Joe Hisaishi
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He has been associated with director and animator Hayao Miyazaki since 1984, having written scores for all but one of Miyazaki's films. He is also recognized for his music for filmmaker 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano, including ''A Scene at the Sea'' (1991), ''Sonatine'' (1993), ''Kids Return'' (1996), ''Hana-bi'' (1997), ''Kikujiro'' (1999), ''Brother'' (2000), and ''Dolls'' (2002), and for the video game series ''Ni no Kuni''. He was a student of anime composer Takeo Watanabe. Provided by Wikipedia