Porco Rosso is a 1992 animated film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The plot follows an Italian WWI fighter pilot that currently works as a bounty hunter and his clashes with air pirates over the Adriatic Sea. However, a curse has turned him into an anthromorphic pig, earning him the nickname of “Porco Rosso” (Italian for “Red Pig”.) It features many homages to early aviation and is one of the few Ghibli films set in an identifiable real world place and point in history. The score was again composed by Joe Hisaishi and performed by a 70 piece orchestra, giving a quaint and quirky sonic backdrop for Miyazaki’s incredible hand-drawn animation.

Track Listing:

1. The Wind of Ages - When a Human Can Be a Human
2. MAMMA AIUTO
3. Addio!
4. Bygone Days
5. A Picture in Sepia
6. Serbian March
7. Flying Boatmen
8. Doom - Trap of Clouds
9. Porco E Bella
10. Fio - Seventeen
11. Women of Piccolo
12. Friend
13. Partnership
14. To the Adriatic Sea
15. In Search of the Distant Era
16. Love at the First Sight in the Wildness
17. At the End of the Summer
18. LOST SPIRIT
19. Dog Fight
20. Porco E Bella - Ending
21. The Time of the Cherries
22. Once in a While, Let's Talk About the Old Days