Joe Hisaishi - Ask Me Why (II) Studio Performance Video

“Ask Me Why” is the main theme from The Boy and the Heron, Joe Hisaishi’s Golden Globe-winning score for Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning film.
For his new The Boy and the Heron – Symphonic Suite for Piano and Orchestra, Hisaishi has completely reimagined the original score as a standalone concert work, placing his own piano at its heart. In “Ask Me Why II”, the intimate theme unfolds with a sense of resolution and hope, as Hisaishi’s distinctive piano patterns rise above the orchestral accompaniment of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

The Boy and the Heron – Symphonic Suite for Piano and Orchestra
Out 6 November 2026 on Deutsche Grammophon.

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