Scarlet Moon Records has opened pre-orders for Prescription for Sleep: Ghibli, the 17th album in their long-running and Billboard-charting jazz arrange series. The album is performed entirely live in studio by saxophonist Norihiko Hibino—best known as the composer of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Bayonetta—and pianist AYAKI (Streets of Rage, PersonaQ), performing together as GENTLE LOVE. The Ghibli album marks the series’ second foray into anime following Attack on Titan in 2022, and arrives on the heels of Prescription for Pop, which brought GENTLE LOVE’s therapeutic sound to mainstream pop music earlier this year. Bandcamp pre-order buyers get immediate access to three tracks: “A Town With an Ocean View” from Kiki’s Delivery Service, “The Path of the Wind” from My Neighbor Totoro, and “The Girl Who Fell From The Sky” from Castle in the Sky. The remaining nine tracks unlock on July 20, the 25th anniversary of Academy Award®-winning Spirited Away.

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“Ghibli is personal for me” reflects Scarlet Moon’s Jayson Napolitano. “I grew up on Nausicaä and Castle in the Sky, and Hisaishi’s music shaped how I hear film scores to this day. There’s something special about the fact that his compositions already feel like lullabies in some ways; Hibino-san and AYAKI bring out that quality in a way that feels like these arrangements were always meant to exist.”

The full 12-track album will be available on all platforms on July 20:

• 01. A Town With an Ocean View (from “Kiki’s Delivery Service”)
• 02. Merry-Go-Round of Life (from “Howl’s Moving Castle”)
• 03. Marnie (from “When Marnie Was There”)
• 04. Nausicaä Requiem (from “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind”)
• 05. The Path of the Wind (from “My Neighbor Totoro”)
• 06. Princess Mononoke Theme Song (from “Princess Mononoke”)
• 07. Theme (from “La Folia”)
• 08. The Dragon Boy (from “Spirited Away”)
• 09. Sosuke’s Voyage (from “Ponyo”)
• 10. The Girl Who Fell From The Sky (from “Castle in the Sky – Laputa”)
• 11. The Master of the Tomb (from “The Boy and the Heron”)
• 12. Compassion (Original)

Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies kicked off on May 19, 2014, and has since enjoyed tens of millions of streams across 16 previous releases including three compilation volumes, nine more dedicated to Secret of Mana, UNDERTALE, Celeste, Shovel Knight, Wizard of Legend, Stardew Valley, Attack on Titan, ActRaiser, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, a compilation of battle themes turned into lullabies, and two charity releases in honor of late Nintendo President Satoru Iwata and late game developer Yoshitaka Murayama.

Learn more about Prescription for Sleep: Game Music Lullabies: http://scarletmoon.com/sleep/

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