Hasso Gakudan & Shang Shang Typhoon

Release Date: 11/08/2024
Format: LP
Label: Tokuma Japan Communications – TJJA-10065, Studio Ghibli Records
Release type: Japanese Imported Vinyl LP Pressing with OBI Strip

Featuring a diverse array of traditional musical instruments, Pom Poko (Original Soundtrack) presents a rich blend of Japanese-style music, samba, mambo, and more. Highlights include the evocative track "Itsudemo Dareka ga," showcasing the album's unique and vibrant soundscape.

Pom Poko, also known as The Raccoon War, is a captivating animated comedy-drama from Studio Ghibli, released on July 16, 1994. This film, the first feature produced at Ghibli's new studio in Koganei and the debut original work by director Isao Takahata, delves into the adventures of tanuki (raccoon dogs) fighting to protect their forest home from urban development. The title Pom Poko refers to the traditional sound of tanuki drumming their bellies, a nod to the folklore and cultural elements embedded in the film's whimsical and poignant narrative.

1. Tanuki, Let's Play
   
2. Main Title
3. Life of a Tanuki
   
4. Revival of the Art of Transformation
   
5. Musical Accompaniment to Ses-ses-se
   
6. Musical Accompaniment to Toryanse
   
7. Wind and Clouds, Dance of Urgency
   
8. Tan-Tan Tanuki
   
9. Inviting Cat's Samba
   
10. Twin Stars ''Song of Going Around the Stars"
    
11. Hibernation
    
12. Joys of Spring
    
13. Homesickness: Awa - Tokyo - Sado
    
14. Tanuki's Mambo
    
15. Happy Hanagasa
    
16. Going into Battle
    
17. Subtle and Profound Mysterious Music
    
18. Pom Poko Tanuki Music
    
19. Whirlwind Shamisen
    
20. Rengeso - Gonta's Death of Honor
    
21. Elegy
    
22. Undercurrent
    
23. The Tanukis Now... (Epilogue)
    
24. Pom Poko Main Theme ''Genki Song"
    
25. Ending Theme (Itsudemo Dareka ga) by Shang Shang Typhoon