クラシック名門のドイツ・グラモフォンとの契約を発表した久石譲のグラモフォンからの第一弾アルバムは、なんと全曲宮崎駿監督作品に提供した自作曲を、新たなアレンジでオーケストラ録音。ロイヤル・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団と共にロンドンで録音されたこの作品は、クラシック/J-POPアニメのどのジャンルにも通用する普遍的なサウンド。アニメ映画界で特別な存在感を持ち愛され続けるジブリ映画と久石譲のコラボレーションの結晶となっている。
収録内容
1-01. Merry-Go-Round of Life (from ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’)
1-02. One Summer’s Day (The Name of Life) [English Version / from ‘Spirited Away’]
1-03. The Legend of the Wind (from ‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’)
1-04. Nausicaä Requiem (from ‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’)
1-05. The Battle between Mehve and Corvette (from ‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’)
1-06. The Distant Days (from ‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’)
1-07. The Bird Man (from ‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’)
1-08. A Town with an Ocean View (from ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’)
1-09. Heartbroken Kiki (from ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’)
1-10. Mother’s Broom (from ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’)
1-11. The Legend of Ashitaka (from ‘Princess Mononoke’)
1-12. The Demon God (from ‘Princess Mononoke’)
1-13. Princess Mononoke (from ‘Princess Mononoke’)
1-14. A Journey (A Dream of Flight) [from ‘The Wind Rises’]
1-15. Nahoko (The Encounter) [from ‘The Wind Rises’]
1-16. A Journey (A Kingdom of Dreams) [from ‘The Wind Rises’]
1-17. Deep Sea Pastures (from ‘Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea’)
1-18. Mother Sea (from ‘Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea’)
1-19. Ponyo’s Sisters Lend a Hand – A Song for Mothers and the Sea (from ‘Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea’)
1-20. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (from ‘Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea’)
1-21. Doves and the Boy (from ‘Castle in the Sky’)
1-22. Carrying You (from ‘Castle in the Sky’)
1-23. Bygone Days (from ‘Porco Rosso’)
1-24. Symphonic Variation “Merry-Go-Round + Cave of Mind” (from ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’)
1-25. One Summer’s Day (The Name of Life) [Japanese Version / from ‘Spirited Away’]
1-26. Reprise (from ‘Spirited Away’)
1-27. The Path of the Wind (from ‘My Neighbor Totoro’)
1-28. Hey Let’s Go (from ‘My Neighbor Totoro’)
1-29. My Neighbor Totoro (from ‘My Neighbor Totoro’)