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Joe Hisaishi

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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.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Spirited Away

Original Music Composer

My Neighbor Totoro

Appears in a KinoChain journey

The Wind Rises

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Howl's Moving Castle

Original Music Composer

Princess Mononoke

Original Music Composer

Warriors of the Wind

Original Music Composer

The Boy and the Heron

Original Music Composer

Kiki's Delivery Service

Original Music Composer

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The Balloon's Ascent

From a Parisian boy's red companion to the heights of adventure, a chain of films where floating things carry our dreams and fears.

8 films

No shared language, just shared work

A chain of six films where collaboration, not language, becomes the bridge between alien intelligences. Diplomacy assumes a shared frame of reference, words, ge...

6 films

The Long Goodbye to the Small Screen

A journey through the films that turned television's intimate glow into cinema's grand spectacle, and back again.

6 films

Into the Woods We Go

From Enid Blyton's enchanted tree to the haunted forests of world cinema, a journey through the woods where magic, memory, and transformation await.

8 films

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