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Joe Hisaishi
Hisaishi Meets Miyazaki Films
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds - Symphonic Poem 1st Movement
2. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds - Symphonic Poem 2nd Movement
3. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds - Symphonic Poem 3rd Movement
4. Porco Rosso - Madness
5. Princess Mononoke - The Legend of Ashitaka
6. Princess Mononoke - Princess Mononoke
7. Princess Mononoke - TA.TA.RI.GAMI
8. Princess Mononoke - Ashitaka and San
9. Spirited Away - One Summer s Day
10. Spirited Away - The Dragon Boy / The Bottomless Pit
11. Spirited Away - The Sixth Station
12. Spirited Away - Reprise

CD Details

All Artists: Joe Hisaishi
Title: Hisaishi Meets Miyazaki Films
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Milan Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 4/8/2008
Album Type: Soundtrack
Genres: Pop, Soundtracks
Style:
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 731383635427, 731383635465

Synopsis

Product Description

This special collection highlights some of the most magical moments of Japanese anime, where composer Joe Hisaishi wrote music for Hayao Miyazaki s films Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds, Porco Rosso, and critically acclaimed favorites Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away.

Milan has released both soundtracks to Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away, and the Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite. It makes perfect sense to reunite the two artists and four of their most cherished works under one disc. In fact, the symphonic poem from the cinematic masterpiece Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds initiated the partnership between Miyazaki and Hisaishi. All of these recordings are products of Hisaishi himself, working at the piano specifically to make the pieces accessible for home listening.

Besides Hisaishi s piano work, the recordings feature The London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nick Ingman and The New Philharmonic conducted by Kim Hong-Je.

CD Reviews

Good Collection, but little that's new for old fans

Jamie | 12/02/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"If you allready own the Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite and the Spirited Away soundtrack, you have two thirds of the music on this album allready. If you don't allready own them, it will be worth the extra money to buy the whole albums seperately instead. To the credit of the publisher though, they picked the tracks that I would have picked myself for "best of" selections from those two albums - I suppose if you're trying to introduce someone brand new to Hisaishi's music this isn't a bad place to start. The Spirited Away tracks sound in a few places as if they're a different recording from the soundtrack album, but not different enough to be truly unique in the way the Mononoke symphonic suite is to the Mononoke original soundtrack.

Thanks to the wonder of the digital age, however, you can and should buy and download the Nausicca tracks and the Porco Roso one if you wish: the soundtracks were never released in the USA and you can't easily get these anywhere else.

Overall: a Three-star track list, plus a bonus star just for being Joe Hisaishi music."