The soundtrack of Hayao Miyazaki’s latest award-winning movie: THE BOY AND THE HERON will be at last released on vinyl record!!

The Boy and the Heron is a 2023 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is the most expensive film ever produced in Japan. Joe Hisaishi composed the film's score, while Kenshi Yonezu wrote and sang the film’s theme song “Spinning Globe”.

It is currently the fifth highest-grossing Japanese film of all time. Among its numerous accolades, it won the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, and the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

[Track List]

SIDE A

1. Ask Me Why (Evacuation)
2. White Wall
3. Gray Heron
4. Memories
5. Gray Heron II
6. A Feather in the Dusk
7. Adolescence
8. Gray Heron III
9. Silence
10. The Curse of the Gray Heron
11. Feather Fletching
12.  Ask Me Why (Mother’s Message)

SIDE B

1. A Trap
2. Sanctuary
3. The Master of the Tomb
4. Ark
5. Warawara
6. Reincarnation
7. Rain of Fire
8. Cursed Sea
9. Farewell

SIDE C

1. Reminiscence
2. Close Encounter
3. Diversion
4. A Girl of Fire
5. Mahito and Himi
6. The Corridor Door
7. A Burrow
8. A Song of Prayer (The Delivery Room)
9. Granduncle
10. In Secret
11. The King’s Parade

SIDE D

1. Granduncle’s Desire
2. Ask Me Why (Mahito’s Commitment)
3. The Great Collapse
4. The Last Smile
5. Spinning Globe / Kenshi Yonezu

• Genres: Drama, Fantasy
• Format: Vinyl
• Release Date: 7/5/24
• Number of Vinyl Discs: 2
• UPC: 4988008093711
• Studio: Studio Ghibli Records