arrangers:
- link: artist/752
  names:
    en: Joe Hisaishi
    ja: 久石譲
barcode: '8808678530322'
catalog: DJ0032
categories:
- Animation
category: Animation
classification: Arrangement, Original Work
composers:
- link: artist/752
  names:
    en: Joe Hisaishi
    ja: 久石譲
covers:
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  medium: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/41/57914/57914-1459115618.jpg
  name: Front
  thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/41/57914/57914-1459115618.jpg
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  medium: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/41/57914/57914-1459115631.jpg
  name: Back
  thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/41/57914/57914-1459115631.jpg
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  medium: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/41/57914/57914-1459115650.jpg
  name: Booklet Front & Back
  thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/41/57914/57914-1459115650.jpg
discs:
- disc_length: '40:04'
  name: Disc 1
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Life's Merry-go-round
      Japanese: 人生のメリーゴーランド
      Romaji: Jinsei no Merry-go-round
    track_length: '5:13'
  - names:
      English: Ikaros
      Japanese: Ikaros
      Romaji: Ikaros
    track_length: '4:24'
  - names:
      English: Spring
      Japanese: Spring
      Romaji: Spring
    track_length: '2:54'
  - names:
      English: Fragile Dream
      Japanese: Fragile Dream
      Romaji: Fragile Dream
    track_length: '4:38'
  - names:
      English: Oriental Wind
      Japanese: Oriental Wind
      Romaji: Oriental Wind
    track_length: '5:47'
  - names:
      English: Legend
      Japanese: Legend
      Romaji: Legend
    track_length: '4:08'
  - names:
      English: Lost Sheep on the bed
      Japanese: Lost Sheep on the bed
      Romaji: Lost Sheep on the bed
    track_length: '3:41'
  - names:
      English: Constriction
      Japanese: Constriction
      Romaji: Constriction
    track_length: '5:06'
  - names:
      English: Birthday
      Japanese: Birthday
      Romaji: Birthday
    track_length: '4:13'
distributor: &id001
  link: org/2433
  names:
    en: Universal Music Korea
    ja: Universal Music Korea
    ja-latn: Universal Music Korea
  role: distributor
link: album/57914
lyricists: []
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2016-03-27T13:52
  edited_date: 2022-05-03T09:57
  fetched_date: 2026-01-03T23:44
  freedb: 1
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 3568
name: FREEDOM PIANO STORIES 4 / Joe Hisaishi
names:
  en: FREEDOM PIANO STORIES 4 / Joe Hisaishi
  ja: FREEDOM PIANO STORIES 4 / Joe Hisaishi
  ja-latn: FREEDOM PIANO STORIES 4 / Joe Hisaishi
notes: 'This version is authorized only for distribution outside of Japan.

  Notes from Parent Album:

  All Music Composed, Arranged and Produced by Joe Hisaishi

  Piano: Joe Hisaishi

  Strings: Angèle Dubeau & La Pietà (except Track-9)

  Solo Violin: Angèle Dubeau

  La Pietà:

  Émilie Paré / Natalia Kononova / Natacha Gauthier / Myriam Pelletier

  Marilou Robitaille / Gwendolyn Smith / Anne-Marie Leblanc / Mariane Charlebois-Deschamps

  Percussion: Sawako Yasue

  Bandneon: Koji Kyotani

  Guitar: Masayoshi Furukawa

  Pianica: Joe Hisaishi

  Strings: Koike Hiroyuki Strings (Track-9)

  Interpreter: Iris Germain

  Director:

  Akira Watanabe (Fujipacific Music Inc.)

  Recording Engineers:

  Suminobu Hamada (Wonder Station Inc.)

  Hiroyuki Akita (Wonder Station Inc.)

  Mixing Engineer:

  Masayoshi Okawa (Bic-River)

  Mastering Engineer:

  Hiroyuki Hosaka

  Piano Technician:

  Masanori Hanaoka (YAMAHA CORPORATION)

  Recorded at

  Wonder Station

  Victor Studio

  HAKUJU HALL

  Island Label Head:

  Ken Sugaya (Universal Sigma / Island)

  A&R:

  Masakazu Hirata (Universal Sigma / Island)

  Heads of Promotion:

  Naoshi Fujikura (Universal Sigma)

  Sales Promotion:

  Kyoko Teradate (Universal Music)

  Production Management:

  Wonder City Inc.

  Production Assistant:

  Yukihiko Hashimoto (Wonder City Inc.)

  Jacket Design:

  Takuya Ohnishi

  Photography:

  Koichi Inakoshi

  Executive Producers:

  Ichiro Asatsuma (Fujipacific Music Inc.)

  Kazuhiko Koike (Universal Sigma)

  Ayame Fujisawa (Wonder City Inc.)

  Special Thanks to

  Shohei Narabe

  Norimitsu Iijima (PROMAX)

  OTARITEC corporation

  Tac System Inc.'
organizations:
- &id002
  link: org/1892
  names:
    en: ISLAND
    ja: ISLAND
    ja-latn: ISLAND
  role: label
- link: org/2848
  names:
    en: Universal
    ja: Universal
    ja-latn: Universal
  role: label
- *id001
performers: []
picture_full: https://media.vgm.io/albums/41/57914/57914-1459115618.jpg
picture_small: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/41/57914/57914-1459115618.jpg
picture_thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/41/57914/57914-1459115618.jpg
platforms:
- Movie
products:
- link: product/1784
  names:
    en: Howl's Moving Castle
    ja: ハウルの動く城
    ja-latn: Howl no Ugoku Shiro
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id002
related:
- catalog: SGCD-0410
  link: album/126724
  names:
    en: The Promise of the World / Chieko Baisho
    ja: 世界の約束／倍賞千恵子
    ja-latn: Sekai no Yakusoku / Chieko Baisho
  type: bonus
- catalog: TKCA-72620
  link: album/19327
  names:
    en: Image Symphonic Suite Howl's Moving Castle
    ja: イメージ交響組曲 ハウルの動く城
    ja-latn: Image Koukyou Kumikyoku Howl no Ugoku Shiro
  type: anime
- catalog: TKCA-72774
  link: album/46935
  names:
    en: Sekai no Yakusoku / Chieko Baisho
    ja: 世界の約束 / 倍賞千恵子
    ja-latn: Sekai no Yakusoku / Chieko Baisho
  type: anime
- catalog: TKCA-72775
  link: album/24621
  names:
    en: Howl's Moving Castle Soundtrack
    ja: ハウルの動く城 サウンドトラック
    ja-latn: Howl no Ugoku Shiro Soundtrack
  type: anime
- catalog: UPCI-1014
  link: album/24546
  names:
    en: FREEDOM PIANO STORIES 4 / Joe Hisaishi
    ja: FREEDOM PIANO STORIES 4 / Joe Hisaishi
    ja-latn: FREEDOM PIANO STORIES 4 / Joe Hisaishi
  type: anime
- catalog: UPCI-1027
  link: album/24837
  names:
    en: WORKS III / Joe Hisaishi
    ja: WORKS III / 久石 譲
    ja-latn: WORKS III / Joe Hisaishi
  type: anime
release_date: '2005-02-24'
release_events: []
release_price:
  price: Unknown
reprints:
- catalog: UPCI-1014
  link: album/24546
  note: ''
stores:
- link: http://music.apple.com/us/album/1498699081
  name: iTunes US (digital download)
- link: http://open.spotify.com/album/5y3QOvNMlvamEs4rzua8JV
  name: Spotify
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/57914?perpage=99999
votes: 0
