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 th…
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