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Studio Ghibli suddenly makes 38 albums of anime music available for streaming

253 points by ilikepi 7y ago

lordleft 7y ago
Anyone else unable to find the Ghibli albums mentioned in the article in Spotify yet? I've tried the desktop and web app to no avail.
- tpmx 7y ago
  https://www.reddit.com/r/ghibli/comments/f7lczy/studio_ghibli_makes_38_albums_of_anime_music/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ghibli/comments/f7lczy/studio_ghibl... Looks like only 5 of the 693 tracks are available to most. Perhaps, like people in the reddit thread are guessing, they are only available in Japan.
- SteveGoob 7y ago
  I can't find them either. I'm wondering if they only released them for streaming in Japan.
- ginko 7y ago
  Same
- hokkos 7y ago
  Still not totally open out of Japanese market https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX7GTqMQDhOum?si=1fqYYv9LSxae_BCuxbrw7A https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX7GTqMQDhOum?si=...
- shirowski 7y ago
  All of them are available on Apple Music in Sweden.
- toyg 7y ago
  Yeah, same in UK. Even the playlist is hard to track down, and it only has 5 songs...
- Medicalidiot 7y ago
  They're available on Apple Music US for those that use the service.
fireattack 7y ago
It's for Japan region. Also I find the word "suddenly" kind of weird, as Japanese companies do this (unlock their popular work/artists in streaming without announcement in advance) semi-frequently.
- tpush 7y ago
  They are all available in Apple Music for me with a US account.
  - swsieber 7y ago
    And did you know that https://musi.sh https://musi.sh allows you to stream music from your apple music account in your browser? Seems relevant here. I use it all the time on linux.
    - TeamTeaTime 7y ago
      There is now https://beta.music.apple.com/ https://beta.music.apple.com/ as well.
  - kitsunesoba 7y ago
    Apple Music generally has very good availability of Japanese stuff. Most other random foreign bands I’ve looked up are on there too.
  - aaomidi 7y ago
    Do you have a link?
- kingbirdy 7y ago
  Just because it's somewhat common for Japanese companies to suddenly release their music doesn't mean it isn't sudden.
finnjohnsen2 7y ago
Fake news and lies. Yes I'm a little upset. I got excited and now its just BS.
wodenokoto 7y ago
Given that they are in the midst of releasing practically their entire catalogue of movies on Netflix I don’t think it is surprising that they are following suit with their music. Hope it will be available globally on Spotify soon. There’s a lot of goody OST missing on Spotify still
- etrk 7y ago
  > releasing practically their entire catalogue of movies on Netflix Except in the US, Canada, and Japan.
  - eatonphil 7y ago
    They're on HBO Max in the US and Canada.
    - quickthrowman 7y ago
      I’m getting excited for HBO Max, there will finally be a streaming service with quality television and movies (Criterion). HBO is the only video streaming service I pay for. Here’s a comprehensive list of Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon original series that are HBO level quality:
      - danso 7y ago
        I'm not the biggest fan of streaming originals, but Netflix has been Best Picture nominated 2 years in a row (Roma, Marriage Story, and The Irishman). And Netflix has pretty much reached parity with HBO in Emmy wins and nominations in the mainline categories.
        dave5104 7y ago
        Seems the trouble is that, in addition to their award nominated material, Netflix also produces a lot of low quality content tailored to niche viewer personas. I wonder if they've ever considered whether or not that hurts their brand more than it helps, or if it's helping more than it hurts?
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FunnyLookinHat 7y ago
If anyone finds a Google Play / Youtube Music playlist with these could they share it when they're available? I love the music from Studio Ghibli but oftentimes have trouble tracking all of the albums or artists that comprise a list like this.
Razengan 7y ago
Joe Hisaishi is one of the best composers, and a big part of the Ghibli charm. Anyone who hasn't had the pleasure yet should definitely check out his work, in any way you can! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hisaishi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hisaishi [1] https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Joe+Hisaishi https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Joe+Hisaishi
- LaserDiscMan 7y ago
  I agree. This is one of my favorite Hisaishi pieces outside of his Ghibli compositions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAxGtcUTtKw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAxGtcUTtKw Good movie as well.
- yboris 7y ago
  One of my favorite non-anime films "Kikujiro" has the sweetest theme melody: "Summer" by Joe Hisaishi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDH_nJM3djc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDH_nJM3djc
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reffaelwallen 7y ago
Seems like not available in the US yet
yardie 7y ago
I have most of the soundtracks ripped to MP3 over many years. Some of the standouts I prefer, in no particular order: Princes Mononoke, Spirited Away, Porto Rosso, Howls Moving Castle. Some of the newer movies I haven’t had a chance to really sit down and listen to. This was from the era when I was in school and needed study music.
baby 7y ago
Where is the link? EDIT: oh apparently it's only on spotify EDIT2: can't find it on spotify either EDIT3: AH FUCK IT I'LL USE YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK1Ij_-mank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK1Ij_-mank
toyg 7y ago
This has been geofenced to very few countries. God, I hope geofencing in the media market. It's so last-century. I understand it's all about price-segmentation and it helps producers, but it's so impractical, annoying, philosophically anti-internet, and it just pushes people into piracy. The anime market is a typical example of this. I understand Ghibli's protection of their status (they are, effectively, the "Apple" of animation: high-quality, somewhat-exclusive, and totally unapologetic about their behaviour, particularly after the bad experience working with Disney), but it doesn't help me showing my kids how wonderful their art is.
ArmandGrillet 7y ago
I am discovering Studio Ghibli with the release of their movies on Netflix (better late than never) and it is an amazing feeling to watch something making you feel so much while being so different compared to western animation. Kiki's Delivery Service is from 1989 yet the animation, the music, and the topic (a girl becoming a woman via her first job: delivering packages with her cat and flying broom in a city that looks like La Rochelle) could have been made this year. Really happy that I can now listen to Totoro 's soundtrack on Spotify, the joy of feeling in the Japanese countryside on a hot summer day while being in a rainy European city is priceless.
ckorecki 7y ago
Yeah, I cannot find any of these albums on Google Play Music in the US. It's frustrating bc I can't find a single article that states if this is a regional thing. Every article just says that it's suddenly available but doesn't say what countries. I'm just going to assume that it's not available in the US yet.

253 points by ilikepi 7y ago

Anyone else unable to find the Ghibli albums mentioned in the article in Spotify yet? I've tried the desktop and web app to no avail.

tpmx 7y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/ghibli/comments/f7lczy/studio_ghibli_makes_38_albums_of_anime_music/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ghibli/comments/f7lczy/studio_ghibl... Looks like only 5 of the 693 tracks are available to most. Perhaps, like people in the reddit thread are guessing, they are only available in Japan.
SteveGoob 7y ago
I can't find them either. I'm wondering if they only released them for streaming in Japan.
ginko 7y ago
Same
hokkos 7y ago
Still not totally open out of Japanese market https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX7GTqMQDhOum?si=1fqYYv9LSxae_BCuxbrw7A https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX7GTqMQDhOum?si=...
shirowski 7y ago
All of them are available on Apple Music in Sweden.
toyg 7y ago
Yeah, same in UK. Even the playlist is hard to track down, and it only has 5 songs...
Medicalidiot 7y ago
They're available on Apple Music US for those that use the service.

fireattack 7y ago

It's for Japan region. Also I find the word "suddenly" kind of weird, as Japanese companies do this (unlock their popular work/artists in streaming without announcement in advance) semi-frequently.

tpush 7y ago
They are all available in Apple Music for me with a US account.
- swsieber 7y ago
  And did you know that https://musi.sh https://musi.sh allows you to stream music from your apple music account in your browser? Seems relevant here. I use it all the time on linux.
  - TeamTeaTime 7y ago
    There is now https://beta.music.apple.com/ https://beta.music.apple.com/ as well.
- kitsunesoba 7y ago
  Apple Music generally has very good availability of Japanese stuff. Most other random foreign bands I’ve looked up are on there too.
- aaomidi 7y ago
  Do you have a link?
kingbirdy 7y ago
Just because it's somewhat common for Japanese companies to suddenly release their music doesn't mean it isn't sudden.

finnjohnsen2 7y ago

Fake news and lies. Yes I'm a little upset. I got excited and now its just BS.

wodenokoto 7y ago

Given that they are in the midst of releasing practically their entire catalogue of movies on Netflix I don’t think it is surprising that they are following suit with their music. Hope it will be available globally on Spotify soon. There’s a lot of goody OST missing on Spotify still

etrk 7y ago
> releasing practically their entire catalogue of movies on Netflix Except in the US, Canada, and Japan.
- eatonphil 7y ago
  They're on HBO Max in the US and Canada.
  - quickthrowman 7y ago
    I’m getting excited for HBO Max, there will finally be a streaming service with quality television and movies (Criterion). HBO is the only video streaming service I pay for. Here’s a comprehensive list of Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon original series that are HBO level quality:
    - danso 7y ago
      I'm not the biggest fan of streaming originals, but Netflix has been Best Picture nominated 2 years in a row (Roma, Marriage Story, and The Irishman). And Netflix has pretty much reached parity with HBO in Emmy wins and nominations in the mainline categories.
      - dave5104 7y ago
        Seems the trouble is that, in addition to their award nominated material, Netflix also produces a lot of low quality content tailored to niche viewer personas. I wonder if they've ever considered whether or not that hurts their brand more than it helps, or if it's helping more than it hurts?

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FunnyLookinHat 7y ago

If anyone finds a Google Play / Youtube Music playlist with these could they share it when they're available? I love the music from Studio Ghibli but oftentimes have trouble tracking all of the albums or artists that comprise a list like this.

Razengan 7y ago

Joe Hisaishi is one of the best composers, and a big part of the Ghibli charm. Anyone who hasn't had the pleasure yet should definitely check out his work, in any way you can! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hisaishi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hisaishi [1] https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Joe+Hisaishi https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Joe+Hisaishi

LaserDiscMan 7y ago
I agree. This is one of my favorite Hisaishi pieces outside of his Ghibli compositions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAxGtcUTtKw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAxGtcUTtKw Good movie as well.
yboris 7y ago
One of my favorite non-anime films "Kikujiro" has the sweetest theme melody: "Summer" by Joe Hisaishi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDH_nJM3djc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDH_nJM3djc

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reffaelwallen 7y ago

Seems like not available in the US yet

yardie 7y ago

I have most of the soundtracks ripped to MP3 over many years. Some of the standouts I prefer, in no particular order: Princes Mononoke, Spirited Away, Porto Rosso, Howls Moving Castle. Some of the newer movies I haven’t had a chance to really sit down and listen to. This was from the era when I was in school and needed study music.

baby 7y ago

Where is the link? EDIT: oh apparently it's only on spotify EDIT2: can't find it on spotify either EDIT3: AH FUCK IT I'LL USE YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK1Ij_-mank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK1Ij_-mank

toyg 7y ago

This has been geofenced to very few countries. God, I hope geofencing in the media market. It's so last-century. I understand it's all about price-segmentation and it helps producers, but it's so impractical, annoying, philosophically anti-internet, and it just pushes people into piracy. The anime market is a typical example of this. I understand Ghibli's protection of their status (they are, effectively, the "Apple" of animation: high-quality, somewhat-exclusive, and totally unapologetic about their behaviour, particularly after the bad experience working with Disney), but it doesn't help me showing my kids how wonderful their art is.

ArmandGrillet 7y ago

I am discovering Studio Ghibli with the release of their movies on Netflix (better late than never) and it is an amazing feeling to watch something making you feel so much while being so different compared to western animation. Kiki's Delivery Service is from 1989 yet the animation, the music, and the topic (a girl becoming a woman via her first job: delivering packages with her cat and flying broom in a city that looks like La Rochelle) could have been made this year. Really happy that I can now listen to Totoro 's soundtrack on Spotify, the joy of feeling in the Japanese countryside on a hot summer day while being in a rainy European city is priceless.

ckorecki 7y ago

Yeah, I cannot find any of these albums on Google Play Music in the US. It's frustrating bc I can't find a single article that states if this is a regional thing. Every article just says that it's suddenly available but doesn't say what countries. I'm just going to assume that it's not available in the US yet.