Joe Hisaishi

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-12-06 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Nagano, Japan

Joe Hisaishi

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.

Production

2001

Spirited Away

as Original Music Composer

1984

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

as Original Music Composer

1997

Princess Mononoke

as Original Music Composer

2000

Brother

as Original Music Composer

2002

Dolls

as Original Music Composer

1999

Kikujiro

as Original Music Composer

1986

Castle in the Sky

as Original Music Composer

2004

Howl's Moving Castle

as Original Music Composer

2021

A Summer Trip

as Original Music Composer

1992

Porco Rosso

as Original Music Composer

1989

Venus Wars

as Original Music Composer

1988

My Neighbor Totoro

as Original Music Composer

1987

1997

Parasite Eve

as Original Music Composer

1996

Kids Return

as Original Music Composer

1989

Kiki's Delivery Service

as Original Music Composer

1985

1991

Deer Friend

as Music

1982

2002

Mei and the Kittenbus

as Original Music Composer

1991

Chizuko's Younger Sister

as Original Music Composer

1982

1990

2010

Let the Bullets Fly

as Original Music Composer

1982

1986

Arion

as Original Music Composer

1994

Turning Point

as Original Music Composer

2000

1993

Haruka, Nostalgia

as Original Music Composer

1988

1985

Spring Bell

as Music

1988

Those Swell Yakuza

as Original Music Composer

1991

A Scene at the Sea

as Original Music Composer

2008

Departures

as Original Music Composer

1992

The Rocking Horsemen

as Original Music Composer

1987

The Drifting Classroom

as Original Music Composer

2016

What a Wonderful Family!

as Original Music Composer

2018

2024

Silent Love

as Original Music Composer

2001

Quartet

as Screenplay

1984

Birth: A War of Two Worlds

as Original Music Composer

2023

Spirited Away: Live on Stage

as Original Music Composer

1987

This Story of Love

as Original Music Composer

2014

Snow on The Blades

as Original Music Composer

2013

The Wind Rises

as Original Music Composer

2014

The Little House

as Original Music Composer

2013

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

as Original Music Composer

2013

Miracle Apples

as Original Music Composer

2013

Tokyo Family

as Original Music Composer

2012

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer

as Original Music Composer

2009

A Tale of Ululu's Wonderful Forest

as Original Music Composer

2011

Rest on Your Shoulder

as Original Music Composer

2010

Villain

as Original Music Composer

2010

Ocean Heaven

as Original Music Composer

2008

I Want to Be a Shellfish

as Original Music Composer

2005

A Chinese Tall Story

as Original Music Composer

2008

Sunny and the Elephant

as Original Music Composer

2007

A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies

as Original Music Composer

2007

The Sun Also Rises

as Original Music Composer

2005

Yamato

as Original Music Composer

2008

Ponyo

as Original Music Composer

2012

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

as Original Music Composer

2024

Opus Carré

as Music

2017

What a Wonderful Family! 2

as Original Music Composer

2018

What a Wonderful Family! 3

as Original Music Composer

2001

Tom Thumb

as Original Music Composer

2018

Till the End of the World

as Original Music Composer

2018

Extreme der Tiefsee - Abysses

as Original Music Composer

2023

The Boy and the Heron

as Original Music Composer

2017

Our Time Will Come

as Original Music Composer

2001

Tom Thumb

as Orchestrator

1987

Lover's Time

as Original Music Composer

2001

Quartet

as Director

1984

The Tragedy of "W"

as Original Music Composer

1986

Atami Murder Case

as Original Music Composer

2002

Imaginary Flying Machines

as Original Music Composer

2018

Boro the Caterpillar

as Original Music Composer

2010

Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess

as Original Music Composer

2002

1998

Diary of Early Winter Shower

as Original Music Composer

2005

Welcome to Dongmakgol

as Original Music Composer

2001

Quartet

as Original Music Composer

2000

First Love

as Original Music Composer

2019

NiNoKuni

as Original Music Composer

1993

Sonatine

as Original Music Composer

2007

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

as Original Music Composer

1997

Fireworks

as Original Music Composer

1993

Samurai Kids

as Original Music Composer

2019

Children of the Sea

as Original Music Composer

2003

When the Last Sword Is Drawn

as Original Music Composer

1986

Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy

as Original Music Composer

1991

Fukuzawa Yukichi

as Original Music Composer

2021

Dear Alice

as Music

2017

Flower and Sword

as Original Music Composer

1990

Network Baby

as Original Music Composer

2018

The Forest of Wool and Steel

as Theme Song Performance

2023

2023

2025

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey

as Original Music Composer

1981

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