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Joe Hisaishi

Known for: Sound

Biography: 1950-12-06 (74 years old)

Biography

Mamoru Fujisawa (藤澤守, Fujisawa Mamoru, born December 6, 1950), known professionally as Joe Hisaishi (久石譲, Hisaishi Jō), is a Japanese composer, musical director, conductor and pianist, known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981. Hisaishi's music has been known to explore and incorporate different genres, including minimalist, experimental electronic, Western classical, and Japanese classical. He has also worked as a music engraver and arranger. He has been associated with director and animator Hayao Miyazaki since 1984, having written scores for all but one of Miyazaki's films.

Filmography

all 127

Movies 115

TV Shows 12

self 10

Director 1

Music

Joe Hisaishi

Biography

Filmography

all 127

Movies 115

TV Shows 12

self 10

Director 1

Opus Carré (2024)

Silent Love (2024)

The Boy and the Heron (2023)

Spirited Away: Live on Stage (2023)

Yuzuru Hanyu ICE STORY 2023 "GIFT" at Tokyo Dome (2023)

Joe Hisaishi in Concert: Paris Philharmonie (2022)

Dear Alice (2021)

コンサート2021 in ザ・シンフォニーホール (2021)

A Summer Trip (2021)

Soul Snatcher (2020)

NiNoKuni (2019)

Children of the Sea (2019)

The Songs of Studio Ghibli (2019)

Extreme der Tiefsee - Abysses (2018)

In This Corner of the World (2018)

Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench (2018)

What a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018)

Boro the Caterpillar (2018)

Till the End of the World (2018)

Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki (2017)

Our Time Will Come (2017)

Flower and Sword (2017)

What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)

What a Wonderful Family! (2016)

Those of the Treetops and Heaven (2015)

Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2014)

Snow on The Blades (2014)

The Little House (2014)

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013)

The Wind Rises (2013)

Miracle Apples (2013)

Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid (2013)

Tokyo Family (2013)

Sweetheart Chocolate (2012)

Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer (2012)

Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)

Rest on Your Shoulder (2011)

Let the Bullets Fly (2010)

Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess (2010)

Villain (2010)

Inside Ghibli's Creation: 400 Days of Clash Between Hayao Miyazaki and The New Director (2010)

Ocean Heaven (2010)

A Tale of Ululu's Wonderful Forest (2009)

Joe Hisaishi in Budokan - Making of the Concert: The Big Screen (2009)

Sunny and the Elephant (2008)

I Want to Be a Shellfish (2008)

Departures (2008)

25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert (2008)

Making of Ponyo (2008)

Ponyo (2008)

A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies (2007)

The Sun Also Rises (2007)

The Legend (2007)

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (2007)

A Chinese Tall Story (2005)

Yamato (2005)

A Wish to the Moon: Joe Hisaishi & 9 Cellos 2003 Etude & Encore Tour (2005)

Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)

Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery (2005)

Howl's Moving Castle (2004)

When the Last Sword Is Drawn (2003)

Dolls (2002)

Imaginary Flying Machines (2002)

"The Ornithopter Story: Fly, Hiyodori Tengu!" (2002)

The Invention of Imaginary Machines of Destruction (2002)

Mei and the Kittenbus (2002)

Tom Thumb (2001)

Quartet (2001)

Spirited Away (2001)

Brother (2000)

Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano (2000)

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1950-12-06 (74 years old)

Birth Name
藤澤守

Birth Place
Nakano, Japan

Children
Mai Fujisawa

Citizenships
Japan

Also Known As
藤澤守, Хисаиси Дзё, Mamoru Fujisawa, Фудзисава Мамору, Jō Hisaishi, 久石讓, 久石穣, 久石譲

Awards
The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, Medal with Purple Ribbon