For the record, Seycara is not exactly one person behind everything.
Originally, Seycara had only released a platoon of Ghibli-Inspired orchestra versions of tracks from a number of sources in anime pop culture. Paying a visit to Seycara’s library in his YouTube channel would shed significant light into this. Though an unremarkable premise, it is very much made up with the quality of music that Seycara is able to produce. Since the music of Seycara are composed, and performed LIVE by professional musicians, most of the covers would have a very authentic orchestra feel, which would certainly shed any concerns for certain people who find electronic-based instrument sounds insufficient.
It is only recent that Seycara had decided to move ahead and start releasing singles and albums, rather than the creation of covers, whilst also expanding Studio to be open for commissioning music for commercial purposes. Seycara came and shook up their library by releasing his first album featuring a LofiXOrchestra mix, “illusion of the heart”, and formally debuting “Seycara-Chan '' into the scene.
And that is exactly where things get mighty interesting.
Seycara individual releases are particularly notable, since putting an orchestral spin into the LoFi/Jazzhop genre is relatively unheard of. Seycara’s attempt at mixing both certainly stands out, and most definitely paid off. The Result is a very distinct album featuring the expected aspects of LoFi, plus some unusual sounds standing out, such as a Violin, a Piano, and a Saxophone. Not only that, but rather than Synths, said Violin, Piano and Saxophones are both the main driving force that proceeds to project the emotions and leitmotifs of each track forward, giving it a truly unique flavor along with the flare that is expected of a regular LoFi track.
And don’t even get me started with the next album released, “everlasting summer”, featuring the same premise, but with greater effect.
If you’re one that prefers the glorious grandeur of orchestra music, Seycara got you covered; If you prefer a more modern approach, the 2 aforementioned albums would bring you entertainment for days to come; If you really like Ghibli music, but you don’t want to listen to actual Ghibli studio film music, then you know where to go to.
His music
Seycara is a person that loves orchestral music and it shows, it really shows, almost all of his music are orchestral base, and he even has experimental stuff like hybrid orchestral, the likes of DIVE (an electronic orchestral)and Creak S0da (an orchestral piece with a considered amount of bass, which he dub: bass orchestral) both of which highlights his hybrid orchestral music (IMO) . It might sound weird upon listening to it for the first time, but later viewing will make you get used to it, or g9vej the right context behind it, it could (will) sound more impactful or strengthen the atmosphere.
For Seycara, I think I would like to talk about his music in groups instead of individual pieces. His Ghibli inspired pieces are stunning to say the least. His Ghibli inspired waltz series takes inspiration from a wide array of Ghibli films (from what I can tell it somewhat resembles Kiki’s delivery service, spirited away and whisper of the heart, could be from more or all of them, I’m not too sure about it), they carry the same joyous feeling Ghibli OST gives off, the sense of being curious about everything around you while carrying a sense of clumsiness and childhood glee, making every subsequent portion of the music something to look forward to. Then there is Into the Sky his take on Tenki no Ko, as usual because it is Seycara we’re talking about, it is an orchestral, this is something that I have no idea from which angle should I tackle this music from, I can’t decide to view this as a Tenki no ko ost or a Ghibli OST.
If I were to look at it from a Tenki no Ko perspective, it wouldn’t fit as a Tenki no Ko OST, as most of the OST in Tenki no Ko focuses heavily on ambience like sounds, small and sharp sounds in the OST, which is the complete opposite of an orchestral, looking at it from this perspective, I would say that it doesn’t fit.
But if I were to look at it from a Ghibli perspective, holy heck, it hits all the notes. The horn heavy parts and violin chorus portion is just perfects, it upholds the Ghibli vibes to a Tee, so if we look at it from this perspective it is also a complete opposite of the Tenki no Ko perspective.
Personally, I think that this is a good piece of music, is just that I can think of two ways to look at it so I typed it out.
Oh ye, did I mention that this guy composed for the Spongebob anime on YT? You should check this guy out.
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