Piano Stories Best '88-'08

Product Description

This is a comprehensive best-of collection personally selected by Joe Hisaishi from the four albums in the popular Piano Stories series, which began with the first release in 1988! Many of the famous songs used in movies, commercials, and Ghibli works shine even more beautifully with piano and string arrangements!

*Includes an unreleased track: "Merry-Go-Round of Life (Main Theme from the movie "Howl's Moving Castle") Rearranged Version"!

Track Listing 1. The Wind of Life 2. Ikaros -2008 Remix- (Tohato "Caramel Corn" Commercial Song) 3. HANA-BI (From the movie "HANA-BI") 4. Fantasia (for Nausicaä) (From the movie "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind") 5. Oriental Wind -2008 ReMix- (Suntory Green Tea "Iyemon" Commercial Song) 6. Innocent (From the movie "Castle in the Sky") 7. Angel Springs (Suntory "Yamazaki" CM song) 8. il porco rosso (from the movie "Porco Rosso") 9. The Wind Forest (from the movie "My Neighbor Totoro") 10. Cinema Nostalgia (Nippon Television Network "Friday Road Show" opening theme) 11. Kids Return (from the movie "Kids Return") 12. A Summer's Day 13. Merry-Go-Round of Life -Piano Solo Ver.- (from the movie "Howl's Moving Castle")

Media Reviews and More

This best-of album features a selection of songs from the `PIANO STORIES` series, which has been released since 2000. It includes "HANA-BI" and "Kids Return" from the works of director Takeshi Kitano, with whom Joe Hisaishi has a close relationship, and a rearranged version of the main theme from Hayao Miyazaki's "Howl's Moving Castle," among others. (C)RS