Studio Ghibli's most underrated score leans into classical quotation like a winking musicology lecture. You'll catch Chopin's Nocturne in B Flat Minor repurposed as quiet domestic comedy, and Mahler's Funeral March played for laughs over household catastrophes.
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Then "Doggy Policeman" drops in with this goofy, trotting march that sounds like a Looney Tunes cue filtered through 1990s Ghibli warmth. The original compositions ("Worrisome Background Music I" and II) nail that nervous, shuffling energy of family life teetering on the edge of chaos.
Gentle stuff, but clever. If you love Joe Hisaishi's lighter side and want something that pairs classical references with slapstick, start here.