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Joe Hisaishi

Sound

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 119

TMDB ID: 636

IMDb ID: nm0386749

Known for: Sound

Born: December 6, 1950

Age: 75

Place of birth: Nagano, Japan

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1976 - 2025

Years active: 50

Average TMDB rating: 7.26

Wikidata: Q275900

Also known as

藤澤 守 • Хисаиси Дзё • Mamoru Fujisawa • Фудзисава Мамору • Jō Hisaishi • 久石讓 • 久石穣 • 久石 譲

Frequent jobs

Original Music Composer (90)Music (24)Music Arranger (1)Musician (1)Screenplay (1)Songs (1)Theme Song Performance (1)

Biography

Mamoru Fujisawa (藤澤 守, Fujisawa Mamoru, born December 6, 1950), known professionally as Joe Hisaishi (久石 譲, Hisaishi Jō), is a Japanese composer, musical director, conductor and pianist, known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981. Hisaishi's music has been known to explore and incorporate different genres, including minimalist, experimental electronic, Western classical, and Japanese classical. He has also worked as a music engraver and arranger. He has been associated with director and animator Hayao Miyazaki since 1984, having written scores for all but one of Miyazaki's films.

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