HISAISHI, JOE

The official original soundtrack LP for Joe Hisaishi’s Kiki’s Delivery Service (Majo no Takkyūbin) stands as one of the most delightfully charming, European-inspired scores in the entire Studio Ghibli catalog. To match Hayao Miyazaki’s 1989 story of a young witch finding her independence in a coastal town, Hisaishi moves away from his darker synthetic textures. Instead, he leans into a breezy, sun-drenched palette filled with acoustic accordions, whimsical flutes, elegant oboes, and soaring waltzes.