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
