Castle in the Sky [Original Soundtrack]

Any discussion of anime music would be remiss if it didn’t mention the work of longtime Hayao Miyazaki collaborator Joe Hisaishi. Although you can’t go wrong with any of his works (or any of the movies they’re attached to), Hisaishi’s use of both traditional and synthesized sounds for Laputa: Castle in the Sky helps highlight the battle between the natural world and technology that informs so much of Miyazaki’s work. “The Girl That Fell from the Sky” is as heartbreaking a piece as anything John Williams ever composed while “Robot Soldier (Resurrection – Rescue)” is as terrifying as anything John Carpenter ever did.