Studio Ghibli – Pom Poko Soundtrack (Japan Vinyl LP)

The original soundtrack to the 1994 Studio Ghibli animePom Poko, recorded by the Japanese bandShang Shang Typhoonand composerHasso Gakudan. The mischievous, enigmatic, and constantly shifting nature of the tanuki in the film – one of Ghibli’s most beloved – is reflected in a playful and memorable original score.

A-Side
1. Tanuki, Let’s Play
2. Mine 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

B-Side
1. Pom Poko Tanuki Music
2. Whirlwind Shamisen
3. Rengeso ～Gonta’s Death of Honor～
4. Elegy
5. Undercurrent
6. The Tanukis Now… (Epilogue)
7. Pom Poko Main Theme『Genki Song』
8. Ending Theme Song『Anytime, Somebody Will Always』