Joe Hisaishi - Dream Songs: The Essential Joe Hisaishi (2020) [CD-Rip]

Joe Hisaishi, the acclaimed Japanese composer behind some of the world’s best-loved anime films, has announced his new album, Dream Songs: The Essential Joe Hisaishi, will be released on 21 February. On the same day thirty albums from the composer’s extensive catalogue will be released on streaming services worldwide for the first time ever.

Joe Hisaishi, described as “The John Williams of Japan” by Pitchfork, is one of Japan’s most beloved and prolific composers. Dream Songs: The Essential Joe Hisaishi celebrates his diverse and distinguished catalogue of compositions spanning Hisaishi’s nearly 40-year career. The new album features 28 compositions, all remastered by Joe Hisaishi, from his film scores and piano works, many of which have not previously been released outside Japan.

Dream Songs: The Essential Joe Hisaishi includes the composer’s work for acclaimed filmmakers Hayao Miyazaki and ‘Beat’ Takeshi Kitano, as well as selections from Studio Ghibli classics, and solo piano works. The collection features many compositions which accompany the most famous moments in all of anime including ‘One Summer’s Day’ (from Spirited Away), ‘My Neighbour Totoro’ (from My Neighbour Totoro), ‘Princess Mononoke Suite’ (from Princess Mononoke).

Tracklist
Disc 1 (01:02:48)
1. One Summer's Day (from "Spirited Away") (04:02)
2. Kiki's Delivery Service (from "Kiki's Delivery Service") (04:31)
3. Summer (from "Kikujiro") (04:04)
4. Il Porco Rosso (from "Porco Rosso") [Live] (01:54)
5. Madness (from "Porco Rosso") [Live] (04:13)
6. Water Traveller (from "Water Traveler - Samurai Kids") (08:20)
7. Oriental Wind (05:30)
8. Silent Love (from "A Scene at the Sea") (06:29)
9. Departures (from "Departures") (08:19)
10. "Princess Mononoke" Suite (from "Princess Mononoke") [Live] (08:32)
11. The Procession of Celestial Beings (from "The Tale of Princess Kaguya") (02:47)
12. My Neighbour Totoro (from "My Neighbor Totoro") (04:07)

Disc 2 (01:08:39)
1. Ballade (from "BROTHER") (04:20)
2. Kids Return (from "Kids Return") (04:22)
3. Asian Dream Song (05:30)
4. Birthday (04:16)
5. Innocent (from "Castle in the Sky") (02:32)
6. Fantasia (for Nausicaä) (from "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind") (06:56)
7. Hana-Bi (from "HANA-BI") (03:26)
8. The Wind Forest (from "My Neighbor Totoro") (04:54)
9. Angel Springs (03:14)
10. Nostalgia (03:32)
11. Spring (02:51)
12. The Wind of Life (04:44)
13. Ashitaka and San (from "Princess Mononoke") (03:56)
14. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (from "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea") (02:49)
15. Cinema Nostalgia (06:08)
16. Merry-Go-Round (from "Howl's Moving Castle") (05:09)