Joe Hisaishi

Mamoru Fujisawa ?? ? Fujisawa Mamoru born December 6 1950 known professionally as Joe Hisaishi ?? ? Hisaishi J? is a Japanese composer musical director conductor and pianist known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981 Hisaishis 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 Miyazakis films