Ghost World [Soundtrack]

ghost world [soundtrack]

Track Listings

1. Jaan Pehechaan Ho - Mohammed Rafi

2. Graduation Rap - Vanilla, Jade and Ebony

3. Devil Got My Woman - Skip James

4. I Must Have It - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks

5. Miranda - Lionel Belasco

6. Pickin' Cotton Blues - Blueshammer

7. Let's Go Riding - Mr. Freddie

8. Georgia On My Mind - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks

9. Las Palmas De Maracairbo - Lionel Belasco

10. Clarice - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks

11. Scalding Hot Coffee Rag - Craig Ventresco

12. You're Just My Type - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks

13. Venezuela - Lionel Belasco

14. Fare Thee Well Blues - Joe Calicott

15. C. C. & O. Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley

16. C-h-i-c-k-e-n Spells Chicken - McGee Bros.

17. That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins

18. So Tired - Dallas String Band

19. Bye Bye Baby Blues - Little Hot Jones

20. Theme From Ghost World - David Kitay

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com's Best of 2001
As he did with Crumb, director Terry Zwigoff has created a soundtrack as eclectic and riveting as his movie subjects. The sounds of early jazz and blues play a crucial role in the events of Ghost World, and the music heard here is some of the best ever recorded. Skip James's classic "Devil Got My Woman" from 1931 may be the best-known work on this soundtrack, but it hardly steals the show. Three tracks from weird but riveting jazz-meets-calypso bandleader Lionel Belasco are included; the 70-year-old recordings are so original, they sound timeless. The same praise can be stated of film opener "Jaan Pehechaan Ho," a Bollywood rarity that has elements of surf music, funk, and garage rock. Of course, we also have to hear "Graduation Rap" and Blueshammer's "Pickin' Cotton Blues," two intentionally bad contemporary tracks that make the characters in the movie (and anyone listening to this soundtrack) feel out of place in today's pop culture. Zwigoff wisely fills out the disc with tracks from his personal 78 record collection, a mix of '20s and '30s string band and blues tunes that are seldom found in compilations (including great cuts by the Dallas String Band, Joe Calicott, and McGee Bros). The haunting "Theme from Ghost World," composed by David Kitay, finishes off this disc, perfectly capturing all the bittersweet moods found in the film. Recommended. --Jason Verlinde

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Ghost World [Soundtrack]

Average customer rating:

A record withh music hard to find
No Buzzcocks!
The good songs are really good, but most of the tracks...
More Nighthawks! Hooray!
No Buzzcocks? What do I get?

Ghost World
Original Soundtrack
Manufacturer: Shanachie
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2001-08-14

Tracks:

Jaan Pehechaan Ho - Mohammed Rafi
Graduation Rap - Vanilla, Jade and Ebony
Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
I Must Have It - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
Miranda - Lionel Belasco
Pickin' Cotton Blues - Blueshammer
Let's Go Riding - Mr. Freddie
Georgia On My Mind - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
Las Palmas De Maracairbo - Lionel Belasco
Clarice - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
Scalding Hot Coffee Rag - Craig Ventresco
You're Just My Type - Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
Venezuela - Lionel Belasco
Fare Thee Well Blues - Joe Calicott
C. C. & O. Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
C-h-i-c-k-e-n Spells Chicken - McGee Bros.
That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins
So Tired - Dallas String Band
Bye Bye Baby Blues - Little Hot Jones
Theme From Ghost World - David Kitay

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

As he did with Crumb, director Terry Zwigoff has created a soundtrack as eclectic and riveting as his movie subjects. The sounds of early jazz and blues play a crucial role in the events of Ghost World, and the music heard here is some of the best ever recorded. Skip James's classic "Devil Got My Woman" from 1931 may be the best-known work on this soundtrack, but it hardly steals the show. Three tracks from weird but riveting jazz-meets-calypso bandleader Lionel Belasco are included; the 70-year-old recordings are so original, they sound timeless. The same praise can be stated of film opener "Jaan Pehechaan Ho," a Bollywood rarity that has elements of surf music, funk, and garage rock. Of course, we also have to hear "Graduation Rap" and Blueshammer's "Pickin' Cotton Blues," two intentionally bad contemporary tracks that make the characters in the movie (and anyone listening to this soundtrack) feel out of place in today's pop culture. Zwigoff wisely fills out the disc with tracks from his personal 78 record collection, a mix of '20s and '30s string band and blues tunes that are seldom found in compilations (including great cuts by the Dallas String Band, Joe Calicott, and McGee Bros). The haunting "Theme from Ghost World," composed by David Kitay, finishes off this disc, perfectly capturing all the bittersweet moods found in the film. Recommended. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

A record withh music hard to find.......2007-03-17

Initially, when a I saw the movie last year in cable TV, I was captivaded by the "Bollywood" song that appears at the begining of the movie. Then I began to search for info about the soundtrack and I found out something trully remarkable: three tracks had titles related to my country of origin, Venezuela. Those are "Palmas de Maracaibo", "Miranda" and "Venezuela", which were written and played by a unique musician with an exotic history, Lionel Belasco. Since then I've become addicted to this record. That's why I trully recommend it.

No Buzzcocks!.......2007-03-02

Great compilation, although, it doesn't include the Buzzcocks. Love the Graduation Rap and the Cotton Blues. Minus two stars for the Buzzcocks omission, but add one star for Cotton Blues.

The good songs are really good, but most of the tracks..........2006-07-02

The good songs are amazing,too bad there`s only a hand full of them.

More Nighthawks! Hooray!.......2006-03-31

As soon as I found out that this disc featured recordings by Vince Giordano's Nighthawks, I rushed out and bought it. There are only four tracks witht he Nighthawks here, but they're worth it. I discovered that the rest of the album is quite good as well (especially the great guitarist Craig Ventresco's "Scalding Hot Coffee Rag"). Like others, I was a bit turned off by "Graduation Rap" and the Blueshammer cut, so I copied the CD, omitting those tracks. Now I can listen to the album without those obnoxious interruptions! In the end, I liked the soundtrack so much, I decided to see the film. I enjoyed that too, but the soundtrack's the thing.

Collectors of old blues and jazz recordings will be pleased to know that the transfers of the old discs has been done with care. The 1920s and 1930s recordings sound crisp and clear, with minimal noise and none of that overprocessing gunk that mars many reissues. I was a bit disappointed in the sound quality of the Nighthawks tracks. They were recorded just for the film (i.e., recently), but they suffer from some distortion and clipping. Still, the performances are so fine, that the rather poor quality doesn't matter too much. With the exception of the somewhat shakey violin intro, the Nighthawks are in top form for "Georgia On My Mind," recreating the classic 1930 recording by Hoagy Carmichael's Orchestra (and featuring a touching tribute to Bix Beiderbecke's original cornet solo--the last he recorded before his untimely death in 1931). "Georgia On My Mind" is my favorite cut on the disc. The vocalist is uncredited--perhaps it is Vince Giordano himself?

You don't need to have seen the movie to enjoy the music here; just an open mind and the ability to hear past a little light surface noise. It's an eclectic mix, but somehow, it all fits together perfectly. Recommended.

No Buzzcocks? What do I get? .......2006-03-14

I know this is supposed to be a blues/big brass comp but do you think they could've substituted the blues and rap parodies for real songs? The Buzzcocks and Patience & Prudence tracks are legendary and would have made this album a total classic. This disappointment forced me to give this soundtrack only 3 stars even though the rest of the soundtrack is 5 star material. A perfect compliment to a bottle of hard stuff.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Be Human

Average customer rating:

Very Amazing
Maybe 50 for pleasure, then skip all the rest...
Be Human...
Hey what?! Even too brief, it's still Yoko!!

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Be Human
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Manufacturer: Jvc Victor
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2003-11-03

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Be Human
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Fax Me
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Album Description

Subtitled - Stand Alone Complex Soundtrack - Be Human. Japanese animation soundtrack arranged by Yoko Kanno. 15 tracks. Victor. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

Very Amazing.......2006-06-18

i thought the be human soundtrack like much of the other yoko kanno GITS cd's was very good. im a big fan of her music so when i bought the cd ( which after going to many different cd store and not finding and having to by it online ) i expecting to hear the real sound of yoko kanno and thats what i got. many of the songs ( not to sound cheesy ) touched me, theres something about her music that to me brings a sort of nostalgic feelings in many of the songs. Take track 11.cream for example everytime i hear it i think past relationships or a crush i might have or past experiances. its music like that just for some reason makes you look deep into yourself and bring out so many emotions that they feel overwhelming sometimes, the same for track 12. fish silent-cruise or track 13. some other time from the GITS:SAC OST soundtrack that just touch a nerve or somthing and its like you feel the emotion of the song or the other way around. i guess its hard to explain but thats the effect that yoko kanno has on some many people i would believe, she so creative in masterfull in using so many different types of instruments and amazing singers and perfomers like HIDE, Origa, Scott Matthew or even Gabriela Robin ( who they say is yoko kanno herself )who themselves help to bring even more out of the song and help set that depressing or happy or dramatic feeling in the song. yoko kanno is materfull and a genius in what she does. so i would say if you ever pick up a yoko kanno cd or pick up Be Human listen to it really good and you'll see what i mean and get this huge review.

Maybe 50 for pleasure, then skip all the rest..........2006-02-02

As I listen to "be human" for the uptenth time whilst writting this review, I can honestly say that words cannot accuratly describe how I feel about this album, if you wish to know, you should feel it for yourself...

Looking at this in a non-emotional way, it is very good to say the very least; Traces of Kanno can be strongly felt in each track...

As mentioned above, the first track is by far one of the most, if not the most, moving song on the album in both the melodic and lyrical structure of tense, after all it is the album title.

tracks 2 through 7 are as the first reviewer stated, an insight to the Tachikomas' precocious child like single persona, most examplified by their use in "Tachikoma no Hibi" from the anime. (FAX Me was particularly halarious in my opinion.)

Tracks 8 and up begin to get more serious as they deal with the circumstances leading up to the Tachikomas' fate in the first season. I was particularly overjoyed upon the incluion of Spotter and Cream, as they (as well as others) were not present in the first compilation volume.

Tracks 12 to 15 get pretty emotional (for me at least) since not only because one was used at the end of the season, but because that fact is combined with Kanno's strong emotion influencing melodies. I suppose you'll have to see the end in order to understand.

I'd like to add that Track 15 does a perfect job of wrapping it all up and leaving one feeling satisfied, although it's not the end of the album, it's the end of the tracks listed leaving room for only one thing: An Omake! The next 7 tracks are comprised of entirly of "Tachikoma no Hibi" from the opening to the ending as well as a bonus track entitled: "AI Sentai Tachikoma" or Super AI team Tachikomanzu~

The cover artwork is very well done, and can range from heartwarming to lighthearted; the lyrics are included as well. It should be added that the bonus tracks arn't listed on the back of the CD case nor are they listed here. as a matter of fact, only half of the CD is listed here.

Here are all of the tracks before the Omake:

1. be human

2. trip city

3. patch me

4. Tachikoma's House Leave

5. (kanji) Tachikoma

6. bang bang banquet

7. FAX Me

8. Where's Locky?

9. Spotter

10. let's oil

11. cream

12. spider bites

13. good by my master

14. peice by ten

15. what can I say?

Be Human..........2006-01-30

This will be my first review on amazon.

I finally got the urge to write and I must say it is for a very nice soundtrack. I got my copy of Be Human with one of the Ghost in the Shell: SAC dics. My favorite track is Be Human and brings a tear to my eye every time I listen to it. Yoko Kanno does such a wonderful job bringing emotion to her music. Past the first track the rest of the disc is filled with the child-like whimsy of the Tachikomas.

If you like Yoko Kanno this is a must have for your collection.

Hey what?! Even too brief, it's still Yoko!!.......2004-11-21

All based on the adventures of a robot character (ridiculous and bad-named. Something like ...Toshikowa? Toshigawa? ...Toshiwhat?!!), a side story of the TV animation show "Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex", this soundtrack has only one big problem : it's not as long as expected ! Less than 45 minutes, it's incredibly too brief for a Yoko Kanno Soundtrack, and album of this quality ! For the rest, nothing to say. It's has ever: perfect! A very weird, inventive and fully masterized compilation of classical-rock-techno-ethnic music pieces, witch will complete the collection of the most regarding if they are open-minded. With, as a bonus, a parody of japanese title song for Giant Robot show... Not as good as the two other GITS soundtracks, because less serious and dark, but hilarious, as the pics in the booklet!! And a robot that dream to be human, to compehend what it feel to have its heart breaked...
(Oh yes, I don't have seen the show. I don't mind anyway.Music speaks by itself)(And I'm not a kid. I just don't know how to write a review!! And to write in correct english, but I hope it's comprehensible!)