Joe Hisaishi – Porco Rosso Soundtrack LP (First Vinyl Edition, Studio Ghibli Records, Japan Import TJJA-10023)

About the soundtrack Porco Rosso follows a WWI flying ace, cursed with the face of a pig, who hunts air pirates over the Adriatic between the wars. Joe Hisaishi gave it a score unlike his others for Miyazaki: lush, nostalgic and European, recorded acoustically with a full orchestra of about 70 players. Swaggering marches for the sky pirates sit alongside tender themes like "Bygone Days" and "Porco e Bella," and the film's dogfights get their own big set pieces. Singer Tokiko Kato, who voices the hotel owner Gina, performs the French chanson "Le Temps des cerises" and her own song "Toki ni wa Mukashi no Hanashi o," which closes the film. In 2020, Studio Ghibli Records remastered the soundtrack and released it on vinyl for the first time, alongside the Porco Rosso image album and the Kiki's Delivery Service albums. Tracklist Side A The Wind of the Times ~When People Could Be Human~ (時代の風 －人が人でいられた時－) MAMMAIUTO Addio! Bygone Days (帰らざる日々) A Sepia-Colored Photograph (セピア色の写真) Serbian March (セリビア行進曲) Flying Boatmen Doom ~The Cloud Trap~ (Doom －雲の罠－) Porco e Bella Fio-Seventeen The Women of Piccolo (ピッコロの女たち) Friend Partnership Side B Madness ~Flight~ (狂気 －飛翔－) To the Adriatic Sea (アドリアの海へ) In Search of Distant Times (遠き時代を求めて) Love at First Sight in the Wilderness (荒野の一目惚れ) At the End of Summer (夏の終わりに) Lost Spirit (失われた魂) Dog Fight Porco e Bella ~Ending~ Le Temps des cerises (さくらんぼの実る頃) – Tokiko Kato Toki ni wa Mukashi no Hanashi o (時には昔の話を) – Tokiko Kato Release details Composer Joe Hisaishi (久石譲) Title Porco Rosso: Soundtrack (紅の豚 サウンドトラック) Vocals Tokiko Kato (加藤登紀子) Label Studio Ghibli Records / Tokuma Japan Catalog No. TJJA-10023 Barcode 4988008087512 Format 12" LP, 33⅓ RPM, new mastering, new jacket artwork Country Japan (import) Released March 11, 2020, first vinyl edition (original album: 1992) Film Porco Rosso (紅の豚), 1992, dir. Hayao Miyazaki Genre Film Score, Anime Soundtrack Condition New More Hisaishi and Miyazaki on vinyl: Princess Mononoke Original Soundtrack (2LP) and My Neighbor Totoro Soundtrack (LP). Why buy from STOKYO STOKYO is run by DJs and vinyl heads, and we've been importing Japanese records and analog gear since 2004. This LP comes straight from Japan and ships from Los Angeles.