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Joe Hisaishi

The Boy & The Heron: Symphonic Suite for Piano and Orchestra [CD] [Import]

The Boy & The Heron: Symphonic Suite for Piano and Orchestra [CD] [Import]

Deutsche Grammophon | CAT #: UMG-1000248353

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  • Limited Edition
  • 1xCD
  • Concert adaptation of the acclaimed score for Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning final masterpiece
  • Hisaishi's personal interpretation of the film
  • Also available on vinyl

On November 6, 2026, audiences worldwide will experience Joe Hisaishi’s The Boy & The Heron: Symphonic Suite for Piano and Orchestra, a concert adaptation of the acclaimed score for Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning final masterpiece, The Boy and the Heron. The fourteen-piece suite offers Hisaishi's personal interpretation of the film, following Mahito’s emotional journey through grief, memory, and imagination. Balancing intimate piano writing with rich orchestral textures, the work showcases Hisaishi’s distinctive voice as composer, pianist, and storyteller. Created through an unusually open collaboration, Miyazaki gave Hisaishi exceptional artistic freedom after much of the animation had already been completed. The resulting score, among the composer’s most distinctive works, is centered on the piano as both narrator and emotional guide.

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ARTIST: Joe Hisaishi
LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
CAT NO: UMG-1000248353
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GENRE / STYLE:

  • Animated Soundtrack
  • Symphonic
  • Orchestral

TRACKLIST

1. Ask me why (I)
2. Gray Heron
3. Memories
4. A Trap
5. Sanctuary ~ The Master of the Tomb
6. Ark
7. Warawara
8. Reincarnation
9. Rain of Fire
10. A Song of Prayer
11. The King’s Parade ~ Diversion
12. The Great Collapse
13. The Last Smile
14. Ask me why (II)

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