posted on by Ken Iikura-Gross
Metal Gear Solid and Bayonetta composer Norihiko Hibino, Etrian Odyssey performer AYAKI team up for the latest Prescription for Sleep album, featuring Studio Ghibli classics.
On Monday Scarlet Moon Records announced the latest “Prescription for Sleep” tribute album. Titled Prescription for Sleep: The Best of Studio Ghibli, the album is set to feature “soothing jazz arrangements” of Studio Ghibli songs from the studio’s catalogue. Music duo GENTLE LOVE — comprising saxophonist Norihiko Hibino (Metal Gear Solid and Bayonetta series composer) and pianist AYAKI (Etrian Odyssey and PersonaQ) — perform the tracks.
Prescription for Sleep: The Best of Studio Ghibli is the 17th album in the “Prescription for Sleep” series and features 12 tracks. The track list is as follows:
01. A Town With an Ocean View (from Kiki’s Delivery Service)
02. Merry-Go-Round of Life (from Howl’s Moving Castle)
03. Marnie (from When Marnie Was There)
04. Nausicaä Requiem (from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind)
05. The Path of the Wind (from My Neighbor Totoro)
06. Princess Mononoke Theme Song (from Princess Mononoke)
07. Theme (from La Folia)
08. The Dragon Boy (from Spirited Away)
09. Sosuke’s Voyage (from Ponyo)
10. The Girl Who Fell From The Sky (from Castle in the Sky)
11. The Master of the Tomb (from The Boy and the Heron)
12. Compassion (Original)
The album is slated to be released on July 20, the 25th anniversary of Spirited Away and the 35th anniversary of Only Yesterday. Pre-orders for Prescription for Sleep: The Best of Studio Ghibli are available digitally through Bandcamp, Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon, YouTube, Pandora, Tidal, and Deezer, and three tracks will be available on Bandcamp as part of the pre-order: “A Town With an Ocean View,” “The Path of the Wind,” and “The Girl Who Fell From The Sky.”
Scarlet Moon Records has been releasing original game soundtracks and unique arrangement albums since 2013. The “Prescription for Sleep” series launched in 2014 and has spawned 16 previous albums. GENTLE LOVE released its 12th “Prescription for Sleep” album, Prescription for Sleep: Attack on Titan, featuring Attack on Titan music, in April 2022. The latest album in the series was was Prescription for Sleep: Ocarina of Time.
Source: Press release
