Relax with “Joe Hisaishi” 久石讓 (Part I) May 31, 2008

Joe Hisaishi is a brilliant composer, singer, author, arranger, pianoist, typesetter and head of orchestra in Japan. Mostly, he spent his time on composing. He is regarded as one of the most influential composers in the Japanese film industry. He composed over 40 film soundtracks, including Prinicess Mononoke (1997), My Neighbor Totoro  (198 by Hayao Miyazahui, Spirited Away (2001), Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind  (1983), Howls’ Moving Castle (2004), and other films by Kitano Takeshi. Besides, the song of the tale of mari and three puppies in my previous post is also made by him.

 

 

You can close your eyes to enjoy the songs that he was playing…. LET’S ENJOY!

 

Asian Dream Song:

Spring:

 

Summer:

 

In these years, he toured actively to perform in a variety of styles: Piano solo, ensemble and orchestra. The following are the Japanese animation videos that he performed and composed. Besides, all of these Japanese animation were made by Hayao Miyazaki. Those animations sometimes reflects the reality. Therefore, it is worth to watch it. I will introduce about him in the next post.

 となりのトトロ and 風のとおり道  ( Film: My Neighbor Totoro). It is one of my

favourite music I like most.

 

 

                                                                                   

                                      Howl’s Moving Castle - 人生のメリーゴーランド  

 

    

Another soundtrack of Howl’s Moving Castle from You tube

 

                                      Princess Mononoke - もののけ姫     

 

  Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind - 風の谷のナウシカ (風の伝説)

 

I can’t find the one which played by Joe Hisaishi, but this is the original soundtrack of this animation which was composed by him.

 

 

 Laputa (Castle in the sky) -「天空の城ラピュタ」 君をのせて      

 

天空の城ラピュタ

 

  Spirited Away 千と千尋の神隠し

 

 

Music can refresh our mind and heal our soul. It’s one of the good medicine for human.

 

The below links are the sites about Joe Hisaishi:

http://www.joehisaishi.com/ (Official site: Japanese / English)

http://www.joehisaishi.net/ (French)

http://www.joehisaishi.tw/News/index.html (Chinese)