Joe Hisaishi - Merry-Go-Round of Life (from “Howl’s Moving Castle”) [4K VP9 | PCM 24-bit 48 kHz | DD+ Dolby Atmos]

Genre: Classical, Stage & Screen
Style: Neo-Romantic, Anison, Soundtrack
Year: 2023 (Original Soundtrack: 2004)
Video Source: YouTube (= the only 4K source that I could find)
Audio Source: Qobuz and Apple Music, with help of SonMaxime

The music to Studio Ghibli's 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film Howl's Moving Castle (Japanese: ハウルの動く城, Hepburn: Hauru no Ugoku Shiro) directed by Hayao Miyazaki, featured a score composed by Japanese composer, musical director, conductor and pianist Joe Hisaishi, Miyazaki's regular collaborator and was performed by the New Japan Philharmonic orchestra. Hisaishi had introduced several leitfmotifs for the first time, as his previous scores for the Miyazaki and Ghibli ventures did not have leitmotifs. But, the leitmotifs written for the film, led him space for experimenting the themes, and is different from that of Hollywood film music where "the leitmotif appears very clearly and is very easy to remember". His approach to the score was "a kind of international feel" where he could use sophisticated orchestration to reflect the dense orchestral styles associated in Hollywood films.

The image album to the film's music was released on January 2004, months ahead of the film's release and the score album was unveiled in conjunction with the film. A CD single of the film's theme “Merry-Go-Round of Life”, preceded the film's soundtrack. In 2020, the soundtracks of Howl's Moving Castle along with Spirited Away (2001), both were issued on vinyl LP, followed by a second re-issue along with the collection of Studio Ghibli soundtracks in 2023.

On March 30, 2023, Hisaishi signed an exclusive recording agreement with Deutsche Grammophon, even though he released several recordings on the label previously. “Merry-Go-Round of Life” is the first fruit of Joe Hisaishi’s new collaboration with Deutsche Grammophon. Recorded in London with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer, the track is newly arranged by Hisaishi for symphony orchestra.

Release Info
The video track is downloaded from YouTube (best source available atm) and left as is.
The PCM track (Qobuz Hi-Res, 24-bit 48 kHz) is synced with Adobe Audition.
The Atmos track is synced by muxing (modified delay, no quality loss).

Spoiler: Media Info

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Video
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