‘The Boy and the Heron’ Should Earn Composer Joe Hisaishi His Oscar

‘ASK ME WHY’

Hayao Miyazaki’s sensational (and, reportedly, final) Studio Ghibli film takes a festival bow in New York, cementing Joe Hisaishi’s gorgeous score as one of the best of the year.

A photo illustration of composer Joe Hisaishi and scenes from Hayao Miyazaki's new film The Boy And The Heron.
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Studio Ghibli/Getty/Alamy

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