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Ghost in the Shell 2 Innocence
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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, director Mamoru Oshii's 2004 follow-up to his 1995 groundbreaking anime blockbuster Ghost in the Shell, continues the haunting cyberpunk themes first examined in the original. Both scored by Kenji Kawai, GiTS2 takes you from the dark, rainy streets of a post-WWIII Japanese city to the colorful, crowded, parade-fill avenues of northern Asia. Included on this soundtrack is the heartbreaking ballad "Follow Me," sung by Japanese jazz vocalist Kimiko Itoh. Set to the music of Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, Itoh invites the listener to follow her to a "land across the shining sea/Waiting beyond the world we have known/Beyond the world the dream could be/And the joy we have tasted." One can almost see her imploring a lover to join her as they travel off to a place beyond their imagination where they can both be free. Perhaps she is the character Motoko singing to Bateau, asking him to join her in a place where bodies are useless and all that matters is the electrical energy that courses through our minds. Whatever the case may be, the words, written by Herbert Kretzmer and Hal Shaper, fit perfectly with both some of the themes of the movie and with such iconic music. Also notable on this soundtrack are the three "The Ballade of Puppets" tracks. Although difficult for Western ears to first comprehend, the women's chorus achieves a layered unity with a very flat, almost-nasal, melody accompanied by large drums. This same chorus mad