• Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Suite Princess Mononoke LP, Czech Philharmonic, Studio Ghibli Records TJJA-10026
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Joe Hisaishi – Symphonic Suite Princess Mononoke LP (Czech Philharmonic, First Vinyl Edition, Japan Import TJJA-10026)

Joe Hisaishi – Symphonic Suite Princess Mononoke LP (Czech Philharmonic, First Vinyl Edition, Japan Import TJJA-10026)

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Joe Hisaishi's Symphonic Suite Princess Mononoke, recorded with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra in Prague, on vinyl for the first time from Studio Ghibli Records. A year after the film's release, Hisaishi reshaped his score into an eight-chapter suite for full symphony orchestra and recorded it in Dvořák Hall. Newly remastered, with new jacket artwork, commentary and liner notes. Japanese pressing, new.

  • First time on vinyl. This 2020 edition was the suite's LP debut.
  • The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Recorded in June 1998 at the Rudolfinum's Dvořák Hall, Prague.
  • The Mononoke score as a concert work. Eight chapters tracing the film from "The Legend of Ashitaka" to "Ashitaka and San."
  • Remastered, with new jacket art, commentary and liner notes. Catalog number TJJA-10026.

About the album

The Princess Mononoke soundtrack was already one of Hisaishi's grandest orchestral scores. For the Symphonic Suite, he went further, rearranging the film's major themes into a continuous eight-chapter work and taking it to Prague to record with the Czech Philharmonic, one of Europe's great orchestras. The result plays like a symphony: the heroic "Legend of Ashitaka," the menace of the "Tatarigami," the hushed "Forest of the Deer God," the "Adagio of Life and Death" and a closing chapter for Ashitaka and San. It's the definitive concert version of the score and a favorite of listeners who love Hisaishi's orchestral writing. In 2020, Studio Ghibli Records remastered it and released it on vinyl for the first time.

Tracklist

Side A

  1. Chapter 1: The Legend of Ashitaka (アシタカせっ記)
  2. Chapter 2: TA-TA-TA-RI-GAMI
  3. Chapter 3: The Journey ~To the West~ (旅立ち －西へ－)
  4. Chapter 4: Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫)

Side B

  1. Chapter 5: The Forest of the Deer God (シシ神の森)
  2. Chapter 6: Requiem ~The Cursed Power~ (レクイエム～呪われた力～)
  3. Chapter 7: The World of the Dead ~Adagio of Life and Death~ (黄泉の世界～生と死のアダージョ～)
  4. Chapter 8: Ashitaka and San (アシタカとサン)

Release details

Composer Joe Hisaishi (久石譲)
Title Symphonic Suite Princess Mononoke (交響組曲 もののけ姫)
Performed by Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, June 1998
Label Studio Ghibli Records / Tokuma Japan
Catalog No. TJJA-10026
Barcode 4988008087819
Format 12" LP, 33⅓ RPM, remastered, new jacket artwork, commentary and liner notes
Country Japan (import)
Released July 22, 2020, first vinyl edition (original album: 1998)
Film Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫), 1997, dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Genre Film Score, Orchestral, Anime Soundtrack
Condition New

The complete film score: Princess Mononoke Original Soundtrack (2LP).

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