Joe Hisaishi – Songs of Hope: The Essential Joe Hisaishi Vol. 2 (2021)    





Review:

A year after the release of his hit compilation Dream Songs, renowned Japanese film composer Joe Hisaishi returned with a sequel collection, Songs of Hope: The Essential Joe Hisaishi, Vol. 2. While volume one was packed with his popular themes for the beloved Studio Ghibli films (Porco Rosso and Princess Mononoke are the lone representatives here), part two sticks mostly to his work outside of the animation world. Selections from Kids Return (1996), HANA-BI (1998), Kikujiro (1999), and Departures (2008) are included, as well as solo tracks that range from his 1981 debut MKWAJU through his decades-spanning Works series. Imbued with warmth, purity, and joy, Hisaishi transports listeners to far-off places with these comforting piano melodies, which are at once strangely familiar yet revelatory. Although the heavy-hitters from those more well-known Ghibli soundtracks are absent here, these deeper cuts offer a full primer to the relatively lesser-explored corners of his catalog. — by Neil Z. Yeung / allmusic.com





   





Track List:

Disc 1

01 - ANGEL DOLL

02 - la pioggia

03 - il porco rosso

04 - Lost Sheep on the bed

05 - FOR YOU

06 - White Night

07 - DA-MA-SHI-E

08 - Departures (memory)

09 - TWO OF US

10 - Rain Garden

11 - Friends (Live)

12 - Summer

13 - Les Aventuriers

14 - Kids Return (Live)



Disc 2

01 - Links

02 - VIEW OF SILENCE

03 - Nocturne

04 - Silence

05 - MKWAJU 1981-2009

06 - Ashitaka and San (Live)

07 - The Rain (From 'Kikujiro' Soundtrack)

08 - DEAD for Strings, Perc., Harpe and Piano; 1. D.e.a.d

09 - Tango X.T.C. (Live)

10 - The Little House (Live)

11 - HANA-BI (Live)

12 - Silencio de Parc Güell

13 - WAVE

14 - World Dreams





Media Report:

Genre: classical, original soundtrack

Country: Japan

Format: FLAC

Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec

Bit rate mode: Variable

Channel(s): 2 channels

Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz

Bit depth: 16 bits

Compression mode: Lossless

Writing library: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)





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