arrangers:
- link: artist/752
  names:
    en: Joe Hisaishi
    ja: 久石譲
barcode: '4988006098008'
catalog: TOCT-6675
categories:
- Animation
category: Animation
classification: Arrangement, Original Work
composers:
- link: artist/752
  names:
    en: Joe Hisaishi
    ja: 久石譲
covers:
- full: https://media.vgm.io/albums/54/24545/24545-1301840331.jpg
  medium: https://media.vgm.io/albums/54/24545/24545-1301840331.jpg
  name: Front
  thumb: https://media.vgm.io/albums/54/24545/24545-1301840331.jpg
discs:
- disc_length: '66:01'
  name: ''
  tracks:
  - names:
      English: Legend of the Wind
      Japanese: 風の伝説
      Romaji: Kaze no Densetsu
    track_length: '3:34'
  - names:
      English: The Road to the Valley
      Japanese: 谷への道
      Romaji: Tani e no Michi
    track_length: '2:42'
  - names:
      English: Bird Person
      Japanese: 鳥の人
      Romaji: Tori no Hito
    track_length: '3:55'
  - names:
      English: DREAM
      Japanese: DREAM
      Romaji: DREAM
    track_length: '3:03'
  - names:
      English: PROLOGUE ~ DRIFTING IN THE CITY
      Japanese: PROLOGUE〜DRIFTING IN THE CITY
      Romaji: PROLOGUE ~ DRIFTING IN THE CITY
    track_length: '8:08'
  - names:
      English: 1920 ~ AGE OF ILLUSION
      Japanese: 1920〜AGE OF ILLUSION
      Romaji: 1920 ~ AGE OF ILLUSION
    track_length: '5:27'
  - names:
      English: SOLITUDE ~ IN HER...
      Japanese: SOLITUDE〜IN HER…
      Romaji: SOLITUDE ~ IN HER...
    track_length: '5:13'
  - names:
      English: CAPE HOTEL ~ MADNESS
      Japanese: CAPE HOTEL〜MADNESS
      Romaji: CAPE HOTEL ~ MADNESS
    track_length: '5:51'
  - names:
      English: Winter's Dream
      Japanese: 冬の夢
      Romaji: Fuyu no Yume
    track_length: '5:19'
  - names:
      English: TANGO X.T.C.
      Japanese: TANGO X.T.C.
      Romaji: TANGO X.T.C.
    track_length: '4:36'
  - names:
      English: Kiki's Delivery Service
      Japanese: 魔女の宅急便
      Romaji: Majo no Takkyuubin
    track_length: '3:58'
  - names:
      English: Resphoina
      Japanese: レスフィーナ
      Romaji: Resphoina
    track_length: '4:56'
  - names:
      English: 'Laputa: Castle in the Sky'
      Japanese: 天空の城ラピュタ
      Romaji: Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa
    track_length: '4:04'
  - names:
      English: Tasmania Story
      Japanese: タスマニア物語
      Romaji: Tasmania Monogatari
    track_length: '5:15'
link: album/24545
lyricists: []
media_format: CD
meta:
  added_date: 2011-03-09T18:21
  edited_date: 2023-04-16T17:59
  fetched_date: 2026-06-05T11:05
  freedb: 1
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 4852
name: Symphonic Best Selection / Joe Hisaishi
names:
  en: Symphonic Best Selection / Joe Hisaishi
  ja: シンフォニック・ベスト・セレクション / 久石譲
  ja-latn: Symphonic Best Selection / Joe Hisaishi
notes: '*Note: The bandoneón is misspelled in the booklet with the accent over the
  wrong vowel. Hong-Jae Kim is misspelled in the inserts.

  "Nausicaä Suite"

  1. Legend of the Wind

  2. The Road to the Valley

  3. Bird Person

  "I am"

  4. DREAM

  "MY LOST CITY"

  5. PROLOGUE ~ DRIFTING IN THE CITY

  6. 1920 ~ AGE OF ILLUSION

  7. SOLITUDE ~ IN HER...

  8. CAPE HOTEL ~ MADNESS

  9. Winter''s Dream

  10. TANGO X.T.C.

  "MELODY FAIR"

  11. Kiki''s Delivery Service

  12. Resphoina

  13. Laputa: Castle in the Sky

  14. Tasmania Story

  All Composed & Arranged by Joe Hisaishi

  Recorded at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space

  Mixed at Wonder Station, Tokyo

  Mastered at Onkio Haus, Tokyo

  Produced by Naoki Tachikawa

  Composed & Arranged by Joe Hisaishi

  Recording & Mixing Engineer: Mike Jarratt (Abbey Road Studio)

  Mastering Engineer: Yuka Koizumi (Onkio Haus)

  Artist Management: Daisuke Satoh (Wonder City)

  A & R: Shin Miyoshi (Toshiba EMI), Kentaro Mizusawa (Toshiba EMI), Akira Watanabe
  (Fujipacific Music Inc.)

  Chief Producer: Tadashi Hirakata (Toshiba EMI)

  Associate Producer: Junya Nakasone (Toshiba EMI)

  Executive Producers: Ichiro Asatsuma (Fujipacific Music Inc.), Kei Ishizaka (Toshiba
  EMI)

  AD, Design & Photography: Masaru Kawahara

  Musicians are:

  Joe Hisaishi/Piano

  Kim Hong Jae/Strings, Conductor

  Yasushi Toyoshima/Violin Solo (N.J.P.)

  Mitsuo Ikeda/Bandonéon

  New Japan Philharmonic

  Special Thanks: Takayoshi Kubo (Music Office Sautille), Motokazu Arai, Tatsuo Shinohara
  (New Japan Philharmonic), Suminobu Hamada (Wonder Station), Yoshihiro Oikawa (Tokuma
  Japan Communications), Kenichi Kosuge (Studio Terra)'
organizations:
- &id001
  link: org/2230
  names:
    en: Planet earth
    ja: Planet earth
    ja-latn: Planet earth
  role: label
- link: org/19
  names:
    en: Toshiba EMI Ltd.
    ja: 東芝EMI株式会社
    ja-latn: Toshiba EMI Ltd.
  role: manufacturer
performers:
- link: artist/1759
  names:
    en: New Japan Philharmonic
    ja: 新日本フィルハーモニー交響楽団
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picture_small: https://medium-media.vgm.io/albums/54/24545/24545-1301840331.jpg
picture_thumb: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/albums/54/24545/24545-1301840331.jpg
platforms:
- Movie
products:
- link: product/759
  names:
    en: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
    ja: 風の谷のナウシカ
    ja-latn: Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä
- link: product/2842
  names:
    en: Kiki's Delivery Service
    ja: 魔女の宅急便
    ja-latn: Majo no Takkyuubin
- link: product/2476
  names:
    en: 'Laputa: Castle in the Sky'
    ja: 天空の城ラピュタ
    ja-latn: Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa
- link: product/3043
  names:
    en: Arion
    ja: アリオン
    ja-latn: Arion
publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id001
related: []
release_date: '1992-09-09'
release_events: []
release_price:
  currency: JPY
  price: 3000.0
reprints:
- catalog: TOCT-25123
  link: album/25142
  note: Jul 30, 2003
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/album/24545?perpage=99999
votes: 0
