Joe Hisaishi is renowned Japanese composer, musical director, conductor and pianist, from Nakano.
Releases include the scores for: "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" in 1984, followed by: "Laputa: Castle in the Sky" (1986), "My Neighbor Totoro" (1988), "Kiki's Delivery Service" (1989), "A Scene at the Sea" (1991), "Porco Rosso" (1992), "Sonatine" (1993), "Kids Return" (1996), "Hana-bi" (1997), "Princess Mononoke" (1997), "Kikujiro" (1999), "Brother" (2000), "Spirited Away" (2001), "Dolls" (2002), "Howl's Moving Castle" (2004), "Departures" (2008), "Ponyo" (2008), "Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch" (2011), "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya" (2013), "The Wind Rises" (2013), "Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom" (2018), plus 2023's: "The Boy and the Heron", among others.