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TJJA10024 Vinyl, finally coming out with "Princess Mononoke".

Includes remastered audio, new deluxe artworks and liner notes! Please enjoy the beauty of artworks and rich sound of vinyl record.

Following the popular LP releases of "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind” “Castle in the Sky”. “My Neighbor Totoro”, “Kiki’s Delivery Service” and “Porco Rosso”.

Image Album recorded ahead of soundtrack by "Joe Hisaishi",
he is based on the notes which Director 'Miyazaki' wrote about music when he was planning the movie.

Furthermore, these 2 Scores have been never released on
Vinyl before!

... The Original Release of 'TJJA-10023' was on the 25th July, in 1992. Score by 'Joe Hisaishi', Album including 23 tracks. Theme song “The Time Of The Cherries” Ending song “Once In A While, Let’s Talk About The Old Days” / Vocal: Tokiko Kato. ... Committed to acoustic sound, this album was recorded by full orchestra of 70 people.

... The Original Release of 'TJJA-10022' was on the 25th May, in 1992. Score by 'Joe Hisaishi', Album including 10 tracks. Based on the original story of Porco Rosso, director Miyazaki’s cartoon “Hikotei Jidai” and his notes of music, this album was created with an image of Italy at the end of 1920’s.

Newly recorded music of 'My Neighbor Totoro' based on violin, guitar, flute. A picture book of music that Totoro and children's contacts are transmitted warmly. Violin: Shinozaki Masatsugu / Flute: Rie Akagi / Guitar: Hiroki Miyano.

An image album made with the concept that 'children really want, the mouth is opened and the voice is lifted and made a song that can sing. Includes 10 songs + 1 instrumental musical. Song / Azumi Inoue, Joe Hisaishi, Kimiko Mori, Taku Kitahara, Suginami Children's Choir.

Based on the image of Laputa directed by Hayao Miyazaki and producer Isao Takahata to Joe Hisaishi, this album was made in front of a soundtrack board. The jacket is designed by cutting out the protagonist Puzzu and theta from the theater poster.

A work collection which can be said as the origin of Nausicaa's film music which was created based on the image of the original cartoon in film production. Jacket illustration is an illustration of director Miyazaki Hayao drawn for Animage's appendix poster Tolumekia Campaign

2xLP gatefold jacket (recorded in Side A, B, C, and no music recorded in back side of Side D)

Soundtracks recorded in a hall by full orchestra of New Japan Philharmonic.

Including the main theme “Itsumo Nando Demo” (vocal: Yumi Kimura).

An album including 10 tracks created by Joe Hisaishi with various artists, based on a poetic note of inspirations written

by Director Hayao Miyazaki during the process of film production

Vocal: U-MI, Sizzle Ohtaka, Tsunehiko Kamijo, Mosieur Kamayatsu, RIKKI

"TJJA10025" Double Vinyl, Gatefold Jacket! Movie Soundtrack by full Orchestra of Tokyo City, Philharmonic Orchestra! Main Theme “Princess Mononoke”, Vocal by Yoshikazu Mera!

Music: Joe Hisaishi, 7 songs

(Music included on SIDE-A. Laser etched characters on the back side of SIDE-A.)

The soundtrack of "Pantai to Tamago Hime" at the Mitaka no Mori Ghibli Museum, Ghibli no Mori no Eiga.

Joe Hisaishi reconstructed Vivaldi's "La Folia" with a modern approach.

The music from the play is recorded so that it can be listened to as a suite.

Newly arranged and composed by Joe Hisaishi for children and adults who are exposed to an orchestra for the first time.

It consists of two parts: an introductory version with an easy-to-understand explanation of the names and tones of the instruments, narrated by Shigesato Itoi as the father, and a suite without narration. Performed by the New Japan Philharmonic.

Double jacket (music on SIDE-A, B and C, laser etched characters on the back of SIDE-C)

The USA version of the soundtrack was released on DVD in 2003.

Joe Hisaishi re-recorded the soundtrack with new arrangements and also added new songs.

Based on the book by Diana Wynne Jones

The Wizard Howl and the Fire Demon, published by Tokuma Shoten

Written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki

The world which Director Hayao Miyazaki imagined was recorded by Joe Hisaishi with Czech Philharmonic in Prague. Mastered at Abbey Road Studios in London.