HASSOUGAKUDAN - Pom Poko - Vinyle Soundtrack Album

Featuring a wide range of traditional musical instruments, "Pom Poko (Original Soundtrack)" presents a rich blend of Japanese-style music, samba, mambo, and more. Highlights include the evocative song "Itsudemo Dareka ga," which showcases the album's unique and vibrant soundscape.

"Pom Poko" (Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko), also known as The Raccoon War, is a captivating animated comedy-drama film by Studio Ghibli, released on July 16, 1994. This film, the first feature-length film produced at Ghibli's new Koganei studio and the first original work by director Isao Takahata, chronicles the adventures of tanuki (raccoon dogs) as they fight to protect their forest from urban development. The title "Pom Poko" refers to the traditional sound of tanuki drumming on their bellies, a nod to the folklore and cultural elements embedded in the film's whimsical and poignant narrative.

Disc 1

01 Tanuki, Let's Play

02 Main Title

03 Life of a Tanuki

04 Revival of the Art of Transformation

05 Musical Accompaniment to Ses-ses-se

06 Musical Accompaniment to Toryanse

07 Wind and Clouds, Dance of Urgency

08 Tan-Tan Tanuki

09 Inviting Cat's Samba

10 Twin Stars "Song of Going Around the Stars?

11 Hibernation

12 Joys of Spring

13 Homesickness: Awa - Tokyo - Sado

14 Tanuki's Mambo

15 Happy Hanagasa

16 Going into Battle

17 Subtle and Profound Mysterious Music

Disc 2

01 Pom Poko Tanuki Music

02 Whirlwind Shamisen

03 Rengeso - Gonta's Death of Honor

04 Elegy

05 Undercurrent

06 The Tanukis Now... (Epilogue)

07 Pom Poko Main Theme "Genki Song?

08 Ending Theme?Itsudemo Dareka ga?Shang Shang Typhoon