
Joe Hisaishi
Composer
Born: December 6, 1950 (75 years old)
Place of birth: Nagano, Japan
Biography
Mamoru Fujisawa (藤澤 守, Fujisawa Mamoru, born December 6, 1950), known professionally as Joe Hisaishi (久石 譲, Hisaishi Jō), is a Japanese composer, musical director, conductor and pianist, known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981. Hisaishi's music has been known to explore and incorporate different genres, including minimalist, experimental electronic, Western classical, and Japanese classical. He has also worked as a music engraver and arranger. He has been associated with director and animator Hayao Miyazaki since 1984, having written scores for all but one of Miyazaki's films.
Filmography (76)
- 25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert (2008, ★ 9.3)
- Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery (2005, ★ 7.2)
- The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013, ★ 7.5)
- Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (2024, ★ 7.8)
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984, ★ 7.9)
- Princess Mononoke (1997, ★ 8.3)
- Spirited Away (2001, ★ 8.5)
- Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2014, ★ 6.7)
- Brother (2000, ★ 7.1)
- Dolls (2002, ★ 7.5)
- Kikujiro (1999, ★ 7.5)
- Castle in the Sky (1986, ★ 8)
- Howl's Moving Castle (2004, ★ 8.4)
- Porco Rosso (1992, ★ 7.8)
- My Neighbor Totoro (1988, ★ 8.1)
- Departures (2008, ★ 7.9)
- Spirited Away: Live on Stage (2023, ★ 7.9)
- The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013, ★ 8.1)
- Venus Wars (1989, ★ 6.7)
- Kids Return (1996, ★ 6.9)
- Kiki's Delivery Service (1989, ★ 7.8)
- Mei and the Kittenbus (2002, ★ 7.2)
- Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991, ★ 7.4)
- Let the Bullets Fly (2010, ★ 7.8)
- Miracle Apples (2013, ★ 7.6)
- Techno Police 21C (1982, ★ 6.6)
- A Scene at the Sea (1991, ★ 7.4)
- The Rocking Horsemen (1992, ★ 7.1)
- What a Wonderful Family! (2016, ★ 7.3)
- Silent Love (2024, ★ 6.9)