Joe Hisaishi

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Joe Hisaishi

Joe Hisaishi ( Japanese 久 石 譲 , Hisaishi Jō , real name: 藤澤 守 , Fujisawa Mamoru ; born December 6, 1950 in Nakano ) is a Japanese composer, pianist, conductor, author and director. He became internationally known for his music for the films by Hayao Miyazaki and Takeshi Kitano .

Career

Hisaishi composed his first pieces while studying at the Kunitachi Music Academy . He was influenced by artists such as Philip Glass and Erik Satie . From 1974 he composed the music for the anime series Sasuga no Sarutobi and Futari Taka . In 1982 he released his first album with a minimalist sound, later more albums followed.

In 1983 Hisaishi was commissioned by his label to compose "Image music" for the film Nausicaä from the Valley of the Wind . Such is not part of the film's soundtrack, but is marketed to it. When Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata , who were responsible for the production of the film, heard Joe Hisaishia's music, he was commissioned to write the symphonic score for Nausicaä . Since then he has composed the music for all of Miyazaki's other films. In 1988 Hisaishi founded his label Wonder Land Ind., Since 1991 he has also worked with the director Takeshi Kitano .

In Hisaishi's hometown, the 1998 Winter Olympics opened to his music. Today Hisaishi leads the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra .

In 2010, Hisaishi received an appointment from his alma mater, where he gave his inaugural lecture on April 28 that year.

In addition to his musical activities, Joe Hisaishi wrote two books, including a novel.

Ratings

Helen McCarthy's comment about Nausicaä is Hisaishis music as "conjures up for itself outstanding music [...] miracle, beauty, grandeur and magic, without the need of words." Described. According to Patrick Drazen, Hisaishi offers "a full and rich orchestral palette that is unmistakable."

In November 2009 he was awarded a Medal of Honor on the Violet Ribbon . arte describes Joe Hisaishi in a portrait as one of the most important film composers.

Productions

  • 1981 Mukuwaju (MKWAJU)
  • 1982 information
  • 1983 Kaze no Tani no Naushika Image Album ( Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind Image Album)
  • 1983 Kikō Sōseiki Mospeada
  • 1984
    • Kaze no Tani no Naushika Dorama-hen (Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind Drama Version)
    • Kaze no Tani no Naushika - Kaze no Yousei (Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind - Wind Fairy)
    • Kaze no Tani no Naushika Soundtrack (Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind Soundtrack)
    • Kaze no Tani no Naushika - Tori No Hito ... Symphony Version (Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind - Bird Person ... Symphony Version)
    • W no Higeki (Tragedy of W)
  • 1985
    • alpha-BET-CITY
    • Guriin Rekuiemu (Green Requiem)
    • Haru no Kane (Spring Bell)
    • Soushun Monogatari (A Tale of Early Spring)
  • 1986
    • Arion
    • ARION Image Album
    • Atami Satsujin Jiken (The Atami Murder Case)
    • Curved Music
    • Kaze no Tani no Naushika Best Collection (Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind Best Collection)
    • Maison Ikkoku Movie
    • Symphonic Suite "ARION"
    • Tenkuu no Shiro Rapyuta - Hikouseki no Nazo - ( Laputa: Castle in the Sky - The Mystery of the Levistone -)
    • Tenkuu no Shiro Rapyuta - Sora Kara Futtekita Shoujo - (Laputa: Castle in the Sky - The Girl Who Fell from the Sky -)
    • Tenkuu no Shiro Rapyuta - Kimi wo Nosete / Kimi wo Nosete (Gasshou) (Laputa: Castle in the Sky - Carrying You / Carrying You (Chorus Version))
  • 1987
    • Hyouryuu Kyoushitsu (Drifting Classroom)
    • Koibito-tachi no Toki (Lovers' Time)
    • Kono Ai no Monogatari (Story of the Love)
    • Tenkuu no Shiro Rapyuta - Taiju Symphony Version (Laputa: Castle in the Sky - The Huge Tree Symphony Version)
    • Tonari no Totoro Image Album (My Neighbor Totoro Image Album)
  • 1988
    • Don Matsugorou no Daibouken (Don Matsugorou's Big Adventure)
    • Gokudou Tosei no Suteki na Menmen (Nice Guys of the Rogue World)
    • illusion
    • Night City
    • Piano Stories
    • Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro)
    • Tonari no Totoro Sound Book (My Neighbor Totoro Sound Book)
    • Vinasu Senki Image Album ( Venus Wars Image Album)
  • 1989
    • Fuyu no Tabibito (Winter Traveler)
    • Kaze no Tani no Naushika Hi-Tech Series (Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind Hi-Tech Series)
    • Majo no Takkyuubin Soundtrack ( Kiki's Delivery Service Soundtrack)
    • Majo no Takkyuubin Image Album (Kiki's Delivery Service Image Album)
    • Majo no Takkyuubin Dorama-hen (Kiki's Delivery Service Drama Version)
    • Majo no Takkyuubin Hi-Tech Series (Kiki's Delivery Service Hi-Tech Series)
    • Pretender
    • Tenkuu no Shiro Rapyuta Dorama-hen (Laputa: Castle in the Sky Drama Version)
    • Tenkuu no Shiro Rapyuta Hi-Tech Series (Laputa: Castle in the Sky Hi-Tech Series)
    • Tonari no Totoro Dorama-hen (My Neighbor Totoro Drama Version)
    • Tsuribaka Nisshi 2 (Fishing Mania Diary 2)
    • Vinasu Senki Soundtrack (Venus Wars Soundtrack)
  • 1990
    • Kanbakku (Come Back)
    • Peisuke / Gatapishi Monogatari (The Tale of Peisuke / Gatapishi)
    • Tasumania Monogatari (Tazmanian Story)
    • Tonari no Totoro Hi-Tech Series (My Neighbor Totoro Hi-Tech Series)
  • 1991
    • Animage Best Symphony
    • I am
    • Fukuzawa Yukichi (Yukichi Fukuzawa)
    • Futari (Two)
    • Flecki, my friend
  • 1992
    • The sea was calm
    • B + 1
    • Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Best Selection
    • Kimi Dake wo Miteita (I Only Had Eyes for You)
    • Kurenai no Buta Soundtrack ( Porco Rosso / The Crimson Pig Soundtrack)
    • Kurenai no Buta Image Album (Porco Rosso / The Crimson Pig Image Album)
    • Kurenai no Buta Dorama-hen (Porco Rosso / The Crimson Pig Drama Version)
    • Majo no Takkyuubin Vocal Album (Kiki's Delivery Service Vocal Album)
    • My Lost City
    • Seishun Den-deke-deke-deke (Youthful ???)
    • Tengai Makyou 2: Manjimaru (Far East Of Eden 2: Manjimaru)
  • 1993
    • Haruka, nosutarujii (Nearer, Nostalgy)
    • Mizu no Tabibito - Samurai Kids (Water Traveler - Samurai Kids)
    • Sonachine (Sonatina)
  • 1994
    • Chijou no Rakuen (Earthly Paradise)
    • Onna Zakari (Woman in Her Prime)
  • 1995 Melody Blvd.
  • 1996
    • Parasite Eve soundtrack
    • Piano Stories II
    • Kids Return
    • Kyougaku no Shou Uchujintai NHK Special (Educational ... ?? ... Human Body)
  • 1997
    • Parasite Eve
    • Mononoke-hime Soundtrack ( Princess Mononoke Soundtrack)
    • Mononoke-hime Image Album (Princess Mononoke Image Album)
    • Mononoke-hime (Princess Mononoke)
    • Koukyou Kumikyoku Mononoke-hime (Symphonic Suite Princess Mononoke)
    • Miyazaki Kenji Image Album Vol.2
    • Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru / Nokto de la Galaksia Fervajo (Night on the Galaxy Express)
    • Tabidachi no Toki - Asian Dreams Song (Time of Journeys - Asian Dreams Song)
    • Works I
  • 1998
    • Hana-bi soundtrack
    • Hope Nagano Paralympic
    • Nostalgia - Piano Stories III
    • Shigure no Ki Original Soundtrack (Tree of Early Winter Rains)
    • Soushun Monogatari reissue (A Tale of Early Spring)
    • W no Higeki reissue (Tragedy of W)
  • 1999
    • Best selection
    • Jintai: The Universe Within Soundtracks Vol.1 & 2 (The Human Body: The Universe Within Vol.1 & 2)
    • Jintai II: Nou to Kokoro Soundtracks Vol.1 & 2 (The Human Body: Brain & Mind Vol.1 & 2)
    • Jintai III: Idenshi Soundtrack Vol.1 (The Human Body III: The Gene)
    • Kikujiro no Natsu Soundtrack ( Kikujiro's Summer )
    • Princess Mononoke soundtrack
    • Tonari no Totoro Songs & Karaoke (My Neighbor Totoro Songs & Karaoke)
    • Works II '98 Orchestra Nights
  • 2000
    • Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack (First Love Original Soundtrack)
    • Honou no Arupenrouzu Symphony-hen (The Flame of the Alpen Rose Symphonic Album)
    • Honou no Arupenrouzu Ongakuhe (The Flame of the Alpen Rose Soundtrack)
    • Kawa no Nagare no You ni Soundtrack (As the River Flows Soundtrack)
    • Kichijoutenjou Image Album (Kichijouten Girl Image Album)
    • Violist wo Ute (Shoot the Violist)
    • Kikujiro soundtrack
  • 2001
    • Brother Original Soundtrack
    • Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi Image Album ( Spirited Away Image Album)
    • Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite
    • joe hisaishi meets kitano films
    • Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi Soundtrack (Spirited Away Soundtrack)
    • Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi CD Maxi-Single (Spirited Away CD Maxi-Single)
    • Brother Original Soundtrack
    • Quartet Original Soundtrack
    • Quartet classics
    • Le Petit Poucet Original Soundtrack
    • Complete Best Collection
  • 2002
    • Encore
    • Spirited Away soundtrack
    • Super Orchestra Night 2001
    • Dolls (from Office Kitano)
    • CURVED MUSIC II
    • ETUDE
  • 2003
    • Miguboshiden EAST
    • 2003 LIVE BEST KUSOBIJUTSUKAN
    • Curved Music II
    • Etude
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2010
    • Villain ( 悪 人 )
    • Ocean Heaven ( 海洋 天堂 )
    • Pandane to Tamago Hime ( パ ン 種 と タ マ ゴ 姫 )
  • 2012
    • Tenchi Meisatsu ( 天地 明察 )
    • Tokyo Family ( 東京 家族 )
  • 2013
  • 2014
    • The Little House ( 小 さ い お う ち )
    • Zakurozaka no Adauchi ( 柘 榴 坂 の 仇 討 )
  • 2016
    • What a Wonderful Family! ( 家族 は つ ら い よ )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Music: Joe Hisaishi . In: Arte . ARTE GEIE. December 22, 2006. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved on July 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b Patrick Drazen: Anime Explosion! - The What? Why? & Wow! of Japanese Animation. P. 262. Stone Bridge Press, 2003. (English)
  3. ↑ 久 石 譲 氏 が 招聘 教授 に 就任 . Kunitachi College of Music, accessed July 18, 2012 (Japanese).
  4. ↑ Helen McCarthy: Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation: Films, Themes, Artistry . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 1999, pp. 77 (English, limited preview in the Google book search - "outstanding music in its own right. [...] convey wonder, beauty, awe and magic with no need for words." ).
  5. ^ Ghibli Composer Joe Hisaishi Awarded Medal of Honor. AnimeNewsNetwork, November 3, 2009, accessed November 4, 2009 .
personal data
SURNAME Hisaishi, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 久 石 譲 (Japanese); Hisaishi Jō; 藤 沢 守 (real name, Japanese); Fujisawa Mamoru (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Nagano