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01. KENJI KAWAI - 謡I - Making Of Cyborg
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ARTIST
KAWAI, KENJI
TITLE
Ghost In The Shell (Original Soundtrack)
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
WRWTFWW RECORDS
CATALOG #
WRWTFWW 017LP
WRWTFWW 017LP
GENRE
SOUNDTRACK
RELEASE DATE
7/14/2017
2024 repress. We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records present the first ever official vinyl pressing of the soundtrack for
Mamoru Oshii
's critically acclaimed and all around legendary science fiction anime film
Ghost In The Shell
(1995), adapted from
Masamune Shirow
's groundbreaking manga series of the same name. The haunting score is composed by
Kenji Kawai
, one of Japan's most celebrated soundtrack composers alongside
Joe Hisaishi
and
Ryuichi Sakamoto
, whose work includes
Hideo Nakata
's
Ring
(1998) and
Ring 2
(1999),
Death Note
(2006), Hong Kong films
Seven Swords
by
Tsui Hark
(2005) and
Ip Man
by
Wilson Yip
(2008), and countless others. Kawai's compositions see ancient harmonies and percussions uncannily mesh with synthesized sounds of the modern world to convey a sumptuous balance between folklore tradition and futuristic outlook. For its iconic main theme "Making Of Cyborg", Kawai had a choir chant a wedding song in ancient Japanese following Bulgarian folk harmonies, setting the standard for a timeless and unparalleled soundtrack that admirably echoes the film's musings on the nature of humanity in a technologically advanced world.
Ghost In The Shell
is widely considered one of the best anime films of all time and its influence has been felt in the work of numerous movie directors, including
James Cameron
's
Avatar
(2009), the
Wachowskis
's
The Matrix
(1999), and
Steven Spielberg
's
AI: Artificial Intelligence
(2001). For fans of anime, manga, movie soundtracks, science fiction, ambient, folklore, Japan,
Akira
(1988), artificial intelligence,
Midori Takada
. Cut from the original master reels at Emil Berliner Studios (formerly the in-house recording department of renowned classical record label Deutsche Grammophon).
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