![]() ![]() The first chant – Making of a Cyborg – renders the ‘birth’ of Motoko Kusanagi’s body miraculous. It’s tough to appreciate the soundtrack in the absence of the movie. The soundtrack is tied to the structure of the anime and constrained by it. If I understood the lyrics, there might be a greater depth to plumb here but even reading a translation, I’m none the wiser. A little more instrumentation, a slightly faster tempo, a new layer that hasn’t been hinted at in any of the previous chants. The soundtrack pared down to the bare minimum is three songs long which doesn’t give space for a twist, just progression. This structure, kishōtenketsu, is the structure of the movie but not the soundtrack. The twist is usually unrelated to the introduction and development but has a pivotal role in the conclusion itself, which re-examines the initial premise in light of the twist. Unsurprisingly, the underlying structure is one of a Japanese narrative introduction, development, twist, conclusion. The soundtrack, as an OST, is indelibly linked to the structure of the movie that it was created for, which means that the narrative structure of Ghost in the Shell affects the structure and presentation of the soundtrack. The Ghost in the Shell (1995) soundtrack is the former, the creation of Kenji Kawai that scores the anime, and this is where we get into my commentary on what I don’t like about the soundtrack. ![]() Movie soundtracks come in two flavors original soundtrack and music inspired by. Heretical though my statement is, if you could hold off from targeting Neon Dystopia with your botnet, I’ll elaborate. To save you from reading too far into my meanderings I will admit that I don’t like it. Today, in my capacity as Neon Dystopia’s go-to music guy, I’m going to write about my thoughts on the soundtrack. I’ve suffered through the Steve Aoki remix of Reawakening. I’ve held back from binging on Stand Alone Complex. With the forthcoming release of Ghost in the Shell (2017) at the end of March, I’ve been preparing myself. ![]()
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