Joe Hisaishi

Joe Hisaishi
Joe Hisaishi
久石譲
	Hisaishi in 2011
Born	Mamoru Fujisawa; December 6, 1950 (age 73); Nakano, Nagano, Japan
Education	Kunitachi College of Music
Children	Mai Fujisawa
	Musical career
Genres	Film score; classical; contemporary classical;
Occupation(s)	Composer; conductor; arranger;
Instrument(s)	Piano; keyboards; violin;
Years active	1974–present
Labels	Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Classics

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. He is also recognized for his music for filmmaker 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, including A Scene at the Sea (1991), Sonatine (1993), Kids Return (1996), Hana-bi (1997), Kikujiro (1999), Brother (2000), and Dolls (2002), and for the video game series Ni no Kuni. He was a student of anime composer Takeo Watanabe.^[1]^[2]

^ Pfitzinger, Scott (March 1, 2017). Composer Genealogies: A Compendium of Composers, Their Teachers, and Their Students. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 572. ISBN 978-1442272248. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
^ Berton, Gael (February 15, 2021). The Works of Hayao Miyazaki: The Master of Japanese Animation. Third Editions. ISBN 978-2377842780. Retrieved August 1, 2022.