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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,
[1]1993,
[2]1994,
[3]1999,
[4]2000,
[5]2009,
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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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