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Joe Hisaishi (藤澤守)
Known primarily as Hayao Miyazaki's preferred composer on nearly every one of his films, Joe Hisaishi is often hailed as Japan's greatest modern day composer, and, to his credit, he already has an amazing seven Japanese Academy Awards under his belt for Best Music.
Born with the name Mamoru Fujisawa, Hisaishi changed his name to Joe which was inspired by musician Quincy Jones. With over 100 film soundtracks to his credit, Hisaishi's best known material tends to be for his work in Anime although he has been honored for both live action and animated work during his long career. His Japanese Academy Award wins are credited to A Scene at the Sea (1991), Toei's Seishun Dendekedekedeke, Samurai Kids (1993), TV Tokyo's Fireworks, Nippon Herald's Kikujiro, Ponyo (2008) and Villian (2010).
Hisaishi gets the distinction of being one of the few Japanese composers who work is well known outside of the country as well. For example, the composer is highly re
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Mamoru Fujisawa, known professionally as Joe Hisaishi (born December 6, 1950), is a composer and director known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981.
Possessing a stylistically distinct sound, Hisaishi's music has been known to explore and incorporate different genres, including minimalism, atonal music, experimental electronic, European classical, and Japanese classical. Lesser known are the other musical roles he plays; he is also a conductor, typesetter, author, arranger, and head of an orchestra. He is famous for his melodies using pentatonic scales and melodic chord progressions.
He is best known for his work with animator Hayao Miyazaki, having composed many scores for many of his films including Spirited Away (2001), Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Princess Mononoke (1997), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984). He is also recognized for the soundtracks he has provided for filmmaker 'Beat' Takeshi
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Hayao Miyazaki
Joe Hisaishi was born in Nakano, Nagano, Japan as Mamoru Fujisawa (藤澤守Fujisawa Mamoru). When he started to take violin lessons at age fem, Hisaishi discovered his passion for music. Realizing his love, he attended the Kunitachi College of Music to major in music composition in 1969. Hisaishi collaborated with music minimalists 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 a small animation called Gyatoruzu. This and other early works were created under his real name. During this period, he composed for Sasuga No Sarutobi (Academy of Ninja) 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 1978-1983), influenced Hisaishi's compositions. He develop