arrangers:
- link: artist/752
  names:
    en: Joe Hisaishi
    ja: 久石譲
barcode: '4988005810465'
catalog: UMCK-1473
categories:
- Animation
category: Animation
classification: Arrangement
composers:
- link: artist/752
  names:
    en: Joe Hisaishi
    ja: 久石譲
covers:
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  medium: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/26/44262/44262-1392746866.png
  name: Front
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  name: Case Back
  thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/26/44262/44262-1593539444.jpg
discs:
- disc_length: '56:27'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: One Summer's Day
      Japanese: One Summer's Day
      Romaji: One Summer's Day
    track_length: '4:04'
  - names:
      English: Kiki's Delivery Service
      Japanese: Kiki's Delivery Service
      Romaji: Kiki's Delivery Service
    track_length: '4:31'
  - names:
      English: Confessions in the Moonlight
      Japanese: Confessions in the Moonlight
      Romaji: Confessions in the Moonlight
    track_length: '2:45'
  - names:
      English: The Wind Forest
      Japanese: The Wind Forest
      Romaji: The Wind Forest
    track_length: '4:57'
  - names:
      English: The Road to the Valley
      Japanese: 谷への道
      Romaji: Tani e no Michi
    track_length: '3:31'
  - names:
      English: Fantasia (for NAUSICAÄ)
      Japanese: Fantasia (for NAUSICAÄ)
      Romaji: Fantasia (for NAUSICAÄ)
    track_length: '7:04'
  - names:
      English: il porco rosso
      Japanese: il porco rosso
      Romaji: il porco rosso
    track_length: '4:54'
  - names:
      English: Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
      Japanese: Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
      Romaji: Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea
    track_length: '2:52'
  - names:
      English: Mother of the Sea
      Japanese: 海のおかあさん
      Romaji: Umi no Okaasan
    track_length: '4:36'
  - names:
      English: The Merry-Go-Round of Life -Piano Solo Ver.-
      Japanese: 人生のメリーゴーランド ―Piano Solo Ver.―
      Romaji: Jinsei no Merry-Go-Round -Piano Solo Ver.-
    track_length: '4:31'
  - names:
      English: Princess Mononoke
      Japanese: もののけ姫
      Romaji: Mononoke Hime
    track_length: '4:36'
  - names:
      English: Ashitaka and San
      Japanese: アシタカとサン
      Romaji: Ashitaka to San
    track_length: '4:00'
  - names:
      English: My Neighbour TOTORO
      Japanese: My Neighbour TOTORO
      Romaji: My Neighbour TOTORO
    track_length: '4:06'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/532
  names:
    en: UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC
    ja: ユニバーサルミュージック合同会社
    ja-latn: UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC
  role: distributor
link: album/44262
lyricists:
- link: artist/9187
  names:
    en: Wakako Kaku
    ja: 覚和歌子
- link: artist/6448
  names:
    en: Hayao Miyazaki
    ja: 宮崎駿
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2014-02-06T07:29
  edited_date: 2022-09-15T02:23
  fetched_date: 2026-01-03T17:10
  freedb: 4
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 6616
name: Ghibli Best Stories / Joe Hisaishi
names:
  en: Ghibli Best Stories / Joe Hisaishi
  ja: ジブリ・ベストストーリーズ / 久石譲
  ja-latn: Ghibli Best Stories / Joe Hisaishi
notes: 'This album contains tracks from the following albums:

  [Melodyphony] UMCK-1369: Track 1, 2, 13

  [Castle in the Sky] TKCA-72436: Track 3

  [Piano Stories] WRCT-1001: Track 4, 6

  [Imaginary Art Museum] UPCH-1299: Track 5

  [NOSTALGIA ~PIANO STORIES III~] POCH-1731: Track 7

  [Another Piano Stories ~The End of the World~] UMCK-1294: Track 8

  [Piano Stories Best ''88-''08] UPCI-1080: Track 10

  [WORKS II] POCH-1830: Track 11

  [ENCORE] UPCH-1142: Track 12

  * Track 9 is not directly credited to an album in the inserts but the version here
  is the full opening song from Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea Soundtrack [TKCA-73340]

  All Music Composed, Arranged and Produced by Joe Hisaishi

  Piano by Joe Hisaishi [except Track-5,9]

  Conducted by Joe Hisaishi [except Track-3,7,11]

                      Vincent Mendoza [Track-3]

                      Renato Serio [Track-7]

                      Daisuke Soga [Track-11]

  Recorded at

  [Track-1,2,13]          Abbey Road Studios, UK

  [Track-3]                  St. Thomas Chapel-Bastyr University, Seattle

  [Track-4]                  Hitokuchizaka Studio, Taihei Studio

  [Track-5,12]             Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall

  [Track-6]                  Sarm West Studio London

  [Track-7]                  TEATRO STORCHI DI MODENA, Italy

  [Track-7,10]             Wonder Station

  [Track-8]                  DAI-ICHI SEIMEI HALL

  [Track-9]                  Victor Studio

  [Track-11]                Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, The Symphony Hall

  Mixed at

  [Track-1,2,13]          Abbey Road Studios

  [Track-3,5,7,11,12]  Wonder Station

  [Track-4]                  Hitokuchizaka Studio, Taihei Studio

  [Track-6]                  Sarm West Studio London

  [Track-8,10]             ON AIR AZABU STUDIO

  [Track-9]                  Warner Music Recording Studio

  Performed by

  [Track-1,2,13]          London Symphony Orchestra

  [Track-3]                  SEATTLE MUSIC

  [Track-5]                  9 Violon Cello Ensemble

                                                   Hiroshi Kondo (Concert Master),
  Takashi Kondo, Susumu Miyake, Makoto Osawa,

                                                   Haruki Matsuba, Yoshihiko Maeda,
  Masanori Taniguchi, Hiromi Uekusa, Seiko Ishida

  [Track-7]                  Orchestra Città di Ferrara

                                                   Drums: Hideo Yamaki

                                                   W.Bass: Kunimitsu Inaba

                                                   Piano, Rhodes: Masahiro Sayama
  by the courtesy of Victor Entertainment, Inc.

                                                   Flugel Horn: Tomonao Hara by the
  courtesy of Paddle Wheel / King Record Co.,Ltd.

  [Track-8]                  12 Violon Cello Ensemble

                                                   Ludovit Kanta (Concert Master),
  Nobuo Furukawa, Yumiko Morooka, Akina Karasawa, Mikio Unno,

                                                   Eiichiro Nakada, Robin Dupuy, Mikiko
  Mimori, Shigeo Horiuchi, Eiko Onuki, Takayoshi Sakurai, Keiko Daito

  [Track-9]                  Vocal: Masako Hayashi

                                                   Piano: Febian Reza Pane

                                                   Harp: Yuko Taguchi

                                                   Strings: Shinozaki Strings

  [Track-11]                 Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra

  Sources:

  Track 1 from Spirited Away

  Track 2 from Kiki''s Delivery Service

  Track 3 from Laputa: Castle in the Sky

  Track 4 & 13 from My Neighbor Totoro

  Track 5 & 6 from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

  Track 7 from Porco Rosso

  Track 8 & 9 from Ponyo

  Track 10 from Howl''s Moving Castle

  Track 11 & 12 from Princess Mononoke'
organizations:
- &id002
  link: org/2380
  names:
    en: Universal Music
    ja: Universal Music
    ja-latn: Universal Music
  role: label
- *id001
performers:
- link: artist/752
  names:
    en: Joe Hisaishi
    ja: 久石譲
- link: artist/14162
  names:
    en: Masako Hayashi
    ja: 林正子
- link: artist/2051
  names:
    en: London Symphony Orchestra
- link: artist/52236
  names:
    en: SEATTLE MUSIC
- link: artist/9907
  names:
    en: Susumu Miyake
    ja: 三宅進
- link: artist/8021
  names:
    en: Makoto Osawa
    ja: 大沢真人
- link: artist/7065
  names:
    en: Haruki Matsuba
    ja: 松葉春樹
- link: artist/7905
  names:
    en: Yoshihiko Maeda
    ja: 前田善彦
- link: artist/14281
  names:
    en: Masanori Taniguchi
    ja: 谷口賢記
- link: artist/14238
  names:
    en: Hiromi Uekusa
    ja: 植草ひろみ
- link: artist/14282
  names:
    en: Seiko Ishida
    ja: 石田聖子
- names:
    en: Orchestra Città di Ferrara
- link: artist/5181
  names:
    en: Hideo Yamaki
    ja: 山木秀夫
- link: artist/12427
  names:
    en: Kunimitsu Inaba
    ja: 稲葉国光
- link: artist/1729
  names:
    en: Masahiro Sayama
    ja: 佐山雅弘
- link: artist/13243
  names:
    en: Nobuo Furukawa
    ja: 古川展生
- link: artist/10778
  names:
    en: Yumiko Morooka
    ja: 諸岡由美子
- link: artist/8062
  names:
    en: Akina Karasawa
    ja: 唐沢安岐奈
- link: artist/21219
  names:
    en: Mikio Unno
    ja: 海野幹雄
- link: artist/21220
  names:
    en: Eiichiro Nakada
    ja: 中田英一郎
- link: artist/14040
  names:
    en: Robin Dupuy
- link: artist/10632
  names:
    en: Mikiko Mimori
    ja: 三森未来子
- link: artist/10710
  names:
    en: Shigeo Horiuchi
    ja: 堀内茂雄
- link: artist/21223
  names:
    en: Eiko Onuki
    ja: 小貫詠子
- link: artist/21224
  names:
    en: Takayoshi Sakurai
    ja: 櫻井慶喜
- link: artist/21225
  names:
    en: Keiko Daito
    ja: 大藤桂子
- link: artist/4365
  names:
    en: Febian Reza Pane
    ja: フェビアン・レザ・パネ
- link: artist/8298
  names:
    en: Yuko Taguchi
    ja: 田口裕子
- link: artist/42988
  names:
    en: Shinozaki Strings
    ja: 篠崎ストリングス
- link: artist/631
  names:
    en: Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
    ja: 東京シティ・フィルハーモニック管弦楽団
- link: artist/52096
  names:
    en: Takashi Kondo
    ja: 近藤貴志
- link: artist/10319
  names:
    en: Hiroshi Kondo
    ja: 近藤浩志
- link: artist/15525
  names:
    en: Ludovit Kanta
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platforms:
- Movie
products:
- link: product/1714
  names:
    en: Spirited Away
    ja: 千と千尋の神隠し
    ja-latn: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
- link: product/2842
  names:
    en: Kiki's Delivery Service
    ja: 魔女の宅急便
    ja-latn: Majo no Takkyuubin
- link: product/2476
  names:
    en: 'Laputa: Castle in the Sky'
    ja: 天空の城ラピュタ
    ja-latn: Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa
- link: product/759
  names:
    en: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
    ja: 風の谷のナウシカ
    ja-latn: Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä
- link: product/2841
  names:
    en: Porco Rosso
    ja: 紅の豚
    ja-latn: Kurenai no Buta
- link: product/2895
  names:
    en: Ponyo
    ja: 崖の上のポニョ
    ja-latn: Gake no Ue no Ponyo
- link: product/1784
  names:
    en: Howl's Moving Castle
    ja: ハウルの動く城
    ja-latn: Howl no Ugoku Shiro
- link: product/1783
  names:
    en: Princess Mononoke
    ja: もののけ姫
    ja-latn: Mononoke Hime
- link: product/1788
  names:
    en: My Neighbor Totoro
    ja: となりのトトロ
    ja-latn: Tonari no Totoro
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related: []
release_date: '2014-03-12'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 3150.0
reprints: []
stores:
- link: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=UMCK-1473
  name: CDJapan
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/44262?perpage=99999
votes: 0
