Kenji Kawai
Ghost in the Shell OST | Standard Edition

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We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records is thrilled and honored to announce 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.

Cut from the original master reels at Emil Berliner Studios (formerly the in-house recording department of renowned classical record label Deutsche Grammophon), the album comes in two versions: a limited collector’s edition (LP and bonus 7" housed in sleeve with silver gilt printing, Japanese obi, and 24-page liner notes) and a standard LP.

The haunting score is composed by Kenji Kawai, one of Japan’s most celebrated soundtrack composers alongside Joe Hisaishi and Ryūichi 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 (Avatar), the Wachowskis (The Matrix), and Steven Spielberg (AI: Artificial Intelligence). – We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records 

“Kenji Kawai’s soundtrack to this film is almost as instrumental as the setting and characters themselves, brilliantly breathing an air of grounded classicism into a somewhat lofty film… Throughout the entire soundtrack, similar aural cues help to flesh out the story even without the movie. Bells and chimes give way to the feeling of development and subtle intrigue, synth swells clue the audience to the film’s more ponderous moments. And the choir, in a technique used in films like Akira and End of Evangelion, alert the audience as to when their feelings of disillusionment and introspection are justified, even encouraged.” – Sputnik Music

Item description:        

Artist:

Kenji Kawai

Title:

Ghost in the Shell (Original Soundtrack)

Label:

We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue

Pressing:

Europe

Release Date:

2017

Genre:

Electronic, Stage & Screen

Style:

Soundtrack, Abstract, Ambient

Catalog No:

WRWTFWW017

Condition:

New