[Pre Order] Joe Hisaishi - The Boy & The Heron: Symphonic Suite for Piano and Orchestra - LP *

Release Date: November 6, 2026

Joe Hisaishi's concert adaptation of his score for Hayao Miyazaki's final masterpiece, pressed on classic black vinyl.

On November 6, 2026, audiences worldwide will experience Joe Hisaishi's The Boy & The Heron: Symphonic Suite for Piano and Orchestra, a concert adaptation of the acclaimed score for Hayao Miyazaki's Academy Award-winning final masterpiece. The fourteen-piece suite offers Hisaishi's personal interpretation of the film, following Mahito's emotional journey through grief, memory, and imagination.

Balancing intimate piano writing with rich orchestral textures, the work showcases Hisaishi's distinctive voice as composer, pianist, and storyteller. Miyazaki gave Hisaishi exceptional artistic freedom after much of the animation had already been completed, and the resulting score is centered on the piano as both narrator and emotional guide. Performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Features

• Classic black vinyl
• 1 LP
• Performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Track Listing

Side One:

1. Ask me why (I)
2. Gray Heron
3. Memories
4. A Trap
5. Sanctuary ~ The Master of the Tomb
6. Ark
7. Warawara
8. Reincarnation
9. Rain of Fire
10. A Song of Prayer

Side Two:

1. The King's Parade ~ Diversion
2. The Great Collapse
3. The Last Smile
4. Ask me why (II)