Merry-Go-Round Studio Ghibli Music

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Tracklist

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1Merry-Go-Round of Life (from 'Howl’s Moving Castle')
recording engineer and balance engineer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor)
engineer:
Sophie Watson (task: recording engineer)
producer:
Anna Barry (classical producer) (task: recording producer) and Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
mixer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor) and Takeshi Muramatsu (engineer; ADK)
editor:
Tom Lewington (engineer) and Ian Watson (editor/engineer/producer)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
arranger:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
recorded at:
St Giles Cripplegate Church in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
edit of:
Symphonic Variation "Merry-Go-Round + Cave of Mind" (from 'Howl's Moving Castle') by Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director) & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
recording of:
人生のメリーゴーランド (Opening - The Merry-Go-Round of Life, instrumental version)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
ハウルの動く城 (Howl’s Moving Castle)
2:50
2One Summer's Day (The Name of Life) (English Version / from 'Spirited Away')
recording engineer and balance engineer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor)
engineer:
Sophie Watson (task: recording engineer)
producer:
Anna Barry (classical producer) (task: recording producer) and Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
mixer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor) and Takeshi Muramatsu (engineer; ADK)
editor:
Tom Lewington (engineer) and Ian Watson (editor/engineer/producer)
solo soprano vocals:
Grace Davidson (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
arranger:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
recorded at:
St Giles Cripplegate Church in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
あの夏へ (One Summer's Day)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
千と千尋の神隠し (Spirited Away, film soundtrack)
4:05
3My Neighbor Totoro (from 'My Neighbor Totoro')
recording of:
となりのトトロ (song)
lyricist:
宮崎駿
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
となりのトトロ (My Neighbor Totoro, 1988 animated film score)
3:58
4Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (from 'Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea')
recording of:
崖の上のポニョ (song)
additional lyricist:
宮崎駿
lyricist:
近藤勝也
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
崖の上のポニョ (Ponyo, 2008 animated film score)
3:16
5Heartbroken Kiki (from 'Kiki's Delivery Service')
recording of:
傷心のキキ
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
Kiki’s Delivery Service
1:18
6Deep Sea Pastures (from 'Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea')
recording of:
深海牧場
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
part of:
崖の上のポニョ (Ponyo, 2008 animated film score)
1:25
7Doves and the Boy (from 'Castle in the Sky')
partial recording of:
天空の城ラピュタ (Castle in the Sky, 1986 animated film score)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
0:59
8The Battle between Mehve and Corvette (from 'Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind')
recording of:
メーヴェとコルベットの戦い (風の谷のナウシカ)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
風の谷のナウシカ (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, 1984 animated film)
1:20
9The Path of the Wind (from 'My Neighbor Totoro')
recording of:
風のとおり道
lyricist:
宮崎駿
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
となりのトトロ (My Neighbor Totoro, 1988 animated film score)
0:58
10The Legend of Ashitaka (from 'Princess Mononoke')
recording of:
アシタカ𦻙記 (The Legend of Ashitaka, もののけ姫)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli) and ワンダーシティ (Wonder City)
part of:
もののけ姫 (Princess Mononoke, 1997 animated film soundtrack)
1:58
11Nausicaä Requiem (from 'Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind')
recording of:
ナウシカ・レクイエム (風の谷のナウシカ)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
風の谷のナウシカ (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, 1984 animated film)
1:11
12The Distant Days (from 'Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind')
partial recording of:
風の谷のナウシカ (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, 1984 animated film)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
1:48
13Nahoko (The Encounter) (from 'The Wind Rises')
recording of:
菜穂子(出会い) (Nahoko (The Encounter))
composer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
風立ちぬ (The Wind Rises soundtrack)
0:41
14Ponyo's Sisters Lend a Hand - A Song for Mothers and the Sea (from 'Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea')
recording of:
母と海の讃歌
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
part of:
崖の上のポニョ (Ponyo, 2008 animated film score)
1:28
15Princess Mononoke (from 'Princess Mononoke')
recording of:
もののけ姫 (Princess Mononoke)
lyricist:
宮崎駿
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli) and ワンダーシティ (Wonder City)
3:13
16A Journey (A Kingdom of Dreams) (from 'The Wind Rises')
recording of:
旅路(夢の王国) (A Journey (A Kingdom of Dreams))
composer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
風立ちぬ (The Wind Rises soundtrack)
3:19
17A Journey (A Dream of Flight) (from 'The Wind Rises')
recording of:
旅路(夢中飛行) (A Journey (A Dream of Flight))
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
風立ちぬ (The Wind Rises soundtrack)
2:18
18The Demon God (from 'Princess Mononoke')
recording of:
タタリ神 (The Demon God, もののけ姫)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli) and ワンダーシティ (Wonder City)
part of:
もののけ姫 (Princess Mononoke, 1997 animated film soundtrack)
2:16
19The Legend of the Wind (from 'Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind')
partial recording of:
風の谷のナウシカ (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, 1984 animated film)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
2:08
20The Bird Man (from 'Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind')
recording of:
鳥の人 (エンディング) (風の谷のナウシカ)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
風の谷のナウシカ (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, 1984 animated film)
3:45
21Mother’s Broom (from 'Kiki's Delivery Service')
partial recording of:
Kiki’s Delivery Service
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
3:50
22Hey Let's Go (from 'My Neighbor Totoro')
recording of:
さんぽ
lyricist:
中川李枝子
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
となりのトトロ (My Neighbor Totoro, 1988 animated film score)
3:33
23A Town with an Ocean View (from 'Kiki's Delivery Service')
recording of:
海の見える街
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
Kiki’s Delivery Service
3:59
24Reprise (from 'Spirited Away')
recording of:
ふたたび
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
千と千尋の神隠し (Spirited Away, film soundtrack)
3:33
25Mother Sea (from 'Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea')
recording of:
海のおかあさん
lyricist:
覚和歌子 (Wakako Kaku) and 宮崎駿
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
崖の上のポニョ (Ponyo, 2008 animated film score)
3:26
26Bygone Days (from 'Porco Rosso')
recording engineer and balance engineer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor)
engineer:
Sophie Watson (task: recording engineer)
producer:
Anna Barry (classical producer) (task: recording producer) and Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
mixer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor) and Takeshi Muramatsu (engineer; ADK)
editor:
Tom Lewington (engineer) and Ian Watson (editor/engineer/producer)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
arranger:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
recorded at:
St Giles Cripplegate Church in City of London, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
帰らざる日々
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
Porco Rosso
4:27
27Carrying You (from 'Castle in the Sky')
recording of:
君をのせて (Carrying You)
lyricist:
宮崎駿
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
天空の城ラピュタ (Castle in the Sky, 1986 animated film score)
4:32
28Merry-Go-Round of Life (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 (Opening - The Merry-Go-Round of Life, instrumental version)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
ハウルの動く城 (Howl’s Moving Castle)
5:11
29アシタカとサン
producer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director) and Masayoshi Okawa (engineer)
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 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli) and ワンダーシティ (Wonder City)
part of:
もののけ姫 (Princess Mononoke, 1997 animated film soundtrack)
3:55
30One Summer's Day (from 'Spirited Away')
producer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
concertmaster:
Roman Simović (violinist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2010)
recording of:
あの夏へ (One Summer's Day)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
千と千尋の神隠し (Spirited Away, film soundtrack)
4:04
31Kiki's Delivery Service (from 'Kiki's Delivery Service')
producer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
concertmaster:
Roman Simović (violinist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2010)
recording of:
海の見える街
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
Kiki’s Delivery Service
4:28
32My Neighbour TOTORO (from 'My Neighbor Totoro')
producer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
concertmaster:
Roman Simović (violinist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2010)
recording of:
となりのトトロ (song)
lyricist:
宮崎駿
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
となりのトトロ (My Neighbor Totoro, 1988 animated film score)
4:10
33Summer (from 'Kikujiro')
producer:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
piano:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Joe Hisaishi (composer & musical director)
concertmaster:
Roman Simović (violinist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UNIVERSAL SIGMA (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!) (in 2010)
recording of:
Summer (Kikujiro)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
part of:
菊次郎の夏 (Kikujiro, 1999 film score)
4:04
34Castle in the Sky
solo trumpet:
Tim Morrison (trumpeter)
orchestra:
新日本フィル・ワールド・ドリーム・オーケストラ
conductor:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
arranger:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
concertmaster:
崔文洙 (Munsu Choi)
recorded at:
すみだトリフォニーホール (Sumida Triphony Hall) in Kinshi, Sumida (Sumida-ku), Tokyo, Japan
recording of:
天空の城ラピュタ (Laputa (Castle in the Sky), part of the film score)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
天空の城ラピュタ (Castle in the Sky, 1986 animated film score)
6:31
35la pioggia
piano:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
orchestra:
Orchestra Città di Ferrara
conductor:
Renato Serio
5:15
36Princess Mononoke (Symphonic Suite "Princess Mononoke" / Live At Piano Stories '98 Orchestra Nights / 1998)
orchestra:
Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra and Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Daisuke Soga
recorded at:
東京芸術劇場 (Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, complex; use ONLY if no more specific venue info is available!) in Nishi-ikebukuro, Toshima (Toshima-ku), Tokyo, Japan (on 1998-10-19) and ザ・シンフォニーホール (The Symphony Hall) in Osaka (Osaka City), Osaka (Osaka Prefecture), Japan (on 1998-10-27)
4:32
37il porco rosso
double bass:
稲葉国光 (Kunimitsu Inaba, Japanese jazz bassist)
drums (drum set):
山木秀夫 (Hideo Yamaki)
piano:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director) and 佐山雅弘 (Masahiro Sayama)
Rhodes piano:
佐山雅弘 (Masahiro Sayama)
orchestra:
Orchestra Città di Ferrara
conductor:
Renato Serio
4:53
38Symphonic Suite “Kiki’s Delivery Service” : On a Clear Day - A Town with an Ocean View (Live In Japan / 2019)
mixer and field recordings:
村松剛 (Takeshi Muramatsu, engineer; ADK)
orchestra:
新日本フィル・ワールド・ドリーム・オーケストラ
conductor:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
orchestrator:
Chad Cannon and 久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
recorded at:
サントリーホール (Suntory Hall) in Akasaka, Minato (Minato-ku), Tokyo, Japan (from 2019-08-08 until 2019-08-09)
live partial cover recording of:
晴れた日に… (On a Clear Day)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
Kiki’s Delivery Service
live partial cover recording of:
海の見える街
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
Kiki’s Delivery Service
4:41
39One Summer's Day (The Name of Life) (Japanese Version / from 'Spirited Away')
recording of:
あの夏へ (One Summer's Day)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
千と千尋の神隠し (Spirited Away, film soundtrack)
3:53
40Symphonic Suite “Princess Mononoke”2021 : I. The Legend Of Ashitaka (Live)
orchestra:
新日本フィル・ワールド・ドリーム・オーケストラ
conductor:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
live recording of:
Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite: I. The Legend of Ashitaka
composer and arranger:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli) and ワンダーシティ (Wonder City)
part of:
Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite
3:05
41Symphonic Suite “Princess Mononoke”2021 : II. TA TA RI GAMI (Live)
orchestra:
新日本フィル・ワールド・ドリーム・オーケストラ
conductor:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
live recording of:
Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite: II. TA TA RI GAMI
composer and arranger:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
part of:
Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite
3:18
42Symphonic Suite “Princess Mononoke”2021 : III. The Journey Of The West - Kodamas (Live)
orchestra:
新日本フィル・ワールド・ドリーム・オーケストラ
conductor:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
live recording of:
Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite: III. The Journey to the West
composer and arranger:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
part of:
Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite
3:31
43Symphonic Suite “Princess Mononoke”2021 : IV. The Demon Power - The Forest Of The Dear God (Live)
orchestra:
新日本フィル・ワールド・ドリーム・オーケストラ
conductor:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
live recording of:
Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite: V. The Forest of the Deer God
composer and arranger:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
part of:
Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite
live recording of:
Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite: VI. Requiem — The Demon Power
composer and arranger:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
part of:
Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite
3:35
44Symphonic Suite “Princess Mononoke”2021 : V. Mononoke Hime (Live)
orchestra:
新日本フィル・ワールド・ドリーム・オーケストラ
conductor:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
live recording of:
Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite: IV. Mononoke Hime
composer and arranger:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
part of:
Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite
3:06
45Symphonic Suite “Princess Mononoke”2021 : VI. The World Of The Dead - Adagio Of Life & Death (Live)
orchestra:
新日本フィル・ワールド・ドリーム・オーケストラ
conductor:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
live recording of:
Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite: VII. The World of the Dead — Adagio of Life and Death
composer and arranger:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
part of:
Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite
4:11
46Symphonic Suite “Princess Mononoke”2021 : VII. Ashitaka And San (Live)
orchestra:
新日本フィル・ワールド・ドリーム・オーケストラ
conductor:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
live recording of:
Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite: VIII. Ashitaka and San
composer and arranger:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
part of:
Princess Mononoke Symphonic Suite
5:10
47Merry-Go-Round (Piano Solo Version)
recording of:
人生のメリーゴーランド (Opening - The Merry-Go-Round of Life, instrumental version)
composer:
久石譲 (Joe Hisaishi, composer & musical director)
publisher:
スタジオジブリ (Studio Ghibli)
part of:
ハウルの動く城 (Howl’s Moving Castle)
4:28