This is Not A Drill! 38 Original Studio Ghibli Albums Will Be On Spotify Starting 1st March 2020

Anime fans, rejoice! If you’ve watched the iconic classics, My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away as a kid, you will be ecstatic to discover that the soundtracks of these films, along with 36 other original Studio Ghibli albums, will be available on Spotify, Apple Music and Youtube starting 1st March 2020! 

Don’t worry hardcore Studio Ghibli fans, it’s not just a handful of famous soundtracks that are going up on these streaming platforms, in fact, Sora News reports that there will be a whopping total of 693 tracks made available starting next month.

While the Japanese animation studio is known for its beautiful visuals and heartwarming scenes, fans find the soundtracks of these films equally as memorable, instantly perking up when they hear the first 5 seconds of their favourite Studio Ghibli theme song.

For those of you who are wondering which movies these prized 38 albums are from, you’ll be glad to know that the first 23 are the soundtracks for every studio Ghibli movie ever made except Grave of the Fireflies and French co-production, The Red Turtle. Among the soundtracks that will be made available are:

● Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Soundtrack-To the Far-off Land
● Castle in the Sky Laputa Soundtrack-Mystery of the Levistone
● My Neighbor Totoro Soundtrack Collection
● Kiki’s Delivery Service Soundtrack Collection
● Only Yesterday Original Soundtrack
● Porco Rosso Soundtrack
● Ocean Waves Soundtrack
● Pom Poko Soundtrack
● Whisper of the Heart Soundtrack
● Princess Mononoke Soundtrack
● My Neighbors the Yamadas Original Full Soundtrack
● Spirited Away Soundtrack
● The Cat Returns Soundtrack
● Ghiblies Episode 2 Soundtrack
● Howl’s Moving Castle Soundtrack
● Tales from Earthsea Soundtrack
● Ponyo Soundtrack
● Arrietty Soundtrack
● From Up on Poppy Hill Soundtrack
● The Wind Rises Soundtrack
● The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Soundtrack
● When Marnie Was There Soundtrack
● The Red Turtle Soundtrack

But that’s not all. 14 image albums that include music from some of Ghibli’s most well known movies and a double-sized collection of vocal songs will also be available:

● Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Soundtrack-Bird People
● Castle in the Sky Laputa-The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
● My Neighbor Totoro Image Song Collection
● Kiki’s Delivery Service Image Album
● Only Yesterday Image Album
● Porco Rosso Image Album
● Pom Poko Image Album
● Whisper of the Heart Image Album
● Princess Mononoke Image Album

● Spirited Away Image Album
● Image Symphonic Suite Howl’s Moving Castle Soundtrack
● Ponyo Image Album
● From Up on Poppy Hill Image Album-Piano Sketch Collection
● The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Soundtrack-Songs for Female Chorus Trio
● Studio Ghibli Songs-Expanded Edition

Time to add these timeless tracks into your playlist! Share this with the biggest Ghibli fan you know. 

 

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