Symphonic Suite “Kiki’s Delivery Service”
When Joe Hisaishi first composed the music for Kiki's Delivery Service in 1989, he crafted something deliberately light and European in character. Thi…
2026.04.08
となりのトトロ サウンドトラック集
When Joe Hisaishi sat down to compose the music for Hayao Miyazaki's My Neighbor Totoro in 1988, he faced a peculiar challenge. How do you create a so…
2026.04.07
紅の豚 サウンドトラック
In the world of film music, few collaborations have proven as creatively fertile as that between composer Joe Hisaishi and director Hayao Miyazaki. Th…
2026.04.06
天空の城ラピュタ イメージアルバム ～空から降ってきた少女～
In March 1986, Joe Hisaishi found himself in London's prestigious Air Studios, putting the finishing touches on one of his most ambitious projects yet…
2026.04.05
魔女の宅急便 イメージアルバム
When Joe Hisaishi first sat down to compose music for a young witch's journey of independence, he wasn't thinking about orchestral grandeur or polishe…
2026.04.05
天空の城ラピュタ サウンドトラック ～飛行石の謎～
When Joe Hisaishi sat down in a Tokyo café with Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata on June 23, 1986, he was about to embark on what he would later descr…
2026.04.04
となりのトトロ イメージ・ソング集
In 1988, Joe Hisaishi found himself caught between two worlds—literally. While crafting music for Hayao Miyazaki's gentle tale of forest spirits and c…
2026.04.03
紅の豚 イメージアルバム
In the world of animated film music, few composers have mastered the art of thematic development quite like Joe Hisaishi. His approach to the Porco Ro…
2026.04.03
魔女の宅急便 サントラ音楽集
When Joe Hisaishi stepped off the plane from New York in June 1989, he had exactly one month to capture the essence of a young witch's coming-of-age s…
2026.03.26
風の谷のナウシカ イメージアルバム 鳥の人…
The partnership between composer Joe Hisaishi and director Hayao Miyazaki began not with grand plans or studio mandates, but with an image album that …
2026.03.15