ghibli-collector: Joe Hisaishi by Hayao Miyazaki In 2008 a concert was held at Tokyo’s 1
ghibli-collector: Joe Hisaishi by Hayao Miyazaki In 2008 a concert was held at Tokyo’s 14,000-seat Nippon Budoukan venue to mark 25 years of musical collaboration between composer Joe Hisaishi and film maker Hayao Miyazaki and as a thank you Hayao Miyazaki created this portrait which would be used for the event poster. This massive concert featured performances of these signature Miyazaki film scores composed by Hisaishi, conducting from the piano, and the 200-member New Japan Philharmonic World Dream Orchestra, along with six featured vocalists, the 800 combined voices of the Ippan Koubo, Ritsuyuukai and Little Singers of Tokyo choirs, plus a 160-piece marching band. Altogether there were some 1160 musicians and singers on stage, backed by images from Miyazaki’s films projected on a giant screen. Watch the full concert in glorious HD below -- source link