Scarlet Moon Records has announced a new Prescription for Sleep album, titled Prescription for Sleep: Ghibli. Norihiko Hibino, composer of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Bayonetta, performs the album alongside pianist AYAKI.
Three tracks of the album are available today on Bandcamp. The rest will release on July 20. The track list is as follows:
- A Town With an Ocean View (from Kiki’s Delivery Service)
- Merry-Go-Round of Life (from Howl’s Moving Castle)
- Marnie (from When Marnie Was There)
- Nausicaä Requiem (from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind)
- The Path of the Wind (from My Neighbor Totoro)
- Princess Mononoke Theme Song (from Princess Mononoke)
- Theme (from La Folia)
- The Dragon Boy (from Spirited Away)
- Sosuke’s Voyage (from Ponyo)
- The Girl Who Fell From The Sky (from Castle in the Sky – Laputa)
- The Master of the Tomb (from The Boy and the Heron)
- Compassion (Original)
In a statement, Scarlet Moon’s Jayson Napolitano said the following about the new album: “Ghibli is personal for me. I grew up on Nausicaäand 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.”
Recently, Fathom Entertainment announced that Studio Ghibli Fest 2026 will continue with My Neighbor Totoro on July 11. It will be available to watch in theaters in both United States and Canada until July 15. Lastly, the other movies being shown are as follows:
- Tales from Earthsea – August 8-10
- Only Yesterday – August 9-11
- Castle in the Sky – August 22-26
- Princess Mononoke – September 26-30
- Spirited Away – October 17-21
