Q: how did you decide the parts of the score that you wanted to be similar between hotewig and hoj? for instance the synth at 4:30 when farming was invented is like the same exact melody as the flute from 0:29 "crazy rice farms". also the "sunrise land" jingle at 9:21. i'm sure there must be others
A: besides the sunrise bit, nothing was deliberately repeated. but since every moment is custom scored, there are naturally going to be certain simple melodic patterns that show up multiple times. there's only so many choices.  for example the 345 melody (ex. efg) surely occurs all over the place. also i should mention i have almost no memory of history of japan because i haven't seen it since feb 2, 2016