KENJI KAWAI Ghost In The Shell LP OST

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 Oshiis critically
acclaimed and all around legendary science fiction anime film GHOST IN THE SHELL
(1995), adapted from Masamune Shirows 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 collectors 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 Japans most celebrated
soundtrack composers alongside Joe Hisaishi and Ryūichi Sakamoto, whose work
includes Hideo Nakatas 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. Kawais 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 films 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).

- For fans of anime, manga, movie soundtracks, science fiction, ambient, folkore, Japan,
Akira, artificial intelligence, Midori Takada, official releases pressed to vinyl from the
original source.

- The first ever OFFICIAL vinyl release of the soundtrack for Mamoru Oshiis legendary
science fiction anime film GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995).