Dream Songs: The Essential Joe Hisaishi

~ Release by Joe Hisaishi (see all versions of this release, 7 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
CD 2
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1Ballade (from 'BROTHER')
producer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director) and Masayoshi Okawa
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL J (Japanese label division, 2002–2022) (in 2002)
recording of:
Ballade
composer:
久石譲 (composer & musical director)
part of:
Brother
4:22
2KIDS RETURN (from 'Kids Return')
producer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
cello [violoncello]:
Nick Holland (cellist)
double bass [bass]:
Jun Saito (double bassist)
marimba:
Marie Ohishi (percussionist) and Momoko Kamiya
percussion:
Marie Ohishi (percussionist)
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
string quartet:
Balanescu Quartet (Romanian string quartet)
viola:
Chris Pitsillides
violin [violin 1]:
Alexander Balanescu (Romanian violinist)
violin [violin 2]:
Thomas Pilz (violinist)
woodwind:
Hirofumi Kinjo and Masamiki Takano
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL J (Japanese label division, 2002–2022) (in 2000)
recording of:
Kids Return
composer:
久石譲 (composer & musical director)
part of:
Kids Return
4:22
3Asian Dream Song
producer:
Eiichi Fujimoto and Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
strings:
Pan Strings
conductor:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL J (Japanese label division, 2002–2022) (in 1996)
recording of:
Asian Dream Song
composer:
久石譲 (composer & musical director)
5:30
4Birthday
producer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
strings:
Koike Hiroyuki Strings
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2005)
recording of:
Birthday
composer:
久石譲 (composer & musical director)
4:17
5Innocent (from 'Castle in the Sky')
producer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Wonder City Inc. (in 1988)
recording of:
君をのせて
lyricist:
宮崎駿
composer:
久石譲 (composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ
part of:
天空の城ラピュタ
2:32
6Fantasia (for Nausicaä) (from 'Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind')
producer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Wonder City Inc. (in 1988)
partial recording of:
風の谷のナウシカ (1984 animated film)
composer:
久石譲 (composer & musical director)
6:57
7HANA-BI (from HANA-BI)
producer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director) and Masayoshi Okawa
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL J (Japanese label division, 2002–2022) (in 2002)
recording of:
Hana‐Bi
composer:
久石譲 (composer & musical director)
part of:
Hana-Bi
3:26
8The Wind Forest (from 'My Neighbour Totoro')
producer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Wonder City Inc. (in 1988)
recording of:
風のとおり道
lyricist:
宮崎駿
composer:
久石譲 (composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ
part of:
となりのトトロ (My Neighbor Totoro)
4:55
9Angel Springs
producer:
Eiichi Fujimoto and Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
strings:
Pan Strings
conductor:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL J (Japanese label division, 2002–2022) (in 1996)
recording of:
Angel Springs
composer:
久石譲 (composer & musical director)
3:14
10Nostalgia
producer:
Eiichi Fujimoto and Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
harmonica:
Nobuo Yagi
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
orchestra:
Orchestra Città di Ferrara
conductor:
Renato Serio
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL J (Japanese label division, 2002–2022) (in 1998)
recording of:
Nostalgia
composer:
久石譲 (composer & musical director)
3:32
11Spring
producer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2005)
recording of:
Spring
composer:
久石譲 (composer & musical director)
2:52
12The Wind of Life
producer:
Eiichi Fujimoto and Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL J (Japanese label division, 2002–2022) (in 1996)
recording of:
The Wind of Life
composer:
久石譲 (composer & musical director)
4:45
13Ashitaka and San (from 'Princess Mononoke')
producer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director) and Masayoshi Okawa
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL J (Japanese label division, 2002–2022) (in 2002)
recording of:
アシタカとサン (もののけ姫)
composer:
久石譲 (composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ and ワンダーシティ
part of:
もののけ姫 (1997 animated film soundtrack)
3:57
14Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (from 'Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea')
producer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
cello:
Akina Karasawa, Keiko Daito, Robin Dupuy (French cellist), Ľudovít Kanta, Mikiko Mimori, Mikio Unno, Eiichiro Nakada, Nobuo Furukawa, Eiko Onuki, Takayoshi Sakurai, Shigeo Horiuchi and Yumiko Morooka
double bass:
Igor Spallati
harp:
Micol Picchioni (harpist) and Yuko Taguchi
marimba:
Momoko Kamiya and Reiko Komatsu
percussion:
Reiko Komatsu
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2009)
recording of:
崖の上のポニョ
additional lyricist:
宮崎駿
lyricist:
近藤勝也
composer:
久石譲 (composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ
part of:
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
2:49
15Cinema Nostalgia
producer:
Eiichi Fujimoto and Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
orchestra:
Orchestra Città di Ferrara
conductor:
Renato Serio
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL J (Japanese label division, 2002–2022) (in 1998)
recording of:
Cinema Nostalgia
composer:
久石譲 (composer & musical director)
6:09
16Merry-Go-Round (from 'Howl's Moving Castle')
producer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
bandoneón:
Koji Kyotani
guitar:
Masayoshi Furukawa
percussion:
Sawako Yasue (percussionist)
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
solo violin:
Angèle Dubeau (violinist, conductor & arranger)
orchestra:
La Pietà (Canadian all-female string orchestra)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2005)
recording of:
人生のメリーゴーランド (instrumental version)
composer:
久石譲 (composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ
part of:
Howl's Moving Castle
5:11

Credits

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creative direction:Ryan Rogers (art direction)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/1778180 [info]