Music of Howl's Moving Castle

{{Infobox album

| name = Howl's Moving Castle: Symphony Suite

| italic_title = no

| type = soundtrack

| longtype = / image album

| artist = Joe Hisaishi

| released = 21 January 2004

| length = 48:44

| label = Studio Ghibli
Tokuma Japan Communications

| producer = Joe Hisaishi

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Joe Hisaishi

| type = soundtrack

| prev_title = Le Mécano de la General

| prev_year = 2004

| title = Howl's Moving Castle

| year = 2004

| next_title = Welcome to Dongmakgol

| next_year = 2005

}}

}}

Howl's Moving Castle: Symphony Suite is the image album to the film, that was released on 21 January 2004, several months ahead of the film's release. The album featured 10 instrumental pieces from the score, that had been re-arranged and orchestrated to include in the soundtrack.Howl's Moving Castle: Symphonic Suite

• {{Cite web |title=Joe Hisaishi Howl's Moving Castle Image Symphonic Suite LP |url=https://elusivedisc.com/joe-hisaishi-howls-moving-castle-image-symphonic-suite-lp/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919140218/https://elusivedisc.com/joe-hisaishi-howls-moving-castle-image-symphonic-suite-lp/ |archive-date=2021-09-19 |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Elusive Disc}}
• {{Cite web |title=Joe Hisaishi - Howl's Moving Castle: Image Symphonic Suite |url=https://lightintheattic.net/releases/7064-howl-s-moving-castle-image-symphonic-suite |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930222330/https://lightintheattic.net/releases/7064-howl-s-moving-castle-image-symphonic-suite |archive-date=2020-09-30 |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Light In The Attic Records}} Those pieces were performed by the Czech Philharmonic that was conducted by Hisaishi and directed by Mario Klemens. Each pieces are titled on the elements and the characters from the film.{{sfn|Bellano|2012}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Track listing

| title1 = Mysterious World

| note1 = ミステリアス・ワールド, Misuteriasu wārudo

| length1 = 5:04

| title2 = The Wizard of the Moving Castle

| note2 = 動く城の魔法使い, Ugokushiro no mahōtsukai

| length2 = 5:56

| title3 = Sophie's Tomorrow

| note3 = ソフィーの明日, Sofī no ashita

| length3 = 5:11

| title4 = Boy

| note4 = ボーイ, Bōi

| length4 = 3:44

| title5 = The Moving Castle

| note5 = 動く城, Ugokushiro

| length5 = 3:56

| title6 = War War War

| note6 = ウォー・ウォー・ウォー, U~ō u~ō u~ō

| length6 = 4:46

| title7 = The Wizard's Waltz

| note7 = 魔法使いのワルツ, Mahōtsukai no warutsu

| length7 = 5:39

| title8 = Secret Garden

| note8 = シークレット・ガーデン, Shīkuretto gāden

| length8 = 3:24

| title9 = Dawn's Allure

| note9 = 暁の誘惑, Akatsuki no yūwaku

| length9 = 5:16

| title10 = Cave of Mind

| note10 = ケイヴ・オブ・マインド, Keivu Obu maindo

| length10 = 5:48

| total_length = 48:44

}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Howl's Moving Castle CD Maxi-Single

| italic_title = no

| type = EP

| artist = Joe Hisaishi

| released = 27 October 2004

| length = 12:10

| label = Studio Ghibli
Tokuma Japan Communications

| producer = Joe Hisaishi

| misc =

}}

Howl's Moving Castle CD Maxi-Single is the extended play released in CD on 27 October 2004.{{cite web |title=Howl's Moving Castle |url=http://www.onlineghibli.com/howls_castle/music.php |access-date=16 July 2013 |website=Online Ghibli}} It featured the film's theme song, {{Nihongo|"The Promise of the World"|世界の約束,|{{no italics|"}}Sekainoyakusoku{{no italics|"}}}} performed by Chieko Baisho, who played Sophie in the Japanese version, and had lyrics written by Shuntarō Tanikawa and music by Youmi Kimura, with arrangements by Joe Hisaishi. It also featured a karaoke version of the song, and piano version of the film's main theme {{Nihongo|"Merry-Go-Round of Life"|人生のメリーゴーランド|{{no italics|"}}Jinsei no merīgōrando{{no italics|"}}}}.

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Performer(s)

| title1 = The Promise of the World

| note1 = 世界の約束, Sekainoyakusoku

| length1 = 4:22

| lyrics1 = Shuntarō Tanikawa

| music1 = Youmi Kimura

| extra1 = Chieko Baisho

| title2 = Merry-Go-Round of Life (Instrumental)

| note2 = 人生のメリーゴーランド (インストゥルメンタル), Jinsei no merīgōrando (insuto~urumentaru)

| length2 = 3:29

| music2 = Joe Hisaishi

| title3 = The Promise of the World (Karaoke)

| note3 = 世界の約束(オリジナルカラオケ), Sekainoyakusoku (Orijinaru karaoke)

| length3 = 4:19

| music3 = Youmi Kimura

| total_length = 12:10

}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Howl's Moving Castle Original Soundtrack

| italic_title = no

| type = soundtrack

| artist = Joe Hisaishi

| released = 19 November 2004

| recorded = 2004

| length = 68:52

| label = Studio Ghibli
Tokuma Japan Communications

| producer = Joe Hisaishi

| misc =

}}

Howl's Moving Castle Original Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the film published by Studio Ghibli Records and Tokuma Japan Communications, which released the album on 19 November 2004. It featured selections from Hisaishi's score performed by New Japan Philharmonic and the film's theme song "The Promise of the World" as the concluding track from the film.{{Cite web |date=2004-11-19 |title=Howl's Moving Castle (Original Soundtrack) |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/howls-moving-castle-original-soundtrack/883513360 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015618/https://music.apple.com/us/album/howls-moving-castle-original-soundtrack/883513360 |archive-date=2020-11-12 |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=iTunes |publisher=Apple Music}}{{Track listing

| extra_column = Performer(s)

| title1 = Opening Song – Merry-Go-Round of Life

| note1 = オープニング—人生のメリーゴーランド, Ōpuningu — jinsei no merīgōrando

| length1 = 2:33

| title2 = The Merry Light Cavalrymen

| note2 = 陽気な軽騎兵, Yōkina kei kihei

| length2 = 0:51

| title3 = A Walk in the Skies

| note3 = 空中散歩, Kūchū sanpo

| length3 = 2:14

| title4 = Heartbeat

| note4 = ときめき, Tokimeki

| length4 = 0:20

| title5 = Witch of the Waste

| note5 = 荒地の魔女, Arechi no majo

| length5 = 0:59

| title6 = Sophie in Exile

| note6 = さすらいのソフィー, Sasurai no sofī

| length6 = 4:19

| title7 = The Magic Door

| note7 = 魔法の扉, Mahō no tobira

| length7 = 5:27

| title8 = Irremovable Spell

| note8 = 消えない呪い, Kienai noroi

| length8 = 0:45

| title9 = Cleaning House

| note9 = 大掃除, Daisōji

| length9 = 1:22

| title10 = To Star Lake

| note10 = 星の湖へ, Hoshinoumi e

| length10 = 4:13

| title11 = Unspoken Love

| note11 = 静かな想い, Shizukana omoi

| length11 = 0:27

| title12 = In the Rain

| note12 = 雨の中で, Ame no naka de

| length12 = 1:28

| title13 = Vanity and Friendship

| note13 = 虚栄と友情, Kyoei to yūjō

| length13 = 3:58

| title14 = A Ninety-Year-Old Girl

| note14 = 90歳の少女, 90-Sai no shōjo

| length14 = 1:01

| title15 = Saliman's Spell – Return to the Castle

| note15 = サリマンの魔方陣～城への帰還, Sariman no mahōjin ~-jō e no kikan

| length15 = 5:22

| title16 = The Secret Cave

| note16 = 秘密の洞窟, Himitsu no dōkutsu

| length16 = 2:33

| title17 = Moving to a New House

| note17 = 引越し, Hikkoshi

| length17 = 3:05

| title18 = The Flower Garden

| note18 = 花園, Hanazono

| length18 = 2:58

| title19 = Run!

| note19 = 走れ!, Hashire!

| length19 = 0:57

| title20 = You're in Love

| note20 = 恋だね, Koida ne

| length20 = 1:11

| total_length = 68:52

| title21 = Family

| note21 = ファミリー, Famirī

| length21 = 1:24

| title22 = Love Under Fire

| note22 = 戦火の恋, Senka no koi

| length22 = 2:56

| title23 = Escape

| note23 = 脱出, Dasshutsu

| length23 = 1:32

| title24 = Sophie's Castle

| note24 = ソフィーの城, Sofī no shiro

| length24 = 2:38

| title25 = The Boy Who Swallowed a Star

| note25 = 星をのんだ少年, Hoshi o nonda shōnen

| length25 = 7:29

| title26 = Ending Song — The Promise of the World – Merry-Go-Round of Life

| note26 = エンディング—世界の約束～人生のメリーゴーランド, Endingu — sekainoyakusoku ~ jinsei no merīgōrando

| lyrics26 = Shuntarō Tanikawa

| music26 = Youmi Kimura

| extra26 = Chieko Baisho

| length26 = 6:50

}}

A For Your Consideration album featuring 8 tracks from the score, was published by the film's North American distributor Walt Disney Pictures' in the end of 2005, to coincide the forthcoming awards season.{{Cite web |title=Howl's Moving Castle {{ndash}} For Your Consideration Soundtrack (2004) |url=https://www.soundtrack.net/album/howls-moving-castle-for-your-consideration/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906092437/https://www.soundtrack.net/album/howls-moving-castle-for-your-consideration/ |archive-date=2015-09-06 |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Soundtrack.net}}{{Track listing

| title1 = Merry-Go-Round Of Life

| length1 = 2:43

| title2 = A Walk In The Skies

| length2 = 2:15

| title3 = To Star Lake

| length3 = 4:13

| title4 = A Ninety-Year-Old Girl

| length4 = 1:01

| title5 = Suliman's Spell – Return To The Castle

| length5 = 5:23

| title6 = Love Under Fire

| length6 = 2:56

| title7 = Sophie's Castle

| length7 = 2:39

| title8 = The Boy Who Swallowed A Star

| length8 = 7:30

| total_length = 28:40

}}

Glen Chapman of Den of Geek wrote "Hisaishi and the Japanese Philharmonic Orchestra combine here to brilliant effect, creating a beautiful, sweeping score that complements the movie perfectly". Sam Sewell-Peterson of The Film Magazine commented "Miyazaki’s regular collaborator, Joe Hisaishi, scores the film, and the soundtrack is simple yet effective – he can bring a tear to your eye with a couple of well placed notes without fail. The score sounds a lot like a lullaby, and whilst it may have the power to send young children to sleep, it stirs entirely other emotions in adults – it causes you to reminisce, to remember happier times when the world was so much simpler."{{Cite web |last=Sewell-Peterson |first=Sam |date=2020-04-18 |title=Howl's Moving Castle Review {{ndash}} An All-Time Great Coming of Age Fantasy |url=https://www.thefilmagazine.com/howls-moving-castle-miyazaki-ghibli-review/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805015402/https://www.thefilmagazine.com/howls-moving-castle-miyazaki-ghibli-review/ |archive-date=2020-08-05 |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=The Film Magazine}} Sunah Ramsey of Collider wrote "If there is one thing this soundtrack has, it is energy. Just like Howl’s slapdash nature, the melody picks the audience up and escapades them on a whimsical journey. The chirping flutes and waltz-like rhythm feel like sunshine on a spring day."{{Cite web |last=Ramsey |first=Sunah |date=2022-02-10 |title=Top 10 Studio Ghibli Soundtracks |url=https://collider.com/studio-ghibli-soundtracks/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606024917/https://collider.com/studio-ghibli-soundtracks/ |archive-date=2022-06-06 |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=Collider}}

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• {{Cite journal |last=Bellano |first=Marco |date=2010 |title=The Parts and the Whole. Audiovisual Strategies in the Cinema of Hayao Miyazaki and Joe Hisaishi |url=https://www.academia.edu/11555155 |journal=Animation Journal |volume=18 |issn=1061-0308 |access-date=2023-05-05}}
• {{Cite journal |last=Bellano |first=Marco |date=September 2012 |title=From Albums to Images: Studio Ghibli's Image Albums and their impact on audiovisual strategies |url=https://www.sibetrans.com/trans/public/docs/trans_16_01.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425204601/https://www.sibetrans.com/trans/public/docs/trans_16_01.pdf |archive-date=25 April 2018 |access-date=5 May 2023 |journal=Trans: Revista Transcultural de Música |volume=16 |issn=1697-0101}}
• {{Cite news |last=Vincentelli |first=Elisabeth |date=2022-08-12 |title=The Composer Who Turns Hayao Miyazaki's Humane Touch Into Music |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/12/movies/studio-ghibli-composer-joe-hisaishi.html |access-date=2023-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815054712/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/12/movies/studio-ghibli-composer-joe-hisaishi.html |archive-date=2022-08-15 |issn=0362-4331 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}

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