When the news of "The Story of かぐや姫の物語" was released; the animation soundtrack in the play was designated to be in charge of Shinichiro Ikebe, and was later replaced by Joe Hisaishi. This is also the first non-Yumiya Hisaishi experience in taking over the animated soundtrack of Ghibli. Works directed by Hayao Saki. Hisaishi has already wanted to participate in the animation soundtrack directed by Takahata Isao since he served as the soundtrack for Hayao Miyazaki's "Nausicaa" in 1984.
Takahata Isao asked Joe Hisaishi for the soundtrack, "You don't need to deliberately reflect the mood of the characters in the play", "Even when the characters in the play are at a low ebb, you can drive the audience without sad music" and so on. In addition, because Takahata Isao has a considerable degree of understanding of the field of music, he personally created two inserts for the film, "Children’s Ballad" (わらべ呗) and Tiannv’s Song (天女の歌), among which "Children’s Ballad" is based on The five-tone mode is completed. In order to make it easy for Hisaishi to understand the content of the tracks he created, Takahata Isao also uses Hatsune Miku music software to produce track samples to facilitate his explanation. Takahata Isao also proposed many directions for the soundtrack in the film. For example, the soundtrack about the appearance of the devas from the moon before the end of the film. Because Takahata Isao believes that the devas come from a world without vulgar worries, he suggested that Hisaishi use Samba. Style suite.
For some passages in the soundtrack where Guzheng melody appeared, Guzheng player Jiang Xiaoqing was hired to take charge.
