Hellsing: Raid

Artist: Yasushi Ishii
Label: Geneon [Pioneer]
Category: Music

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Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 013023519824
EAN: 0013023519824
ASIN: B000094Q56

Release Date: 2003-07-01

Hellsing: Raid

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Tracks:

World Without Logos
Fool Cross Over Nirvana (Grudge Prohibited)
Musical Play Smiling Rebellious Flower
Certain Victory Lotus Sutra Tune
Services to Gods (Do on Our Own Accord)
Left Foot Trapped in a Sensual Seduction
Dracula's Holy Pupil and R & R
P.S. Lord Amitabha Have Mercy on Me
Sea of Chaos (Creator's Ulterior Motive)
Original Sin (For Not Keeping Virginity)
Bodhisattva of Cathedral - Tatsuo Tabei
Mask of the Priest and the Bell of the Chapel
Act of Demon or the Work of God
Pure Death
Survival on the Street of Insincerity
Ambiguous Drum's Grief
Requiem for the Living
Non-Neurosis Tunes (Who the Hell Are You?)
When You Start the War, Fight With Arrows, Spears and Swords?

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Description

The Hellsing Original Soundtrack embodies the gritty, gothic atmosphere of the hit anime series and delivers 19 tracks of the coolest, high-gear frenzy garage band sounds and edgy instrumental cuts ever heard on an anime CD. Available for the first time as a domestic anime CD release. Includes insert CD booklet with song titles, lyrics and credits translated in English language.

Customer Reviews:

Dark, Haunting, and Amazing.......2007-04-03

I am pretty new to the world of Hellsing, I have bought the anime and have watched it through several times. The show was great, I really loved it, but what really made the show so cool for me was the music, it was kinda dark, but went great with all the action. I've since purchased this CD and listened to it, and I must say that it is amazing, this soundtrack brings out the best of Hellsing. This soundtrack is great because there's plenty of music, some kinda slow and sad, some more fast paced and leaves you bobbing your head to the beats of the music. This has to be one of my absolute favorite soundtracks ever.

Not all of the tracks have lyrics to them, most of the songs are just music, and the tracks that actually have lyrics, well the lyrics kinda take a backseat to the actual music. Most music, the lyrics are right out there with the music in the background, the songs with lyrics are just the opposite, you can hear lyrics in the background and can't really make out what they're saying, it's kind of like a babbling to it, but where you think that it hurts the songs, it actually makes it sound cooler, almost like you're watching the show.

Even after listening to the entire soundtrack, I can still hear the songs, I mean they just stick with you. Probably one of the most addicting songs on the CD has to be the first song which is also the opening song to the show. Another great song has to be Track 3, Musical Play Smiling Rebellious Flower. The end is so cool with the, well I don't know what it's called, I call it the "Death March" with the Church Bells, they usually played it in the old Looney Tunes cartoons when you thought someone died or something sad happened.

Anyway, this is a great soundtrack, if you loved the show you will definetly love this soundtrack because it is so cool and so awesome and will leave you wanting to listen to it over and over again.

love it all!.......2006-10-20

i purchased this cd over 7 months ago and i still love it. the music is butiufly executed and fits well with the series i own alot of anime ost's and i recomend this one!

Impure Souls of the Living Dead Shall be Banished- With Style.......2006-07-26

I'll start off by saying that this isn't a CD for everyone. But then, if you're looking up this page it's probably because you've seen the anime and was hooked, like I was, by the poignant background music.

The sound produced for the Hellsing anime is unlike any I've ever heard before. It's a seamless mashing together of cool, dark blues and jazz that would seem out of place with its sometimes cheerful horn play but manages instead to seem mockingly sarcastic- a splash of musically morbid humor that allows the sound to fit in with the gritty atmosphere while also adding an element of playfulness that lightens the otherwise heavy ambience. Also accomplishing this affect is the addition of a few fun, upbeat grungy rock tracks such as 'When you start the War, fight with arrows spears and swords!'

Added to the mix are energetic rock'n'roll compositions such as 'Fool cross over Nirvana -Grudge Prohibited-' and the thick Gothic edge of Dracula-esque horror movie themes and church organs. Ethereal synth, distorted vocals, and quiet, bass guitar-heavy pieces also get thrown into the blender and to top off the tasty combination Yusushi Ishii also tosses in some seemingly random bits of sound, things like dramatic audio that sounds as if its been ripped from very old black and white movies, complete with an in-and-out fading effect and crackling static noise that gives you the impression of something old and mournfully decaying. These are the kind of tracks that, when listened to alone in the dark on a quiet night can easily best most horror movies in creepiness factor. There's no denying the atmospheres created, be they black and monstrous, or wickedly cool and smooth via tracks like 'World Without Logos'.

The presentation of this CD is top notch as well. Colored in vibrant, if forboding red and blacks the booklet features eye-catching character 'introductions' as well as English credits and lyrics for some of the songs- although, given the giberish that comprises some of these lyrics you might not care to read them at all.

I would like to have given this CD five stars. The music certainly warrants it in my opinion. The one thing exstinguishing that fifth star is a fault that lies with Geneon. Track number 11 'Bodhisattva of Cathedral -featuring Tatsuo Tabei-' was cut in half. This track that begins with a somber, haunting aura dies off for a brief moment before exploding again with ominous guitar that leads into an up-tempo and almost teasingly playful finale. On this CD, however, the song ends after the mellow introduction. I find this highly dissapointing as track eleven is one of my favorites and, having heard it in its entirety it sound woefully incomplete on this soundtrack. While I suppose this could be a defect of the individual copy I have in my possession, I don't think it is. The dissescted track 11 leads smoothly into track 12 without any kind of pause or dead-air lapse in music between tracks to indicate a defect.

Regardless, this CD is otherwise a lovely domestic release significantly less costly than importing, so if you enjoy unconventional music that's a marriage of horror, the darkly cool, and the morosely playful I'd definately suggest picking this up.

Great CD, and thanks, Ecmaster76!.......2006-06-18

Ecmaster76, I am ever-grateful for telling me where I can legally download Shine. I adore that song, and I am so happy I can finally hear the whole thing. BTW, the rest of the CD is awesome too, but I wanted the whole version of Shine.

Music Album:

Music

The Metallic-Era, Vol. 2 ~ Metallica

Hell-O ~ Gwar

As a Man Thinketh by James Allen ~ William Simpson

Raga Bilaskhani Todi-Khyal/Raga Mishra Bhairavi-Tappa ~ Sulochana Brahaspati

Susan Dei Marinai ~ Michele

Curta a Vida ~ Nico Rezende

Harvest: Singles 1992-1997 ~ Kome Kome Club

Die Zweite ~ Otto