The greatest hits from iconic award-winning films, orchestra and solo piano works including recordings never before released outside Japan. "The John Williams of Japan" (Pitchfork) only hints at what makes Joe Hisaishi, one Japan's most beloved and prolific composers, a singular musical voice of the past 40 years. Most famous as the go-to composer for Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki (the Academy Award-winning Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro.
Disc: 1
1. One Summer's Day (From 'Spirited Away')
2. Kiki's Delivery Service (From 'Kiki's Delivery Service')
3. Summer (From 'Kikujiro')
4. Il Porco Rosso (From 'Porco Rosso') - Joe Hisaishi & World Dream Orchestra
5. Madness (From 'Porco Rosso') - Joe Hisaishi & World Dream Orchestra
6. Water Traveller (From 'Water Traveller - Samurai Kids')
7. Oriental Wind
8. Silent Love (Main Theme from 'A Scene at the Sea')
9. Departures (From 'Departures')
10. Princess Mononoke Suite (From 'Princess Mononoke')
11. The Procession of Celestial Beings (From 'The Tale of Princess Kaguya')
12. My Neighbur Totoro (From 'My Neighbor Totoro')
Disc: 2
1. Ballade (From 'Brother')
2. Kids Return (From 'Kids Return') - Joe Hisaishi Ensemble
3. Asian Dream Song
4. Birthday
5. Innocent (From 'Castle in the Sky')
6. Fantasia (From 'Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind')
7. Hana-Bi (From 'Hana-Bi')
8. The Wind Forest (From 'My Neighbor Totoro')
9. Angel Springs
10. Nostalgia
11. Spring
12. The Wind of Life
13. Ashitaka and San (From 'Princess Mononoke')
14. Ponyo On the Cliff By the Sea (From 'Ponyo On the Cliff By the Sea')
15. Cinema Nostalgia
16. Merry-Go-Round (From 'Howl's Moving Castle')