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Introduction
Symphonic Suite "Princess Mononoke" 2021 is a revised and updated version of the eight-chapter symphonic suite released in July 1998, a year after the release of Hayao Miyazaki's "Princess Mononoke" (1997). This includes a first-time audio recording of the heavily revised 2016 version, as well as a version of "Merry-Go-Round 2019," the main theme from Hayao Miyazaki's "Howl's Moving Castle" (2004), performed at a 2019 W.D.O. (World Dream Orchestra) concert.
[Contents] Symphonic Suite "Princess Mononoke" 2021 This is a revised and updated version of the eight-chapter symphonic suite released in July 1998, a year after the release of Hayao Miyazaki's "Princess Mononoke" (1997).
Merry-Go-Round 2019 The main theme from Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle (2004). This is the first release of the version performed at the 2019 W.D.O. concert.
Asian Works 2020 A suite of entertainment music composed by Hisaishi in 2020, amid the pandemic, compiled into a three-movement suite.
I. Will be the wind Composed at the request of LEXUS CHINA. It was first released in September 2020 as music for a promotional video for the Chinese market.
II. Yinglian The original song is the love theme from the Sino-Hong Kong fantasy film Soul Snatchter, which had its world premiere in December 2020. At the strong request of renowned Hong Kong producer Bill Kong, this reunion with Hisaishi after 10 years was realized. III. Xpark This is one of seven pieces of music written by Hisaishi for the new urban aquarium "Xpark," which opened in front of Taiwan's Taoyuan High Speed Rail Station in August 2020. This piece was composed specifically for the EXIT, with the intention of ensuring that the aquarium's audience "went home feeling happy."
World Dreams 2021 This is the theme song that Hisaishi wrote when he launched the World Dreams Orchestra (W.D.O.) with the New Japan Philharmonic in 2004.
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This album includes "Symphonic Suite "Princess Mononoke" 2021," a revised and significantly improved version of the eight-chapter symphonic suite released in July 1998, the year after the release of Hayao Miyazaki's "Princess Mononoke" (1997). This album also includes the first recorded version of "Symphonic Suite "Princess Mononoke" 2021," the main theme from Hayao Miyazaki's "Howl's Moving Castle" (2004), as performed at a 2019 W.D.O. (World Dream Orchestra) concert. (C)RS
