Joe Hisaishi, who composed and conducted the score, in 2011
The score for Howl's Moving Castle was composed and conducted by Joe Hisaishi, and performed by the New Japan Philharmonic. The soundtrack CD was first released on 19 November 2004 by Tokuma Japan Communications. Hisaishi also composed and conducted a Howl's Moving Castle: Symphony Suite, an album published on 21 January 2004 which includes ten re-arranged pieces from the original soundtrack. He and Youmi Kimura also composed Howl's Moving Castle CD Maxi-Single, a CD single published on 27 October 2004 which includes the film's theme song, sung by Chieko Baisho (the Japanese voice actor for Sophie), its karaoke version, and a piano version of the film's main theme, "The Merry-Go-Round of Life".
Original Soundtrack
Disc length: 68:52 |
Disc length 12:11 |
Image Album
Disc length 48:45 |
Joe Hisaishi
Original Score · 2004
Opening Song - Merry-Go-Round of Life
1
2:33
The Merry Light Cavalrymen
2
0:51
A Walk in the Skies
3
2:14
Heartbeat
4
0:20
Witch of the Waste
5
0:59
Sophie in Exile
6
4:19
The Magic Door
7
5:27
Irremovable Spell
8
0:45
Cleaning House
9
1:22
To Star Lake
10
4:13
Unspoken Love
11
0:27
In the Rain
12
1:28
Vanity and Friendship
13
3:58
A Ninety-Year-Old Girl
14
1:01
Saliman's Spell - Return to the Castle
15
5:22
The Secret Cave
16
2:33
Moving to a New House
17
3:05
The Flower Garden
18
2:58
Run!
19
0:57
You're in Love
20
1:11
Family
21
1:24
Love Under Fire
22
2:56
Escape
23
1:32
Sophie's Castle
24
2:38
The Boy Who Swallowed a Star
25
7:29
Ending Song - Merry-Go-Round of Life
Chieko Baisho
26
6:50
November 19, 2004
26 Songs, 1 hour, 9 minutes
℗ 2004 Studio Ghibli