Recommendation for oriental music?

Question

traditional east asian music, like u would find in films like hero, and house of flying daggers.

musicians, links to downloads would also b nice

Answer 1

joe hisaishi. hes a composer who has done alot of scores for japanese anime films and such. very talented, and a joy to listen to! the music he did for 'spirited away' is amazing!

Answer 2

i think this is the kind of stuff youre looking for, but im not sure.  these are some of the most famous chinese traditional pieces that i know.  first its the name/description in english then the chinese name in parantheses.  to find downloads, go to m.iask.com and then copy and paste the chinese name.  u can probably find most of them there.  just click the headphone icon to listen.  

yellow river (黃河)

the orchestral music for butterfly lovers (梁山伯與祝英台)

racing horse (赛马)

autumn moon over the calm lake (平湖秋月)

flute and drum at sunset (夕阳箫鼓)

hope you enjoy these :)