Joe Hisaishi discography

Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi has released 28 studio albums, 13 compilation albums, and 83 soundtrack albums. Hisaishi has also released five video albums.

Joe Hisaishi discography
Joe Hisaishi at the Deauville Asian Film Festival in 2008
Studio albums	28
Soundtrack albums	83
Compilation albums	13
Video albums	5

Albums

Studio albums

Year	Album details
1981	MKWAJU (ムクワジュ) Released: 21 August 1981 Label: Better Days, Columbia Records Format: LP
1982	Information Released: 25 October 1982 Label: Tokuma Japan Format: LP
1985	α-BET-CITY (アルファベットシティ) Released: 25 June 1985 Label: Tokuma Japan Format: CD
1986	Curved Music Released: 25 September 1986 Label: Polydor Records Format: CD
1988	Piano Stories Released: 21 July 1988 Label: Polydor Records Format: CD
1988	illusion Released: 21 December 1988 Label: NEC Avenue Format: CD
1989	Pretender Released: 21 September 1989 Label: NEC Avenue Format: CD
1991	I Am Released: 22 February 1991 Label: Toshiba EMI Format: CD
1992	My Lost City Released: 12 February 1992 Label: Toshiba EMI Format: CD
1994	Earthly Paradise Released: 27 July 1994 Label: Pioneer LDC Format: CD
1995	Melody Boulevard Released: 25 January 1995 Label: Pioneer LDC Format: CD
1996	Piano Stories II – The Wind of Life Released: 25 October 1996 Label: Polydor Records Format: CD
1997	Works I Released: 15 October 1997 Label: Polydor Records Format: CD
1998	Piano Stories III – Nostalgia Released: 14 October 1998 Label: Polydor Records Format: CD
1999	Works II Released: 22 September 1999 Label: Polydor Records Format: CD
2000	Shoot The Violist Released: 17 May 2000 Label: Polydor Records Format: CD
2002	Encore Released: 6 March 2002 Label: Polydor Records Format: CD
2003	Curved Music II Released: 29 January 2003 Label: Universal Sigma Format: CD
2004	Private Released: 21 January 2004 Label: Wonderland Records Format: CD
2005	Piano Stories IV – Freedom Released: 26 January 2005 Label: Universal Sigma Format: CD
2005	Works III Released: 27 July 2005 Label: Universal Sigma Format: CD
2006	Rakuen/Maldives Released: 26 April 2006 Label: Wonderland Records Format: CD
2006	Asian X.T.C. Released: 4 October 2006 Label: Universal Sigma Format: CD
2009	Another Piano Stories ~The End of the World~ Released: 18 February 2009 Label: Universal Sigma Format: CD
2009	Minima Rhythm Released: 12 August 2009 Label: Universal Sigma Format: CD, DVD
2012	Vermeer & Escher Released: 15 February 2012 Label: Wonder Land Format: CD
2014	Works IV -Dream of W.D.O.- Released: 8 October 2014 Label: Universal Sigma Format: CD
2015	Minima_Rhythm 2 (ミニマリズム2) Released: 5 August 2015 Label: Universal Sigma Format: CD
2017	Minima_Rhythm 3 Released: 2 August 2017 Label: Universal Music Format: CD
2021	Minima_Rhythm 4 Released: 7 July 2021 Label: Universal Sigma Format: CD
2023	A Symphonic Celebration Released: 30 June 2023 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD
2024	Joe Hisaishi In Vienna Released: 28 June 2024 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Format: CD

Compilation albums

Year	Album details
1992	Symphonic Best Selection Released: 9 September 1992 Label: Toshiba EMI Format: CD
1999	Best Selection Released: 2 December 1999 Label: Pioneer LDC Format: CD
2001	Joe Hisaishi Meets Kitano Films Released: 21 June 2001 Label: Polydor Records Format: CD
2001	Complete Best Selection Released: 12 December 2001 Label: Pioneer LDC Format: CD
2003	Best Live 2003 Released: 22 October 2003 Label: Island Records Format: CD
2004	World Dreams Released: 16 June 2004 Label: Universal Sigma Format: CD
2005	American in Paris Released: 30 November 2005 Label: Universal Sigma Format: CD
2006	The Best Collection Released: 7 June 2006 Label: Universal Sigma Format: CD
2008	Hisaishi Meets Miyazaki Films Released: 8 April 2008 Label: Milan Records Format: Digital
2008	Piano Stories Best '88-'08 Released: 16 April 2008 Label: Universal Sigma Format: CD
2010	Melodyphony: Best of Joe Hisaishi Released: 27 October 2010 Label: Universal Sigma Format: CD, DVD
2011	The Best of Cinema Music Released: 7 September 2011 Label: Universal Sigma Format: CD
2014	Ghibli Best Stories Released: 12 March 2014 Label: Universal Sigma Format: CD
2020	Dream Songs: The Essential Joe Hisaishi Released: 21 February 2020 Label: Decca Gold Format: CD, Digital
2021	Songs of Hope: The Essential Joe Hisaishi Vol. 2 Released: 20 August 2021 Label: Decca Gold Format: CD, Digital

Video albums

Year	Video details
2002	Quartet Released: 25 March 2002 Format: DVD
2003	4Movement Released: 19 March 2003 Format: DVD
2003	A Wish to the Moon – Joe Hisaishi & 9 Cellos 2003 Etude/Encore Tour Released: 25 June 2003 Format: DVD
2006	W.D.O. (Joe Hisaishi and New Japan Philharmonic World Dream Orchestra) Released: 20 December 2006 Format: DVD
2009	Joe Hisaishi in Budokan – 25 Years with the Animations of Hayao Miyazaki Released: 3 July 2009 Format: DVD, Blu-ray

Soundtracks

Year	Album details
1984	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ) Released: 25 February 1984 Label: Animage Records/Tokuma Japan Format: CD
1984	W's Tragedy Released: 21 December 1984 Label: Toshiba EMI Format: CD
1985	Early Spring Tale (早春物語) Released 1 September 1985
1985	Arion Released: 25 October 1985 Label: Animage Records/Tokuma Japan Format: CD
1985	Haru no Kane (春の鐘) Released: 9 November 1985 Format: CD
1986	Laputa: Castle in the Sky (天空の城ラピュタ) Released: 25 August 1986
1986	Maison Ikkoku (めぞん一刻) Released: 25 October 1986
1987	Lovers of Time Koibitotachino jikoku (恋人たちの時刻 サントラ) Released: 5 March 1987
1987	Robot Carnival Released: 21 March 1987
1987	The Drifting Classroom (漂流教室 オリジナルサントラ) Released: 21 July 1987
1988	My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ) Released: 25 March 1988
1988	Night City (シングル) Released: 21 August 1988
1988	Winter Travelers (冬の旅人) Released: 21 December 1988
1988	Venus Wars Released: 10 April 1988
1989	Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便) Released: 25 August 1989
1989	The Inners (はるかなる時間の 彼方へ) Released: 21 April 1989
1990	Tasmania Story (タスマニア物語) Released: 21 July 1990 Format: CD
1991	Chizuko's Younger Sister Released: 21 April 1991
1991	Kojika Monogatari Released: 21 April 1991 Format: CD
1991	A Scene at the Sea Released: 19 October 1991
1991	天外魔境２ MARU Released: 1 February 1992
1992	君だけをみていた Released: 4 March 1992
1992	Porco Rosso (紅の豚) Released: 22 July 1992
1992	B+1 Released: 21 October 1992
1992	A Scene at the Sea Released: 25 November 1992
1992	Seisyun Den-Deke-Deke-Deke Released: 25 November 1992
1993	Haruka Nostalgy Released: 21 January 1993
1993	Sonatine Released: 9 June 1993 Label: Eastworld / Toshiba EMI
1993	The Water Traveler, Samurai Kids Released: 1993.08.04
1994	Birth Released: 1994.03.24
1994	さすがの猿飛 Released: 1994.03.24
1994	Joe's Project (ぴあの) Released: 1994.06.01
1994	Joe's Project 2 (ぴあの / 純名里沙) Released: 1994.08.10
1996	Kids Return Released: 1996.06.26
1997	Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫) Released: 2 July 1997
1997	Parasite Eve Released: 1997.02.01
1998	Hana-bi Released: 1998.01.01
1998	Tree of Early Winter Rains (時雨の記) Released: 1998.10.31
1999	Universe Within I: Human Body I & II Released: 1999.04.28
1999	Universe Within II: Brain & Mind I & II Released: 1999.04.28
1999	Universe Within III: Gene I & II Released: 1999.04.28
1999	Kikujiro Released: 1999.05.26
2000	First Love (Hatsu-koi) Released: 2000.03.28
2000	Alpenrose Released: 26 April 2000
2000	As the River Flows Released: 2000.04.29
2001	Brother Released: 2001.01.17
2001	Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し) Released: 18 July 2001
2001	Quartet Released: 2001.09.27
2001	Little Tom Thumb (Le Petit Poucet) Released: 2001.10.15
2002	Dolls Released: 2002.10.02
2002	Kaze no Bon (の風盆から) Released: 2002.11.23
2002	When the Last Sword Is Drawn Released: 2002.12.26
2004	Le Mécano de la General Released: 2004.09.06
2005	Welcome to Dongmakgol (웰컴 투 동막골) Released: 2005.08.04
2004	Howl's Moving Castle (ハウルの動く城) Released: 19 November 2004
2005	Yamato Released: 2005.12.14
2005	A Chinese Tall Story (情癫大圣) Released: 2005.12.19
2007	The Sun Also Rises Released: 2007.09.19
2007	Tae Wang Sa Shin Gi (태왕 사 신기) Released: 2007.09.11
2007	A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies (マリと子犬の物語) Released: 2007.12.08
2008	Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (崖の上のポニョ) Released: 16 July 2008 Label: Tokuma Japan Communications Format: CD, Digital
2008	Departures Released: 2008.09.10
2008	I'd Rather Be A Shellfish (Watashi Wa Kai Ni Naritai) Released: 2008.11.19
2008	Sunny Et L'Elephant Released: 2008.12.04
2009	The Postmodern Life of My Aunt Released: 2009.07.09
2009	NHK TV Series "A Cloud on the Slope (Saka no Ue no Kumo)" Released: 2009.11.18
2009	Oruru No Mori No Monogatari (A Tale of Ululu's Wonderful Forest) Released: 2009.12.16
2010	The 19th Step Released: 2010
2010	Ocean Heaven (Gui Lunmei) Released: 2010
2010	Villain Released: 2010.09.01
2010	NHK TV Series "A Cloud on the Slope (Saka no Ue no Kumo)" Released: 2010.11.17
2011	Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess Released: 2011.02.02
2011	Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn Released: 9 February 2011
2011	NHK TV Series "A Cloud on the Slope (Saka no Ue no Kumo)" Released: 9 November 2011
2012	NHK TV Series "A Cloud on the Slope (Saka no Ue no Kumo)" Released: 22 February 2012
2012	Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer Released: 12 September 2012
2013	Tokyo Family Released: 16 January 2013 Label: Universal Sigma Format: CD
2013	Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Released: 29 March 2013
2013	Onna Nobunaga Released: 3 April 2013
2013	NHK Shinkai Project – Giant Deep Sea Creatures Released: 26 June 2013
2013	Kiseki No Ringo Released: 15 July 2013
2013	The Wind Rises (風立ちぬ) Released: 17 July 2013
2013	Sweet Heart Chocolate Released: 1 November 2013
2013	The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (かぐや姫の物語) Released: 20 November 2013
2014	The Little House Released: 22 January 2014 Label: Universal Japan Format: CD, Digital
2015	Deep Ocean Released: 1 January 2015
2018	Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom Released: 23 March 2018
2019	NiNoKuni Released: 23 August 2019
2021	Soul Snatcher Released: 19 February 2021 Label: Universal Sigma
2023	The Boy and the Heron Released: 14 July 2023

Other album appearances

Year	Album	Artist	Details
1986	Soil (未来の記憶)	Syoko	Co-producer

Published scores

(released by Zen-On Music Company Ltd.)^[1]

Album	Release date	Notes
Orchestra Stories: Tonari no TOTORO (Original Edition)	23 Oct 2002
ENCORE (Original Edition)	6 Mar 2002
A String Quartet: "QUARTET"		For string quintet
Asian X.T.C. (Original Edition)
FREEDOM (Original Edition)
Piano Stories
Etude - A Wish to the Moon
Ghibli Best Stories
Piano Stories Best '88-'08
Piano Stories Vol2 "The Wind of Life"
Vermeer & Escher*[2]		Orchestra work with choir
Minima_Rhythm*[3]		Orchestra work with choir
Melodyphony*[4]		Orchestra work with choir
The East Land Symphony[5]		Orchestra work with soprano soloist
Spirited Away Suite[6]	Mar 2020	Orchestra work
Symphonic Suite "Kiki's Delivery Service"[6]	Apr 2021	Orchestra work
Contrabass Concerto[6]	Jul 2021	Orchestra work with contrabass soloist
The Border Concerto for 3 Horns and Orchestra[6]	Jul 2021	Orchestra work with three horn soloists
World Dreams Suite[6]	Apr 2022	Orchestra work

• Published by Schott Music Tokyo.

Unpublished scores

There are numerous television and cinema, soundtracks created by Joe Hisaishi that were never released for sale, such as.

• TV Scores
  • First Human Giatrus (1974–1976)
  • Robokko Beeton (1976–1977)
  • Tonde Mon Pe (1982–1983)
  • Sasuga no Sarutobi (1982–1984)
  • Galactic Whirlwind Sasuraiger (1983–1984)
  • Genesis Climber Mospeada (1983–1984)
  • Twin Hawks (1984–1985)
  • Honoo no Alpen Rose: Judy & Randy (1985–1986)
• Movie, OVA, Special Scores
  • Mr. Glory Giant's Squad 3 (1981) (with Takeo Watanabe)
  • Two Down Full Base (1982)
  • Techno Police 21C (1982)
  • The Wizard of Oz (1982)
  • Genesis Climber Mospeada: Love, Live, Alive (1985)
  • Ōke no Monshō (1988)
• Video Game Scores
  • Zoids: Battle of the Central Continent (1987)
  • Zoids 2: Zenbase Strikes Back (1989)
  • Tengai Makyō II: Manjimaru (1992) (with Yasuhiko Fukuda)
• Soundtrack Works
  • Mahō Shōjo Lalabel (1980–1981)
  • Voltron (1981–1982)
  • Hello! Sandybell (1981–1982)
  • Meiken Jolie (1981–1982)
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie Trilogy (1981–1982) (did music arrangements and additional music to Soldiers of Sorrow and Encounters in Space)
  • Ai Shite Knight (1983–1984)
  • Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel: Curtain Call (1986)
  • Kimagure Orange Road: The Movie (1988)