My #1 favorite orchestra(London Symphony Orchestra) + My #2 favorite composer = Win. Don't expect any sweeping orchestral melodies in this album like in his soundtracks. Instead, this album demonstrates Hisaishi's minimalist composing style, a style he specialized in even before his eventual collaboration with Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki.


[Album] Joe Hisaishi - Minima_Rhythm [2009.08.12]

Hisaishi's themes played in Piano+Violin. Great album. Check it out.


[Album] Yuka - World of Hayao Miyazaki (Piano and Violin Duo) [2006.06.20]

The latest soundtrack from our favorite composer. It's the soundtrack to a french film, much like his previous effort "Le petit poucet" in 2001.



[OST] Joe Hisaishi - Sunny et LElephant [2008.12.04]

Fresh off the grill! Our favorite composer's new album. Enjoy!

This took forever to find. Glad to finally release it here. cheers.



[OST] Joe Hisaishi - Okuribito Original Soundtrack [2008.09.10]

The fifth chapter in Joe Hisaishi's Piano Stories will be titled "Another Piano Stories - The End of the World." Here below, I've included the tracklist. This new album will be released on 2009.02.18. As always, I will upload the album here for everyone to hear as soon I get my hands on a copy.

Title: Another Piano Stories - The End of the World
Artist: Joe Hisaishi
Release Date: 2009.02.18

Tracklist:
01. Woman
02. Love Thema of Taiwangsashingi
03. Les Aventuriers
04. Departures: Prologue - Theme
05. Departures: Prayer
06. Departures: Theme of Departures
07. Departures: Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
08. Departures: Destiny of Us (from Musical Turandot)
09. The End of the World: I. Collapse
10. The End of the World: II. Grace of St. Paul
11. The End of the World: III. Beyond the World
12. The End of the World: IV. The End of the World
13. I'd rather be a Shellfish (bonusu track)
14. I will be (bonusu track)

Credit: cdjapan.com

This was an animated short that was only showed for a limited time at the Ghibli Museum. This is pretty much the unofficial sequel to the original Totoro film. While I don't have the actual animated short, what I do have is the soundtrack. Composed by the one and only Joe Hisaishi in 2002. Find out more by clicking here.


[OST] Joe Hisaishi - Mei and the KittenBus

While I understand that this album wasn't released in 2009, lets start the new years off with another excellent Studio Ghibli Remix album. This is a second "Jazzin' for Ghibli" album featuring remixes of Joe Hisaishi's themes for the popular Studio Ghibli movies. Track 12 isn't a Joe Hisaishi theme, but the rest are. Happy New Year! Cheers!


[Album] V.A. - The Best of Jazzin for Ghibli [2008.12.03]

The next chapter in the Piano Stories series will be released 2009.02.18 and I'm excited for this release. No other information is available at the moment. As always, I will release the album here as soon as I get my hands on a copy. If any of you members have it before I release it, feel free to upload it here. Just send me a message and I will feature it here for all to see.