HISAISHI, JOE

The double-LP release of Joe Hisaishi’s original soundtrack for Isao Takahata’s 2013 masterpiece The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Kaguya-hime no Monogatari) stands as a monumental historical document. It marks the first and final artistic collaboration between the legendary Ghibli director Takahata and maestro Hisaishi. Diverging from the sweeping, brass-heavy Western orchestrations he typically crafts for Hayao Miyazaki, Hisaishi opts for a minimalist, impressionistic approach here. This delicate sonic style perfectly mirrors the film's breathtaking, watercolor-and-charcoal visual aesthetic.