What is Joe Hisaishi?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Joe Hisaishi | image = Joe Hisaishi 2011.jpg | caption = Hisaishi in Paris in 2011 | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | native_name = 久石 譲 | native_name_lang = ja | birth_name = Mamoru Fujisawa | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|12|6|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Nakano, Nagano]], Japan | instrument = {{flatlist| * [[Piano]] * [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]] * [[violin]] }} | genre = {{flatlist| * [[Film score]] * [[classical (music)|classical]] * [[romantic era|romanticism]] }} | occupation = {{flatlist| * Composer * conductor * arranger }} | years_active = 1974–present | website = {{URL|joehisaishi.com}} }} {{Nihongo|'''Mamoru Fujisawa'''|藤澤 守|''Fujisawa Mamoru''|born 6 December 1950}} is a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[musical composition|composer]] and musical director. He is known professionally as {{Nihongo|'''Joe Hisaishi'''|久石 譲|''Hisaishi Jō''}}. He has written the [[soundtrack]]s for over 100 movies since 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.people.cn/90782/8336846.html|title=Joe Hisaishi film score concerts|date=23 July 2013|website=People's Daily Online|publisher=Shanghai Daily|access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hisaishi, Joe}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Japanese composers]] [[Category:People from Nagano Prefecture]] [[Category:20th-century composers]] [[Category:21st-century composers]] [[Category:Movie score composers]] [[Category:Video game composers]] {{bio-stub}}