Kenji Kawai

𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙮𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙈𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙪 𝙊𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙞’𝙨 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙢 𝙂𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙄𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡 (𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟱), 𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙬’𝙨 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 collector’s 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 Japan’s most celebrated soundtrack composers alongside Joe Hisaishi and Ryūichi 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."