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The original soundtrack by Kenji Kawai, like Vangelis' Blade Runner soundtrack, is what helped make the film a timeless classic. I really hope the music in this
by icanhackit 10y ago
The original soundtrack by Kenji Kawai, like Vangelis' Blade Runner soundtrack, is what helped make the film a timeless classic. I really hope the music in this clip was to merely engage people who aren't familiar with the original film by Mamoru Oshii. An excellent soundtrack can make a passable film a really enjoyable experience - case in point: Solaris (2002).
- toyg 10y agoThey casted a load of Western actors into a film based in Japan. I don't think respect for the source material is exactly high on their list.
- Xophmeister 10y agoWasn't the original Ghost in the Shell based in Hong Kong?
- toyg 10y agoPer wikipedia: "Primarily set in the mid-twenty-first century in the fictional Japanese city of Niihama, Niihama Prefecture (新浜県新浜市 Niihama-ken Niihama-shi), otherwise known as New Port City (ニューポートシティ Nyū Pōto Shiti)" There are episodes where they operate abroad, but the overall setting is clearly Japanese.
- gpderetta 10y agoThe first GItS movie is actually set in Hong Kong (although never explicitly stated, IIRC). There is no shared continuity between the manga, the two anime series and the movies. The new live action movie is probably also in its own continuity.
- Xophmeister 10y agoYes, sorry, I meant "original" to mean the 1995 movie. I remember watching a documentary about GitS which pointed out that you can identify the setting as Hong Kong by the low flying aircraft over the city, which also dates it to before Kai Tak Airport was closed and HK got its new international airport on reclaimed land.
- _0ffh 10y agoThe original soundtrack was as awesome as they come! I just fear it will be perceived as "too artsy", or something like that, for Hollywood.