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One Summers Day
Joe Hisaishi
Spirited Away Soundtrack (2001)
Deep calm, gentler than 93% of our 19,209 measured songs — measures out best for focus.
70
BPM
One Summers Day by Joe Hisaishi is 70 BPM — Adagio (slow).
Half-time 35 BPM · Double-time 140 BPM · released 2001
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Song DNA
Notes: orchestral, piano
Recommended for: meditation sleep
Near the stillest end of everything we measure. It moves moderately between quiet and loud with nothing abrupt to catch you off guard — a even track with purely instrumental at an unhurried mid-tempo. Predictable and even, it’s easy to settle into and let run. On our 19,209-song scale, it reads gentler than 93% of everything we’ve measured.
Cultural Context
From the acclaimed Studio Ghibli film, known for its breathtaking animation and storytelling.
Listening Prompt
Close your eyes and visualize a summer day.
What to Expect
A dynamic range of 5 paired with smooth texture makes this a very low-friction listening experience at 70 beats per minute — one of the slower tempos available, which together with no sudden changes and high predictability creates near-complete sensory reliability. Fully instrumental with no vocal element to navigate. Rated safe, recommended for meditation and sleep, and the numbers support both uses cleanly: nothing in this profile pushes toward activation. Moods logged as calm and contemplative. For sensitive listeners, high predictability at a slow tempo means your nervous system can genuinely release the monitoring work — you won't brace for what comes next because the piece follows through consistently. The 70 BPM tempo is distinctively unhurried; combined with a mid-range dynamic score and smooth texture, this sits among the most contained and predictable instrumental pieces in the database. Misophonia data is uncharted for this recording.
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Moods: calm, contemplative
Quiet Track
"One Summers Day" sits at 70 BPM. Built for stillness.
This is well below typical speech rhythm. The body reads slow tempo as permission to rest. Smooth texture and instrumental keep the foreground spare. Good candidates for use: falling asleep, processing a hard day, slow mornings, study sessions where the music must not pull at you. Avoid for any task that needs alertness — the piece works against it.
How this song sits on each sensory axis
A dynamic range of 5/10 is within the normal pop-mix band. There is variation between verse and chorus, but it's the kind of variation most listeners encounter routinely.
Sudden changes: none. Transitions are musically signaled — nothing will surprise you if you're only half-listening.
Texture: smooth.
Predictability is high — the song telegraphs what it will do next. A sensory-sensitive listener can usually guess where it's going without close attention.
Vocal style: instrumental.
Where this sits in Joe Hisaishi's catalog
We have 11 songs from Joe Hisaishi in the library. Of those, 10 are rated Safe, 1 Moderate, and 0 Intense. This song's dynamic range of 5/10 sits below the artist average of 5.3, making it the #7 most dynamic track of theirs in our library.
2001 context
Released in 2001. We have 324 songs from that year in our library, averaging a dynamic range of 6.3/10. This track is quieter / less dynamic than the year average. Explore more from the 2000s.
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Guides that may help
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How fast is "One Summers Day"?
70 BPM — Slow (downtempo / ballad)
For running
Too slow for most running; good for warm-up walks or cool-down.
For workouts
Warm-up, cool-down, yoga, stretching.
For daily life
Sleep, meditation, reading, focus work.
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When "One Summers Day" works, and when it doesn't
Use-case verdicts computed from the song's tempo, dynamics, and sensory profile.
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Focus / studying
Maybe — fine for routine work, but the mid-song changes may pull attention during deep focus.
✗
Running / workout
No — 70 BPM is too slow for sustained cardio.
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Sleep / winding down
Maybe — calm overall, but tempo is a bit high for deep sleep. Better for winding down than falling asleep.
✓
Driving / road trip
Yes — predictable enough for safe driving attention, interesting enough to stay engaged.
✓
Cooking / dinner background
Yes — sits in the background without demanding attention.
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Emotional release / catharsis
Not really — it's pleasant but doesn't hit hard enough for cathartic listening.
Related reading
Editorial guides that cover this song's use cases, moods, or artist.
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Why this rating
We rate this song Safe because its dynamic range stays within our low-variance band, there are no unsignaled changes, and the texture and vocal style are both in the low-fatigue range. Our methodology uses an AND rule for Safe — a song has to clear every dimension to earn the rating.
This song in the Music Studio
17/100 intensity
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Rating last reviewed: 2026-06-20. Reviewed by the Music I Want editorial team against the documented methodology.
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By the numbers: how this song compares
Computed from this song’s place among the 19,209 songs we’ve measured.
Where it sits in 19,000 songs
This sits near the calm end of everything we've measured — gentler than 93% of the 19,209 songs in the library. Its intensity reading of 17/100 comes from a dynamic range of 5/10, smooth texture, no sudden shifts, and instrumental. Relatively few songs occupy this exact corner of the spectrum.
What makes it unusual
What stands out most about this song is a slow, unhurried pace: more extreme on that axis than 96% of everything we've measured. At the far opposite end of the library sit the songs built on full chaos — sudden changes, huge quiet-to-loud swings, and relentless energy — the kind of track this one is the counterpoint to.
Feels almost identical to
Prelude — Jim Hall · 99%Miles Davis — Jim Hall · 99%Dearly Beloved — Yoko Shimomura · 99%Earth Blue — Deuter · 99%
Closest matches by feel across all 19,209 measured songs — not by genre or artist, by how they actually move.
What it’s good for
Sleep9/10
Focus10/10
Workout0/10
Dinner7/10
Party / hype1/10
Scored from this song’s tempo, intensity, dynamics and texture — not crowd votes.
2001 in context
The 324 songs we’ve measured from 2001 average a dynamic range of 6.3/10. At 5/10, this track is gentler and steadier than its year.
Mixes smoothly with
Moses Theme — Ennio MorriconeEin feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 720 — Johann Sebastian BachFirst Song — Stan Getz
Within a few BPM and close in feel — they flow without a jarring transition.
The fingerprint
Intensity17
Dynamics44
Tempo17
Surprise0
Density0
Predictability0
Vocal force0
Trigger load0
The 8-dimension measurement behind every rating on this page.
Frequently asked about "One Summers Day"
Quick answers pulled from the song's sensory analysis.
What is the BPM of "One Summers Day" by Joe Hisaishi?
"One Summers Day" by Joe Hisaishi has a tempo of 70 BPM (Adagio (slow)). At half-time that is 35 BPM, and at double-time 140 BPM.
What is the sensory intensity of "One Summers Day" by Joe Hisaishi?
"One Summers Day" by Joe Hisaishi rates as Low-Intensity. Dynamic range 5/10, no sudden changes, smooth texture. Our Low-Intensity rating means no single dimension triggers the higher-intensity thresholds.
How loud is "One Summers Day" — what is its dynamic range?
"One Summers Day" has a dynamic range of 5/10. Within normal pop-mix variation. Movement between verse and chorus but nothing dramatic.
Does "One Summers Day" have sudden or surprising changes?
No. "One Summers Day" has no sudden unsignaled changes. Every transition is musically telegraphed.
What is "One Summers Day" best for?
In our library "One Summers Day" is recommended for: meditation, sleep. These tags are assigned only where the song's sensory profile genuinely supports the use case.
When was "One Summers Day" released?
"One Summers Day" is from 2001, on the album "Spirited Away Soundtrack". It appears in our 2000s catalog.
What is the emotional mood of "One Summers Day"?
We tag "One Summers Day" as calm, contemplative. Moods are tonal descriptors based on how the song reads emotionally — separate from the sensory intensity axes.
What is the vocal style of "One Summers Day"?
The vocal style is instrumental.
Is "One Summers Day" good for running?
Not really — at 70 BPM it's below most running cadences. Better for warm-up, cool-down, or walking. Recreational runners typically step at 140-175 BPM.
Is "One Summers Day" good for studying?
Only partially. The song's dynamic range (5/10) means there will be loud moments that break focus during deep work.
Can I use "One Summers Day" for sleep?
Not recommended for sleep. Dynamic range is too high — quiet moments will be ambushed by louder ones.
Should I listen to "One Summers Day"?
If you want gentle, low-arousal music, "One Summers Day" is a solid pick — Low-Intensity across every sensory dimension.
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