This is an original soundtrack vinyl LP pressing of "The Boy and the Heron" by Joe Hisaishi. "The Boy and the Heron" is a 2023 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is the most expensive film ever produced in Japan. Joe Hisaishi composed the film's score, while Kenshi Yonezu wrote and sang the film's theme song, "Spinning Globe."

The film is currently the fifth highest-grossing Japanese film of all time and has received numerous accolades, including the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, and the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Label: Studio Ghibli Records

Release Year: 2024

Track List:

LP1

Side A

• A1 Ask Me Why (Evacuation)
• A2 White Wall
• A3 Gray Heron
• A4 Memories
• A5 Gray Heron II
• A6 A Feather in the Dusk
• A7 Adolescence
• A8 Gray Heron III
• A9 Silence
• A10 The Curse of the Gray Heron
• A11 Feather Fletching
• A12 Ask Me Why (Mother’s Message)

Side B

• B1 A Trap
• B2 Sanctuary
• B3 The Master of the Tomb
• B4 Ark
• B5 Warawara
• B6 Reincarnation
• B7 Rain of Fire
• B8 Cursed Sea
• B9 Farewell

LP2

Side A

• C1 Reminiscence
• C2 Close Encounter
• C3 Diversion
• C4 A Girl of Fire
• C5 Mahito and Himi
• C6 The Corridor Door
• C7 A Burrow
• C8 A Song of Prayer (The Delivery Room)
• C9 Granduncle
• C10 In Secret
• C11 The King’s Parade

Side B

• D1 Granduncle’s Desire
• D2 Ask Me Why (Mahito’s Commitment)
• D3 The Great Collapse
• D4 The Last Smile
• D5 Spinning Globe / Kenshi Yonezu