Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Label: Bandai
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 669198251900
EAN: 0669198251900
ASIN: B0009WFEKA


Release Date: 2005-09-13

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence


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Tracks:

  1. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence/Dungeon
  2. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence/The Ballade of Puppets: Flowers Grieve
  3. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence/Type 2052 "Hadaly"
  4. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence/River of Crystals
  5. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence/Attack the Wakabayashi
  6. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence/Etorofu
  7. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence/The Ballad of Puppets: In a New World,
  8. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence/The Doll House I
  9. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence/The Doll House II
  10. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence/The Ballade of the Puppets: The ...
  11. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence/Toh Kami EMI Tame
  12. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence/Follow Me

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Description

Great lengths have been taken to create these beautiful soundtracks from the movie "Ghost in the Shell 2 - Innocence". Kenji Kawai's score makes the sound track simply riveting with a depth of musical texture that can never grow stale with his fascinating and original musical design. 17 beautifully crafted tracks from the hit movie, "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence." Nominated for best Music in an Animated Feature Production at the International Animated Film Society Annie Awards. Genre: CD Soundtrack

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful.......2006-03-19

The soundtrack fits the movie perfecty. It's haunting, dark, mysterious, and, most of all, beautiful. I only really wanted the last song on the soundtrack, Follow Me, but I was forced to buy the soundtrack after iTunes refused to carry it for their US customers. Apparently they don't realize that music is a language that crosses all barriers.

I'm glad I was forced into buying the soundtrack, though, because there's nothing like putting it on the CD player, and just letting it be background music while reading a particularly good book.

4 out of 5 stars Fitting music for the sequel ..........2006-01-02

Dark, ethereal, and evolutionary, Kenji Kawai serves up a signature aural landscape for the sequel to Ghost in the Shell (GITS). For "Innocence" he reassembles many of the elements that made his original GITS soundtrack so unique: taiko percussion, female Japanese chorus, brooding electronica, while adding two original western Jazz-oriented tracks sung in English: "River of Crystals" and "Follow Me."

With a nod to twentieth century classical music, "Follow Me" takes its motif from the second movement of Joaquin Rodrigro's "Concierto de Aranjuez" for guitar and orchestra. Usually, this sort of practice is disastrous but Kawai's arrangement and Kimiko Itoh's lush vocals make it work here.

In a departure from the original GITS soundtrack, Kawai includes several high-energy tracks which make use of percussion and electronic riffs ("Attack the Wakabayashi") along with more dark, familiar brooding tracks such as "Etorofu."

However it is on track #9, "Ballad of Puppets: The Ghost Waits in the World Beyond" that Kawai masterfully blends all his signature elements: female chorus, high energy taiko percussion, smart electronic riffs. During the movie, this track plays while Section 9 Operative Batou assaults the Gynoid Factory Ship. Kawai culminates the track by weaving in a choral theme from the original GITS Soundtrack associated with Major Motoko Kusanagi -- Batou's long lost partner. Highly recommended!

4 out of 5 stars Enjoyable.......2005-12-13

Personally, I love most of the songs on here, but it depends on what kind of music you're looking for. There are several tracks without words, and a few with. River of Crystals and Follow Me are my two most favorite, and are performed by a female vocalist. Both are in the movie, ROC being when Batou was heading to the store to pick up dog food, and FM being the end song.

The rest, with vocals, are somber, multiple chorus singers, but they make the songs fit well. There are three different renditions of the beginning theme throughout the CD, which I enjoyed most. Both Doll House tracks also make it enjoyable, if you like creepy yet cool orchestrated music, which was playing when, well, Batou and Togusa entered The Doll House.

I would buy this CD, but then again I am a hardcore Ghost in the Shell fan and I love all kinds of music. If you want upbeat, this isn't the CD for you. ^_^

3 out of 5 stars Track List.......2005-09-14

I don't know why Amazon does not list the tracks, so here is a tracklist that I transcribed from the liner notes:

01 - [1:26] - Dungeon
02 - [3:42] - The Ballade of Puppets: Flowers Grieve And Fall
03 - [4:07] - Type 2052 'Hadaly'
04 - [5:50] - River of Crystals
05 - [3:33] - Attack of Wakabayashi
06 - [3:57] - Etorofu
07 - [5:13] - The Ballade of Puppets: In A New World, Gods Will Descend
08 - [1:33] - The Doll House I
09 - [2:58] - The Doll House II
10 - [9:49] - The Ballade of Puppets: The Ghost Waits In The World Beyond
11 - [0:34] - Toh Kami Emi Tame
12 - [5:01] - Follow Me

In my opinion, the only 'good' track is River of Crystals, which is the soft jazz tune that plays just before Batou goes home to feed his dog

5 out of 5 stars

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