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Joe Hisaishi
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Joe Hisaishi (born Mamoru Fujisawa in 1950) studied composition at the Kunitachi College of Music and began in minimal music. His stage name is a Japanese corruption of Quincy Jones. Beginning with Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984), he wrote the music for almost all of Hayao Miyazaki's films, such as Tonari no Totoro (1988), Mononoke-hime (1997) and Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001). His style combines simple, song-like melodies with romantic orchestral music and repeated patterns from minimal music. For director Takeshi Kitano he wrote cooler, sparer music, as in Hana-bi (1997). He often conducts his music himself in concerts.
Listening
Listening tip. Notice the piano melody that sounds simple at first and is then taken over by strings, with small repeated patterns underneath.
NAUSICAÄ (From the film "Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind") · Joe Hisaishi, 1984
HANA-BI (From the film "HANA-BI") · Joe Hisaishi, 1997
One Summer's Day (From the film "Spirited Away") · Joe Hisaishi, 2001
The Legend of Ashitaka · Joe Hisaishi, 1997- One Summer's Day · Joe Hisaishi, 2001
Discography
Studio albums
- 1983BIRTH
- 1983機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1983機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1984Digital Fantasia
- 1984Roman Trip シンデレラ迷宮
- 1984Wの悲劇 (オリジナル・サウンドトラッ) (soundtrack)
- 1984機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1984機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1984機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1985α-Bet-City
- 1985機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1985機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1986Arion Symphonic Suite
- 1986Curved Music
- 1986NEO HEROIC FANTASIA ARION HI▸TECH
- 1986機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1986機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1986機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1987J9 SPECIAL ROCK SHOW & CURTAIN CALL
- 1987Zoids Battle Music
- 1987オリジナル・ビデオ・アニメーション ロボット・カーニバル ～オリジナル・サウンドトラック～ CDスペシャル (soundtrack)
- 1987機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1987機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1987機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1987機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1987漂流教室 ~オリジナル・サウンドトラック~ (The Drifting Classroom) (soundtrack)
- 1988illusion
- 1988Piano Stories
- 1988機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1988機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1988機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1989NHK Special "The Universe Within - Human Body": Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1989Pretender
- 1989機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1989機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1989機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1989機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1989機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1989機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1989機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1989機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1990NHK Special "More The Universe Within - Human Body": Soundtrack II (soundtrack)
- 1990機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1990機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1990機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1991A Scene at the Sea (soundtrack)
- 1991NHKスペシャル「驚異の小宇宙・人体」サウンドトラック Special Issue The Universe Within
- 1991機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1992My Lost City
- 1992機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1992機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1992機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1993Digital Trip 1800 ARION SYNTHESIZER FANTASY
- 1993Garasu no Kuni no Miyazaki Anime no Sekai (soundtrack)
- 1993NHK Special "The Universe Within - Human Body II": Soundtrack Vol. 1 Nou to Kokoro (soundtrack)
- 1993Sonatine (soundtrack)
- 1993水の旅人〜侍KIDS〜オリジナル・サウンドトラック (soundtrack)
- 1994NHK Special "The Universe Within - Human Body II": Soundtrack Vol. 2 Nou to Kokoro (soundtrack)
- 1994NHK Special The Universe Within: Human Body Part 2 The Human Brain & Mind Special Issue (soundtrack)
- 1994Original Sound Track Piano Volume 1
- 1994Original Sound Track Piano Volume 2
- 1994機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1995MELODY Blvd.
- 1996Kids Return (soundtrack)
- 1996NOKTO DE LA GALAKSIA FERVOJO (soundtrack)
- 1996Piano Stories
- 1996機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1996機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1996驚異の小宇宙「人体II」 サウンドトラック Vol.2 脳と心 (soundtrack)
- 1997parasite EVE (soundtrack)
- 1997機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1998HANA‐BI (soundtrack)
- 1998Piano Stories
- 1998機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 1998機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1999NHK Special The Universe Within: Human Body Part 3 Gene & DNA Vol. 1 (soundtrack)
- 1999NHK Special The Universe Within: Human Body Part 3 Gene & DNA Vol. 2 (soundtrack)
- 1999NHKスペシャル「驚異の小宇宙・人体III〜遺伝子・DNA」サウンドトラック Vol.①
- 1999NHKスペシャル「驚異の小宇宙・人体III〜遺伝子・DNA」サウンドトラック Vol.② (soundtrack)
- 1999The Universe Within II: The Human Brain & Mind Vol. 1 & 2 (soundtrack)
- 1999The Universe Within, Vol.1 & 2
- 1999機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 1999殿堂TWIN 8 機甲創世紀モスピーダ ＜Vol.I～III＞
- 1999機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2000Brother (soundtrack)
- 2000機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2000川の流れのように [As the River Flows] (soundtrack)
- 2000炎のアルペンローゼ Vol.1 音楽編 (soundtrack)
- 2000機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2001Le Petit Poucet (soundtrack)
- 2001Quartet (soundtrack)
- 2001機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 2001機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2002Castle in the Sky (soundtrack)
- 2002ENCORE
- 2002機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 2002機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2002機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 2003Curved Music
- 2003Etude: A Wish to the Moon
- 2004Le Mécano de la General (soundtrack)
- 2004Private
- 2004機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 2004機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2004機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 2005「男たちの大和/YAMATO」サウンドトラック (soundtrack)
- 2005A Chinese Tall Story (soundtrack)
- 2005Piano Stories
- 2005Welcome To Dongmakgol (Original Sound Track) (soundtrack)
- 2005機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 2006Asian X.T.C.
- 2006RAKUEN_MALDIVES
- 2007機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2007太王四神記 オリジナル・サウンドトラック Vol.1 (soundtrack)
- 2007機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2008Sunny et l'éléphant (soundtrack)
- 2008機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2008太王四神記 オリジナル・サウンドトラック Vol.2 (soundtrack)
- 2008機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2008機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2008機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2009Piano Stories
- 2009Howl’s Moving Castle – Famous Music of Anime
- 2009Minima_Rhythm
- 2009機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2009機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2009機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 2010機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2010太王四神記 オリジナル・サウンドトラック Vol.2 (soundtrack)
- 2010悪人 Original Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2011機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2011坂の上の雲 オリジナル・サウンドトラック 3 (soundtrack)
- 2012Vermeer & Escher (soundtrack)
- 2012機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2012機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2013TV Drama "Onna Nobunaga" Original Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2013機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2013機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2013機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2013機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2013機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2013機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2013機甲創世記モスピーダ
- 2014機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2014Joe Hisaishi for Guitar Solo
- 2014Works IV - Dream of W.D.O. -
- 2014機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2015Minima_Rhythm II
- 2016Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future 2015
- 2017機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2017Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future II
- 2017Minima_Rhythm III
- 2018Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future III
- 2018Symphonic Suite Castle in the Sky
- 2018TBS系 日曜劇場「この世界の片隅に」オリジナル・サウンドトラック (soundtrack)
- 2018二ノ国II レヴァナントキングダム オリジナルサウンドトラック (soundtrack)
- 2018妻よ薔薇のように (家族はつらいよIII) オリジナル・サウンドトラック (soundtrack)
- 2018映画 羊と鋼の森 オリジナル・サウンドトラック SPECIAL (soundtrack)
- 2019機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2019Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future IV
- 2019Piano Transcriptions
- 2019Symphony No. 9 "Choral"
- 2019機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2020Symphony No. 1
- 2021Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future V
- 2021Minima_Rhythm IV
- 2021Soul Snatcher: Original Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2022Joe Hisaishi Presents Music Future VI
- 2023A Symphonic Celebration: Music From the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki
- 2023機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2024Joe Hisaishi in Vienna: Symphony No. 2 & Viola Saga
- 2024Symphony No.7 ”Unfinished" & No. 8 "The Great"
- 2024機甲創世記モスピーダ (soundtrack)
- 2025A Big Bold Beautiful Journey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2025Joe Hisaishi Conducts
- 2025Leviathan: Soundtrack From the Netflix Series (soundtrack)
- 2026Symphony no. 3 “Metaphysica” & Harp Concerto
- 2026The Boy and the Heron: Symphonic Suite for Piano and Orchestra
Other work
- 1984Kaze no tani no Naushika
- 1988Tonari no Totoro
- 1997Mononoke-hime
- 2001Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
- 1986Tenkū no shiro Rapyuta / Castle in the Sky
- 2004Hauru no ugoku shiro / Howl's Moving Castle
- 2008Okuribito / Departures
- 2023Kimitachi wa dō ikiru ka / The Boy and the Heron
In School of Rock
The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.
- Film Music MapNL Map
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 7NL Reader
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 8NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Studio Ghibli Genre
From that film onwards, Miyazaki worked with Joe Hisaishi.