Some Totoro music

Composer Joe Hisaishi, frequent collaborator with Hayao Miyazaki for the soundtracks of his films, performs one of the themes for the movie Totoro,  "Kaze no Torimichi" (the path of the wind). If I want a cleansing cry, his music always works.

A cockatiel covers the ending theme song "Tonari no Totoro"---so sweet! what is it about this bird that is so tender?