Neoromanticism

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The guy who started it all was 久石 譲 (Joe Hisaishi), who composed music for almost all of the films of the famous 宮崎駿 (Hayao Miyazaki), whom was the mastermind behind many epic film productions of Studio Ghibli. Talk about GREAT TUNES. Every tune he has ever written is memorable, my God what talent. For those who are curious, the films of Studio Ghibli's outsell the big productions of Disney in Japan everytime they come out, in fact, one of their animations sold better than Titanic when it was released around the same time. All of the animations are a must see as they pushed the boundaries of animation techniques during their times, had good story lines, and with those soundtracks, oh just so damn enjoyable and recommendable.

Howard

actually, i can't remember any tunes from any of Miyazaki's movies (haven't seen too many though). But next time i do see one, i'll keep this in mind  .


(on a side note, you surprised me with that name, Joe Hisaishi. When I was browsing the Naxos catalog, that was one of the only new names to me that stuck in my mind and played back throughout the day. So it was weird to see that name again here.)