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Joe Hisaishi

Birthday: Dec 06, 1950
Place of birth: Nagano, Japan
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.

Known for

Howl's Moving Castle
8.4
Original Music Composer
Spirited Away
8.54
Original Music Composer
Ponyo
7.74
Original Music Composer
My Neighbor Totoro
8.07
Original Music Composer
Princess Mononoke
8.34
Original Music Composer
Kiki's Delivery Service
7.83
Original Music Composer
Porco Rosso
7.8
Original Music Composer
Castle in the Sky
7.98
Original Music Composer

Movie crew

Children of the Sea Original Music Composer
The Little House Original Music Composer
The Wind Rises Original Music Composer
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya Original Music Composer
Tokyo Family Original Music Composer
Let the Bullets Fly Original Music Composer
Departures Original Music Composer
Ponyo Original Music Composer
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