{"title":"Kenji Kawai","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"patlabor-2-the-movie-original-soundtrack","title":"Patlabor 2: The Movie (Original Soundtrack)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWRWTFWW Records release Kenji Kawai’s complete soundtrack to Mamoru Oshii's 1993 superb political thriller science-fiction mecha anime \u003ci\u003ePatlabor 2: The Movie\u003c\/i\u003e, available on vinyl for the first time ever and housed in a beautiful heavy gatefold sleeve with obi, as well as on digipack CD. Both versions come with liner notes by the great Masaaki Hara. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA true soundtrack maestro, Kenji Kawai is behind the legendary soundscapes of cult animes and movies such as \u003ci\u003eGhost in the Shell, Avalon, Ring, Ip Man\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Seven Swords\u003c\/i\u003e among numerous others. \u003ci\u003ePatlabor 2: The Movie (Original Soundtrack)\u003c\/i\u003e is one of his most experimental offerings, an outstanding palette of emotion-filled ambient atmospherics and percussion mastery breathing beautifully through Kawai’s minimalism meets modern classical approach. His symphony of moods paints a delicate picture of urban isolation, a central theme in the movie, but doesn’t hide hints of hope for a joyful future. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP.","offer_id":50475683709259,"sku":"1136968","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD.","offer_id":50475683217739,"sku":"1136967","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2aaaa2d4-a611-4109-a9df-1358c13b9f3c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727449082"},{"product_id":"ghost-in-the-shell","title":"Ghost In The Shell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records is thrilled and honored to announce the first ever official vinyl pressing of the soundtrack for Mamoru Oshii's critically acclaimed and all around legendary science fiction anime film \u003cem\u003eGhost In The Shell\u003c\/em\u003e (1995), adapted from Masamune Shirow's groundbreaking manga series of the same name.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCut 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 as a LP accompanied by a bonus one-sided 7\" housed in official \u003cem\u003eGhost in the Shell\u003c\/em\u003e artwork sleeve with silver gilt printing and a Japanese obi, and contains extensive 24-page liner notes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe haunting score is composed by Kenji Kawai, one of Japan's most celebrated soundtrack composers, alongside Joe Hisaishi and Ry?ichi Sakamoto, whose work includes Hideo Nakata's 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. Kawai's 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 film's musings on the nature of humanity in a technologically advanced world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eGhost in the Shell\u003c\/em\u003e 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).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WRWTFWW","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":56763797602635,"sku":"R1361-0287","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/104087_2B233DBF.jpg?v=1773155753"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/kenji-kawai.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}