#joe hisaishi

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studio ghibli movies must have:

old ladies

cool lesbian aunt

gorgeous forest/garden

little guy(s)

[oflights]

i think miyazaki fake retires every time not as a gimmick but to make sure joe hisaishi goes flat out balls to the wall this is my last shot and i will eat and leave no crumbs. and you know what? he always does, every time

[ghibli-collector]

The boy who swallowed a star from Howl’s Moving Castle: Joe Hisaishi live in London 21/09/2023.

[witchrealms]

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[oh-totoro]

Third time seeing Joe Hisaishi, but I still get chills like it's my first.

[chu-diaries]

oh no i'm SO sorry, i can't go out today. i have to obsessively listen to the boy and the heron soundtrack on repeat

please try again when my hyperfocus changes

[glowinthedark-starstickers]

Something I haven't seen people mention when talking about The Boy and the Heron, but is something I'm very obsessed with is the score. All of it is beautiful, but I just love how they used the Herons motif. It grows from a single note into a full song over the first chapter of the movie and its just so good.

Honestly the soundtrack is a beautiful story in its own right.

[studio-ghibli-miyazaki-hayao]

[musicinanime]

A Night of Shooting Stars - Joe Hisaishi

Anime: Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

[doublebilldave]

Triple Bill Number Two: Castle of Cagliostro (1979) + Castle in the Sky (1986) + Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

Man, Hayao Miyazaki sure loves to make movies about castles, huh?

[fancypantsrecords]

Joe Hisaishi - The Boy And The Heron | Studio Ghibli Records | 2024 | Black

[oasismental]

😭

[gu4acc]

ITS HAPPENING IM GONNA IMPLODE

[ghibli-collector]

One Summers Day - Joe Hisaishi, Paris La Defense Arena 06/04/24

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I'm watching all of the Studio Ghibli movies starting with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, so let's talk about it!

This film was released a year before the studio was created, but it's often considered part of its catalogue. It's based on a manga of the same name by Hayao Miyazaki, who's also its director.

It's a post-apocalyptic film about a world that's mostly covered by the toxic jungle, a poisonous forest, result of a huge war that happened on Earth arroud a thousand years before the story takes place, and it's filled with mutant insects. Nausicaä is a princess from one of the few human enclosures that still exist at the time, and she likes invesigating about the toxic jungle and its creatures. One day, an army from a neighbouring kingdom invades the Valley of the Wind, the place where she lives. They are determined to destroy the toxic jungle, and they want to use a Giant Warrior, one of the old gods that destroyed the world in the previously mentioned war, to complete this task. Nausicaä will try to free her people and stop this army from potentially ending the world.

I first watched this film in the cinema earlier this year on its 40th anniversary and I remember feeling furious throughout the whole film. Don't get me wrong, it's amazing, but seeing how this pacific people had war forced onto themselves made me feel a kind of rage that I can't really describe. It's sad because they didn't want anything to do with it. And it's also sad because it reminds me of current situations happening right now in the world, which sadly don't differ much from fiction.

The film has a clear pacifistic and ecologist message, both very common on Miyazaki's works. One thing I really like about this film is how it explains that every piece of an ecosystem is as important as the rest, even if you think it isn't helping. Humans die after breathing in the toxic jungle, but the trees that form it purify the water that people drink. If you mess it up, you'll die. Nausicaä is also a very strong heroin, guided by her ideas and her love for the people arroud her. Miyazaki's films also tend to have feminist topics.

Even if this film isn't my favourite from the studio catalogue, I think it's very, very good. It really sets the themes for future Ghibli works, specially Miyazaki's. The soundtrack is also absolutely amazing. Joe Hisaishi is one of my favourite music artists, and the songs he composed for this film are definitely some of my favourites from his works.

I usually love stories that make me feel strong feelings and make me think a lot, and this one definitely did. I think this film is super cool and beutiful and really worth watching. And it's also the kind of film that I like to rewatch over and over again. So maybe, this post will encourage someone to discover it and have fun watching it :)

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Hiu Lok Chow skating to Howl's Moving Castle for her free program at the 2019 Junior Grand Prix Lake Placid.

(Source: gabietab.com)