před 4 lety +13

    Makes me want to pick up sax again...
    so much emotion...

    • @auriels1451
      @auriels1451 Před 4 lety +1

      IKR ITS SOOOO GOOD - I've been learning it on my sax - so nice to hear a classical sax piece (so rare in anime) ~ thanks Kanno!!!

  • @xanderstuivenberg
    @xanderstuivenberg Před 2 lety +3

    Let's get 1 million views on this one guys! Yoko deserves it 😝 almost there!

  • @ramus9555
    @ramus9555 Před 2 lety +5

    Now I want to do a duet of this with someone who can use a flute / saxophone.
    I love playing this on the piano. It feels so satisfying.

    • @xanderstuivenberg
      @xanderstuivenberg Před 2 lety

      Hey! Have you transcribed the piano part of this piece? The sheet music for the melody is actually available... I can try to learn it on the flute and do a collab with you if you'd like it! :) I've transcribed multiple pieces of Yoko Kanno which I will record and upload in 2022. Hmu if you're interested. ^_^ (dw, it's a busy time - you can send me a message later!)

  • @dicoandila
    @dicoandila Před 12 lety +11

    I imagine being in the days of ancient Babylon while listening to this song.....wow

  • @Eoxamotl
    @Eoxamotl  Před 11 lety +11

    Thank you for these precisions. They have been added to the description of the video, so that everybody can be informed !

  • @fantasyfanatic1995
    @fantasyfanatic1995 Před 8 lety +28

    so this is where the lullaby from escaflowne came from...

  • @otakuelement3306
    @otakuelement3306 Před 3 měsíci +1

    This remainds me of the 1999 HxH songs, heart warming

  • @bradliminator
    @bradliminator Před 11 lety +6

    High, but not excessively so. Warm, reedy tones, breathy quality but with quick response on the tonguing.
    Ill vote for this being an alto saxophone on a classical mouthpiece.

  • @kyenkagami
    @kyenkagami Před 4 lety +2

    yoko kano... since i knew wolf rain master piece art, anime, music fall in love with this music its been soo many years ....

  • @glazedgamer7661
    @glazedgamer7661 Před 8 lety +7

    This and cloudy road are the most beautiful pieces of music

  • @2706mauricio
    @2706mauricio Před 5 lety +1

    Una joya para los ñoños de todo el Orbe, no maduren nunca se perderan la belleza del amanecer y esto.....

  • @fy4729
    @fy4729 Před 7 lety +5

    Oh my goodness how have I never heard this version of sora before!? ❤❤❤

  • @ykcamseyer
    @ykcamseyer Před 9 lety +36

    I haven't been able to fathom how such a beautiful and soothing melody as this be named after the Tower of Babel.

    • @Svidrigailov1
      @Svidrigailov1 Před 9 lety +20

      Maybe because when trying to describe the feelings it stirs in us, our words come out all jumbled

    • @800mEric
      @800mEric Před 9 lety +19

      This piece is apart of her first album that's done to go with Seiji Fujishiro artistic depictions of different Bible narratives, this one is to the Tower Of Babel.

    • @togapast
      @togapast Před 9 lety +7

      You should listen to the complete concert, called "The Creation". For me, it's a masterpiece.

    • @800mEric
      @800mEric Před 9 lety

      *****
      This is another score from it: czcams.com/video/w-q4Y_jNW1Q/video.html
      forums.ffshrine.org/f92/%5Bflac%5D-yoko-kanno-creation-tenchisouzou-139079/

    • @800mEric
      @800mEric Před 9 lety

      *****
      It's still there.

  • @Sanji445
    @Sanji445 Před 7 lety +2

    Wow... Beautiful !

  • @Nevesdeath
    @Nevesdeath Před 13 lety +1

    Best Song Ever. Thanks so much for uploading.

  • @LegendoftheGalacticHero

    Thank you for sharing this

  • @EnchantedSmellyWolf
    @EnchantedSmellyWolf Před 9 lety +7

    Very soft comfortable music..

  • @atooss7153
    @atooss7153 Před 4 lety +5

    This is a master piece

  • @spookydas
    @spookydas Před 12 lety

    this song has been in my head all day long, and i love it.

  • @levonpoe
    @levonpoe Před 9 lety +13

    sweet and meditative. this is music for healing

  • @ALegitimateYoutuber
    @ALegitimateYoutuber Před 11 lety

    this is such a great and relaxing song, i love it.

  • @andreubadia6119
    @andreubadia6119 Před 6 lety +3

    too beautiful!! Yoko Kanno is an Earth's god, thank you!!!

  • @JG-yo3ft
    @JG-yo3ft Před 6 lety +1

    Escaflowne movie. song "sora". she used the melody from the first 2 min 30 sec of this song. was there when they first showed the movie at anime expo in LA back in summer of 2000. that song sora was on my mind that whole summer. both this and sora are great.

  • @theGatheringPlaceSOX
    @theGatheringPlaceSOX Před 11 lety

    Simply beautiful

  • @slangoftheregions
    @slangoftheregions Před 11 lety +3

    this was and still is my all time favorite song. never heard the full original version before though

  • @aerozchris7635
    @aerozchris7635 Před 5 lety +5

    underrated masterpiece of yoko kanno

  • @mariusyapo9070
    @mariusyapo9070 Před 4 lety +1

    Wonderful

  • @emilyp8928
    @emilyp8928 Před 8 lety +4

    Aw this came out the year I was born!

  • @JRF777
    @JRF777 Před 7 lety +1

    Beautiful piece of music combined with dreamed melody of Satie...

  • @MichaelMorotov
    @MichaelMorotov Před 4 lety +2

    この曲のモチーフがウルフズレインのいろんな曲に引き継がれてる感があるのん

  • @nathansnow11
    @nathansnow11 Před 2 lety +1

    Long live this relic❤

  • @FernandoMendoza-dw8nz
    @FernandoMendoza-dw8nz Před 11 lety

    This is absolutely beautiful. Makes me think of an oasis in the middle of a barren desert.

  • @TwilighMidna
    @TwilighMidna Před 10 lety +3

    This song is great.

  • @yoshisisland24
    @yoshisisland24 Před 2 lety

    All that work
    and it amounted to nothing
    it did demonstrate the character of those who built it, that can't be disputed
    but what comfort is that knowing you have to start over again

  • @petelarose998
    @petelarose998 Před 2 lety +4

    The person who created this is a genius.

  • @kk4247a
    @kk4247a Před rokem +1

    A tender lament for all - to be human is to live in the Tower of Babel. I take this song as a commission to love and understand.

  • @sailormaria
    @sailormaria Před 11 lety

    sora!!!! just love it

  • @se7emarcelo
    @se7emarcelo Před 2 lety

    Beautiful... This melody was used in the soundtrack of an old anime, I guess was Scawflone. Delightfull to hear, thanks...

  • @tjippo8197
    @tjippo8197 Před 6 lety +1

    This is a true masterpiece.

  • @user-we9te9sy3t
    @user-we9te9sy3t Před 3 lety

    great music

  • @Serasia
    @Serasia Před 10 lety +4

    Oh, a remix of Sora. I really like the main instrument here. Oboe, clarinet--I admit even after I'm told over and over, I can never remember how to tell them apart. But I've heard both of them, and I like them a lot. I like that this version of Sora is quieter and more leisurely.

    • @nickcomposer
      @nickcomposer Před 10 lety +22

      Actually, this came first, and Sora's theme was taken from it. The instrument is alto saxophone.

    • @Serasia
      @Serasia Před 10 lety +2

      Cool. :) Thanks for explaining!

    • @auriels1451
      @auriels1451 Před 4 lety +1

      Its a shame that u dont really get to hear classical-style saxophone that much in anime ;((( - But thanks to Kanno we have this amazing piece omg I love playing this on sax!!!

    • @junkyb
      @junkyb Před 3 lety +1

      I wish I knew this piece existed when I was picking my alto sax concerto piece for my senior year. I didn't watch Escaflowne til a few years later to discover the song and its origins.

  • @Cemlorot
    @Cemlorot Před 7 lety +124

    i hear some erik satie

    • @PAJA63
      @PAJA63 Před 7 lety +30

      It's a hallmark for her whole career, being able to touch upon some great classic or ethnic or other great music - without making it sound like a rip-off. This kind of quality gives the music of Yōko Kanno a golden lining. :-)

    • @Cemlorot
      @Cemlorot Před 7 lety +3

      yeah, that's why her music so fluidly beautiful

    • @RinnieRoo
      @RinnieRoo Před 7 lety +1

      Jazzy Adam
      ikr

    • @nihil45
      @nihil45 Před 6 lety +7

      Gymnopédie No.1... My favourite piece of all time.

    •  Před 6 lety +1

      could you name some pieces by him that sound like this please?

  • @onelee4236
    @onelee4236 Před rokem +1

    Music feeling never changes

  • @JPDSIII
    @JPDSIII Před 6 lety +14

    Where to purchase a physical album of The Creation by Yoko Kanno?

  • @DjisasXIII
    @DjisasXIII Před 3 lety

    This reminds me, gotta rewatch that Escaflowne movie

  • @danukah
    @danukah Před 10 lety

    couldn't be this more awesome?*-*

  • @DME309
    @DME309 Před 8 lety +5

    Bitter Sweet

  • @user-bz9hw6ul7i
    @user-bz9hw6ul7i Před 10 lety +3

    очень красиво...

  • @PeiyunPianist
    @PeiyunPianist Před 4 lety +2

    This music makes me feel like I'm traveling to so many places and so far away from my home

  • @dariorojas2581
    @dariorojas2581 Před 2 lety

    I love this :)

  • @nomade_078
    @nomade_078 Před 8 lety +118

    I love music, but this is not music, this is something greater than music, this is yoko kano.

    • @jorgeamaro2686
      @jorgeamaro2686 Před 7 lety +12

      Nomade _0 no this is exactly what music is

    • @NGEvangeliman
      @NGEvangeliman Před 6 lety +3

      yoko kanno, shiro sagisu, and nobuo uematsu are the best composers in entertainment...

    • @ukhio
      @ukhio Před 6 lety +3

      I have followed Yoko for years. She is so special. I always find something new in every album I get. Damn My favourite female composer.

    • @passion_flora
      @passion_flora Před 6 lety +1

      ukhio let’s be honest, she’s better than a ton of male composers. Her genius and, say, Hisaishi’s genius are insurmountably unique. At this level, it’s not even a matter of competition but of taste.

    • @ciri4kgaming7
      @ciri4kgaming7 Před 5 lety +1

      You forgot ur hat.

  • @smilecolorsan
    @smilecolorsan Před 12 lety

    oh snap! I have this song!!! I didn't realize it was called something else! Sora! :)

  • @_c294
    @_c294 Před 8 lety +5

    Sounds like "Sora", beautiful !

    • @RegulaVestus
      @RegulaVestus Před 6 lety +1

      The first part is the same melody. =)

  • @mariahervas5503
    @mariahervas5503 Před 8 lety +4

    It's a precious version of sora's song

  • @giminkim9282
    @giminkim9282 Před 7 lety +4

    sehr angenehm

  • @lewislen
    @lewislen Před 12 lety

    i love this song!

  • @inukaiversus
    @inukaiversus Před 11 lety

    Ah, thanks so much. I haven't seen this anime for so LONG. >< Thanks again for helping me.

  • @Sxlemm
    @Sxlemm Před 3 lety

    Hermoso

  • @Ardent_Imaginator_Sai
    @Ardent_Imaginator_Sai Před 3 lety +1

    WOW!

  • @ChipLinck
    @ChipLinck Před 10 lety

    Thanks, I knew I recognized it, but couldn't place it.

  • @lanchanoinguyen2914
    @lanchanoinguyen2914 Před 7 lety +2

    she is very talent,i hard to admit someone.

  • @theilliad4298
    @theilliad4298 Před 4 lety +2

    i recgnized that escaflowne tune anywhere,

  • @Eoxamotl
    @Eoxamotl  Před 13 lety +2

    @cycyuts Yes, it's one of her earliest album, and she reused some melodies for her next songs. I'll post other tracks from "The Creation" but I'd like to make know some other albums I love, before ;)

  • @solidradin4
    @solidradin4 Před 3 lety +4

    im making a dnd hombrew bout the tower of babylon and im sure as heck im using this and the ending song

  • @YukinoKary
    @YukinoKary Před 12 lety +1

    =') precioso!!!!

  • @Urcanto
    @Urcanto Před 2 lety

    Esta canción es la mejor me gusta siempre la escucho me hace llorar es como una arma de doble filo me gusta pero me lastima esta hermosa escucharla me hace recordar que perdi algo que nuca lo recupere hermosa melodía

  • @nicolezhang8116
    @nicolezhang8116 Před 11 lety

    Damn good song

  • @DrunkenDarkSoul
    @DrunkenDarkSoul Před 6 lety +1

    at the 3:00 there is a little tune I remember from KareKano (his and her circumstances)
    "Treasure Every Moment" I think its called.

  • @labrisa_demar
    @labrisa_demar Před 11 lety

    yes! Sora

  • @e.felthuis703
    @e.felthuis703 Před 9 lety +10

    I want to play this on piano, does anyone know where to find a sheet?

  • @AugenDerKatzen
    @AugenDerKatzen Před 2 lety

    feels ....

  • @chantelbrown7501
    @chantelbrown7501 Před 7 lety

    yeah, this is Sora!! I knew it sounded familiar!!

  • @theGatheringPlaceSOX
    @theGatheringPlaceSOX Před 11 lety +3

    you can hear the inspiration

  • @djefardeur7958
    @djefardeur7958 Před 11 měsíci

    dope

  • @phase866
    @phase866 Před 12 lety +8

    I swear I can here a bit of Sora in here. Anyways, I just finished up Patricia Nell Warren's The Front Runner and I swear, this is an awesome OST to listen to while ending that book. Like, damn. I can't hold all of these feels man.