Ghost In The Shell: Original Soundtrack (1995 Anime Film) [Import, Soundtrack]

Kenji Kawai (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Kenji Kawai
• Audio CD (April 3, 1997)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Soundtrack
• Label: Import [Generic]
• ASIN: B0000076D8
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,691 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #79 in Music > World Music > Far East & Asia > Japan

Track Listings

1. Utai I - Making of Cyborg - Kenji Kawai

2. Ghosthack

3. Puppetmaster

4. Virtual Crime

5. Utai II - Ghost City

6. Access

7. Nightstalker

8. Floating Museum

9. Ghostdive

10. Utai III - Reincarnation

11. Bonus Track [*]

Editorial Reviews

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Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully Brilliant, February 29, 2000

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David Rigby (Ca) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ghost In The Shell: Original Soundtrack (1995 Anime Film) (Audio CD)

I am a big Ghost in the Shell fan, so this CD is pretty much essential to my collection of music. The score for GITS is powerful and moving, and it plays an essential role in displaying the ominous, breath-taking mood of the movie. I wasn't sure if I'd enjoy listenting to the music by itself, since I usually listen to rock, blues, and a little jazz. I soon found out that this CD is very enjoyable. It's excellent study music, since it's slow and has few vocals.

The CD begins with the movie's theme song, and eventually gives it two VERY different variations with "Ghost City" and "Reincarnation." "Ghosthack" is a bit odd, since the first two minutes of the song is pure drumbeat before the keyboards and other instruments are heard. However, the solo drumbeat seems to describe the suspense in some of the first scenes of GITS. My personal favorite is "Nightstalker," with what sounds like a beautiful guitar or mandolin solo with a synthesizer in the background. I find myself skipping back to that track after the CD is over. Too bad "Nighstalker" couldn't be longer than a minute and a half! All the other tracks are really cool, however, the last track of J-Pop (Japanese Pop) doesn't really fit the CD's mood, since the track is very happy and has a comparitavely faster pace. It might have been played during the credits, because I don't remeber it at all from the movie.

If you're looking for a CD to jam and play air guitar with, this isn't your cup of tea. But if you want a CD that is great for study music and setting a unique mood in a room, then this is the CD for you. And by the way, if you have not seen Ghost in the Shell, do so, and then you'll really be able to appreciate the soundtrack.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars bonus track? not quite..., November 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Ghost In The Shell: Original Soundtrack (1995 Anime Film) (Audio CD)

For those of you who are still clueless as to why track 11 was included in the soundtrack, go watch the movie again. If you listen carefully you can hear the song playing in the background during the chase scene in the market place. FYI, the song's in "cantonese" not japanese.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat monotonous and missing key track, April 18, 2001

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Jason L Freund - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ghost In The Shell: Original Soundtrack (1995 Anime Film) (Audio CD)

After the first time I saw Ghost, I was mesmerized by the film. After the second time, I was still amazed, but I also noticed the ending credits score was some of the best music I'd ever heard.

So I went out and got the soundtrack, but was (very) disappointed to find the one piece I wanted was absent. Then I went out and got the DVD to confirm that I hadn't hallucinated that there was something different at the end. But looking at the closing credits, I found the title for the ending credits was only published outside N. America.

Unfortunately, the album Amazon is selling here does not contain the ending track "One Minute Warning" by legendary musician Brian Eno and U2. The rest of the tracks on the album are all pretty good, but most are very similar -- with the slow drum beat, and Chinese chanting.

Incidentally, the ending credits from the original Japanese version of Ghost (which is still a pretty good score) is included on the album. Also, "One Minute Warning" can be found on an album called "Passengers".

-Jason