Message-ID: <19990425091024.10421.rocketmail@attach1.rocketmail.com> Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 02:10:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Ryoko Toyama <ryokot@rocketmail.com> Subject: [Ghibli-announce] [Laputa-announce] Laputa theater release?/Hisaishi redoing Laputa music. To: laputa-announce@nausicaa.net Joe Hisaishi is currently working on the music of "Laputa". Disney is now *considering* to theater release Laputa in the US. According to Hisaishi's official web site (http://www.joehisaishi.com/), Disney told him that Laputa will be released in "theaters and on video in year 2000".(Please note: there has been no official announcement from Disney, yet.) To "update and upgrade" the music to make it more suitable for theatrical release, Disney has asked Hisaishi to redo the music of "Laputa". His official web page now carry the production diary about his works on Laputa. The diary is in Japanese, but the unofficail English translation is available at http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/laputa/music.html. According to the Diary, Hisaishi is coming to Seattle in early May to do the orchestra recording with Seattle Symphony. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com