"SUMMER" simplified score:

This song is the theme song of the movie "Summer of Kikujiro" and is included in the album "Kikojiro", which was released on July 6, 2016 day. The movie "Summer of Kikujiro" is a 121-minute comedy film produced by Japan's Kitano Takeshi Studio.

The film was directed by Takeshi Kitano and starred by Takeshi Kitano, Yusuke Sekiguchi, and Kaseko Kishimoto. It was released in Japan on June 5, 1999. The film tells the story of a series of funny and tearful stories that happened between a little boy Masao and his uncle Kikujiro next door on their way to Tokyo.

Extended information:

Hisaishi Joe, born on December 6, 1950 in Nakano City, Japan, is a Japanese musician, composer, and pianist. Graduated from Japan National University of Music. In 1992, Joe Hisaishi won the Best Music Award at the 15th Japan Film Awards for "That Summer's Sea of ??Silence". In 1999, "Princess Mononoke" scored by Joe Hisaishi won the Bronze Award at the 17th JASRAC Awards.

In 2001, Hisaishi Joe composed the soundtrack for "Spirited Away" and won the 56th Mainichi Film Awards Music Award, the New Century Tokyo International Animation Awards Music Award and the American International Film Award. Animation Society "Best Original Music Award". In 2002, "Spirited Away", with music composed by Hisaishi Joe, won the 30th Annie Award for Best Animation Music.

In 2004, he won the "Best Music Award" at the Tokyo International Animation Awards in Japan and the "Best Original Music Award" from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for "Howl's Moving Castle".

In 2005, he won the Best Music Award at the 4th Korean Film Awards for "Welcome to Dongmok Village". In 2008, the film "The Embalmer", with Joe Hisaishi as the music producer, won the "Best Foreign Language Film Award" at the 81st Academy Awards.