SOLD – Nausicaa in the Valley of the Wind OST LP – Joe Hisaishi (1984)

Joe Hisaishi (久石 譲, Hisaishi Joe) was born on December 6, 1950, in Nagano. He started his career as a composer of modern music when he was still a student at the Kunitachi College of Music. At that time, he was into minimalist music. He released his first album, “Information” in 1982.

In 1983, he was recommended by a record company to create the Image Album for Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind, which was being made into a movie. Miyazaki was so impressed with the Image Album that he often played it during the movie production.

Although the soundtrack of Nausicaa was to be composed by a certain “famous” composer, Isao Takahata (the producer of Nausicaa) and Miyazaki strongly recommended that Hisaishi should do the soundtrack as well. The rest is history.

Hisaishi also composed the beautiful and unforgettable music for other Miyazaki anime films; Laputa, Kiki, Porco Rosso, Mononoke Hime, Spirited Away, and Howl’s Moving Castle, among other soundtracks for other directors’ films. His music played a very important role in these movies.

This is the original ’84 LP.

Listen HERE.