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JOE HISAISHI PROFILE

While at Kunitachi College of Music,He discovered his passion for Minimal

music,and he started his carrier as compositor of contemporary music. His first

album, MKWAJU, was released in 1981, with Information being released a

year later. After that, Piano Stories, My Lost City,ETUDEa Wish to the

Noon, Asian X.T.C,Another Piano Stories End of the World , he has

created many solo albums and has established his own style performing in

different genre of music.

Starting with Nausicaa of theValley of the Wind(1984), He has produced

music for 9 films directed by Hayao Miyasaki, including Spirited

Away(2001),Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008).

He also provided music for HANA-BI (1997)and BROTHER(2001) directed

by Takeshi Kitano , and for Okuribito(2008) by Yojiro Takita , which won

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film(2009). His works have won

many awards including several Outstanding Achievement in Music of Japan

Academy Prize,achieving his vital position in Japanese film industry. In recent

years, he has provided musics for foreign films as a Korean filmWelcom to

Dongmakgol(2006) which won Best Misic prize of Korean Film Award, Chinese

film The Postmodern Life of My Aunt(2006) (won Best Music prize of 27th

Hong Kong Academy Award). At home and abroad, his music have always

been extremely well-received.

In 2001,Hisaishi made his debut as a film director in Quartet(2001),taking

charge of the theme music and script (co-writing). The film,receiving excellent

reviews, was introduced as the first full-scale musical film in Japan and it was

nominated to World Competition of the Montreal Festival.


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He performs energetically music, giving many style performance including piano

solo,ensemble and orchestra performance. His activities at abroad in 2004 at

Cannes International Film Festival, Hisaishi became the first japanese musician

who conducted an orchestra,performing The General at the film concert. At

the tour in Asia 2006, the collaboration with the top philharmonic of 5 cities had

extremely success. He assumed a post of first music director of World Dream

Orchestra (W.D.O), newly formed orchestra project by New Japan

Philharmonic. In August 2008, Joe Hisaishi in Budokan -25 years with the

Animation of Hayao Miyazaki-was held and he made a huge success by

leading a large orchestration totaling 1200 people including choirs, wind

orchestra and marching band,while himself co-performing by playing piano.

In 2009, he started full-scale activities as a conductor and did a debut with

OTTAVA. In May,he organized a concertJoe Hisaishi Classics vol.1.

Afterward,the concert Joe Hisaishi Classics vol.2 was held in February 2010

as Joe Hisaishi Classic Series. Releasing his live-recording album JOE

HISAISHI CLASSICS from Wonder land record,he keeps transmitting the

attraction information for classical music to a wide group of people from the

viewpoint of contemporary musician.

In August 2009,Hisaishi released his solo album Minima_Rhythm together

with London Philharmonic Orchestra,and he hit the road on the orchestra tour

covering 12 cities in Japan. In November, he was awarded with a Medal of

Honor with purple ribbon by the Government of Japan. In 2010, he become the

visiting professor of Kunitachi College of Music and puts his efforts into teaching

young people while working for his own music activities. The

filmAkunin(2010)of which he took over as musical director and his new solo

continued album co-played with London Philharmonic Orchestra 2010 will be

released in autumn. His unique inputs to the concerts as a contemporary

musical composer is highly appreciated and his continuous enthusiasm for

musical activities that go beyond ordinary creative work is anticipated

worldwide.


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He is the author of several books:Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.,Ltd.

2006,(TAKARAJIMASHA Inc. 2007), and collective writing with Dr.Takeshi

Yoro

Award History of Key Works

HANA-BIDirected by Takeshi Kitano in 1997; Prestigious Golden Lion at the

1997 Venice Film FestivalThe Best Film Music award of the 22nd Japan

Academy Award in 1999

Kikujiro no Natsu (Kikujiro) (Directed by Takeshi Kitano in 1999)The Best

Film Music award of the 23rd Japan Academy Award in 2000

Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) (Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

in 2001)Soundtrack of Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi receives Animation

Album of the Year at the 16th Gold Disk Award

Howl no Ugoku Shiro (Howl s Moving Castle) (Directed by Hayao Miyazaki in

2004)2005The Best Film Music Award of Los Angeles Film CriticAssociation Awards

Welcome to Dongmakgol (Directed by Park Kwang-Heyon in 2005, Korea)

The Best Film Music Award of the 4th MBC Film Award(Korean Academy

Awards)

Taewangsashingi (Korean TV epic drama directed by Kim Jonghak in 2007,

Korea)The Best Original Score for Television of International Film Music

Critics Association (IFMCA) Awards 2007

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (Directed by Ann Hui in 2006, Hong Kong)

The Best Original Film Score Award of the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards(HK

Academy Awards)

Received tribute at the Deauville-Asia Film Festival in 2008


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Gake no Ue no Ponyo (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) (Directed by Hayao

Miyazaki in 2008)The Best Film Music award of the 32nd Japan Academy

Award in 2009Soundtrack of Gake no Ue no Ponyo receives Soundtrack

Album of the Year at the 23rd Japan Gold Disk Award (2009)Nominated to

the Best Film Music award of the 3rd Asian Film Awards in 2009

Piano Stories Best 88- 08 receives Instrumental Album of the Year at the

23rd Japan Gold Disk Award (2009)

Okuribito (Departures) (Directed by Yojiro Takita in 2008; Best Foreign

Language Film at 81st Oscar award in 2009)The Best Film Music award of

the 32nd Japan Academy Award in 2009


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Joe Hisaishi

Joe Hisaishi

Joe Hisaishi in Paris in 2011

Background information

Birth name Mamoru Fujisawa

Born December 6, 1950 (age 61)

Origin Nagano, Japan

Genres Film score, New Age, Neoclassical

OccupationsMusical director, composer, conductor,

arranger

Instruments Violin, piano, keyboard

Years active 1974present

Website http://www.joehisaishi.com/

Mamoru Fujisawa ( Fujisawa Mamoru?), known professionally as Joe

Hisaishi (Hisaishi J?, born December 6, 1950), is a composer and directorknown for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981.

While possessing a stylistically distinct sound, Hisaishi's music has been known to

explore and incorporate different genres, including minimalist, experimental electronic,

European classical, and Japanese classical. Lesser known are the other musical roles he

plays; he is also a typesetter, author, arranger, and head of an orchestra.

He is best known for his work with animator Hayao Miyazaki, having composed scoresfor many of his films includingNausica of the Valley of the Wind(1984),Castle in the
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Sky (1986), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), Porco Rosso

(1992),Princess Mononoke(1997),Spirited Away(2001),Howl's Moving Castle(2004)

andPonyo on the Cliff by the Sea(2008). He is also recognized for the soundtracks he

has provided for filmmaker 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, includingA Scene at the Sea(1991),

Dolls (2002), Kikujiro (1999), Hana-bi (1997), Kids Return (1996), Ocean Heaven

(2010) andSonatine(1993).

BiographyJoe Hisaishi was born in Nakano, Nagano, Japan as Mamoru Fujisawa (

Fujisawa Mamoru?). When he started to take violin lessons at age five, Hisaishi

discovered his passion for music. Realizing his love, he attended the Kunitachi College

of Music in 1969 to major in music composition. Hisaishi collaborated with minimalist

artists as a typesetter, furthering his experience in the musical world.

He enjoyed his first success of the business in 1974 when he composed music for asmall animation called Gyatoruzu. This and other early works were created under his

given name. During this period, he composed for Sasuga no Sarutobi (Academy ofNinja) and Futari Taka (A Full Throttle).

In the 1970s, Japanese popular music, electronic music, and new-age music flourished;

those genres, as well as the Yellow Magic Orchestra (a Japanese electronic band in

19781983), influenced Hisaishi's compositions. He developed his music from

minimalist ideas and expanded toward orchestral work. Around 1975, Hisaishi

presented his first public performance, spreading his name around his community. His

first album, MKWAJU, was released in 1981, with Information being released a year

later.

As his works were becoming well known, Hisaishi formulated an alias inspired by

Quincy Jones, an African-American musician and producer. Retranscribed in Japanese,

"Quincy Jones" became "Joe Hisaishi." ("Quincy," pronounced "Kuishi" in Japanese,

can be written using the same kanji in "Hisaishi"; "Joe" comes from "Jones.")

In 1983, with his new name, Hisaishi was recommended by a record company to create

an album for Nausica of the Valley of the Wind. Hisaishi and the director of the

animated film, Hayao Miyazaki, became great friends and would work together on

many future projects. This big break led to Hisaishi's overwhelming success as a

composer of film scores. In 1986, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, and later, in the 1990s,

Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away, were released. As Hisaishi strengthened his

reputation as one of the budding anime industry's top musical contributors, his

compositions (including eight theatrical films and one OAV) would proceed to become

some of the very hallmarks of early anime in the 1980s and 1990s. Hisaishi alsocomposed for such TV hits as Sasuga no Sarutobi, Two Down Full Base and anime

Tekuno porisu 21C (all 1982), Sasrygar (1983), Futari Taka (1984), Hon no Alpen

Rose (1985) and Ozu no mahtsukai (1986). He also scored the sci-fi adventure series

Mospeada(1983), which was later reworked (without his music) into the third segment

of Carl Macek's compilation, Robotech. Other films he scored included Birth (Bsu)

(1984), Arion (1986), Totoro (1988), Venus Wars (1989), Kiki's Delivery Service

(1989), Ocean Heaven (2010) andPorco Rosso(1992).

As more exposure was given to Hisaishi and the anime industry, his career grew. He

initiated a solo career, began to produce music, and created his own label (Wonder Land

Inc.). A year later, the label released its first album, Pretender, in New York.

As a result of his work throughout the years, Hisaishi has won the Japanese AcademyAward for Best Music six timesin 1992,

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[2]1994,

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and 2011.[7]

He also received the 48th Newcomer Award in 1997 from the Ministry of

Education (Public Entertainment Section) among numerous other awards, being

recognized as an influential figure in the Japanese film industry.

In 1998, he provided the soundtrack to the 1998 Winter Paralympics. The following

year, he composed the music for the third installment in a series of popular computer-

animated educational films about the human body.In 2001, Hisaishi produced music for Takeshi Kitano's film, Brother, and Hayao

Miyazaki's masterpiece, Spirited Away. He also served as executive producer of the

Night Fantasia 4 Movement at the Japan Expo in Fukushima 2001. On October 6,

Hisaishi made his debut as a film director in Quartet, having also written both its music

and script. The film received excellent reviews at the Montreal Film Festival. His first

soundtrack for a foreign film,Le Petit Poucet, was released in the same year.

Another Miyazaki film,Howl's Moving Castle, for which Hisaishi composed the score,

was released on November 20, 2004 in Japan. From November 3 to November 29,

2004, Hisaishi embarked on his "Joe Hisaishi Freedom Piano Stories 2004" tour with

Canadian musicians. In 2005, he composed the soundtrack for the Korean film,Welcome to Dongmakgol (). He also partook in Korea's historicallylandmarked big budget drama series production by composing the soundtrack for

Korea's MBC drama series, The Legend ( "The Story of the First King'sFour Gods"), which released in 2007. Hisaishi has a large fan base in Korea due to the

popularity of Miyazaki films.

In 2006, Hisaishi released a studio album, Asian X.T.C., the compositions of which

demonstrated a significantly eclectic and contemporary Eastern style. The erhu player of

the Chinese band 12 Girls Band Zhan Li Jun played in a live concert featuring music

from that album. The following year, he composed and recorded the soundtrack for

Frederic Lepage's film, Sunny and the Elephant and the Miyazaki film,Ponyo on theCliff by the Sea, both released in 2008, as well as the score for Jiang Wen's film, The

Sun Also Rises.

In 2008, Hisaishi composed soundtracks for Academy Award-winning filmDepartures

as well as for I'd Rather Be a Shellfish ( Watashi wa Kai ni

Naritai?), a post-World War II war crimes trial drama which is based on the 1959

Tetsutaro Kato novel and film currently being remade and directed by Katsuo

Fukuzawa, starring Masahiro Nakai and Yukie Nakama.

Hisaishi also released a new solo album in early 2009 featuring tracks from Shellfish

andDepartures.

In November 2009, he was awarded with a Medal of Honour with purple ribbon by the

Government of Japan.[8]
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